Tonight’s main event satellite is preparing to start in the downstairs Poker room at the intercontinental hotel. Due to the extremely busy nature of today, this tournament had a soft cap of 150 players placed on it and all seats have been filled before the tournament started. Depending on how fast other tournaments are moving,…
Almost simultaneously, Day 1e has gone on dinner break, just as the half-price Day 1f is getting started. So far 144 players have entered and the clock has been running for less that ten minutes. So far just one player has made the walk of shame and that player is the UK’s Paul Fisher. Unlucky…
With the Main Event Day 1e approaching its dinner break, here’s a glance at what’s going on around the room. Battle of Malta Main Event Day 1e Current Level: 9 Players Left/Entries: 524/890 Who’s Out: Steven Watts, Martin Tsvetanov, Sascha Manns Who’s Still In: Gabriele Re, Vasileios Zisis, Natalie Bromley, Mario Eder, Steve Tucker Its…
The final starting day of the Mystery Siege of Malta was oversubscribed today and registration closed early as it had reached its operational capacity. It is still in play now with 82 left and they need to get down to 53 players before Day 2 can begin. That was due to start at 7pm, but…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 591/814 Today’s starting day of the Main Event is indeed the monster we referred to in an earlier post. It now passed the 800 mark and players are continuing to register at a fairly steady pace. They are only in level 7 at the moment and with a 75-minute dinner…
Malta’s poker events attract a large number of players to the islands several times a year and the impact upon the local economy has not gone un-noticed by the Maltese government. Silvio Schembri, the Government Minister for the Economy & Industry paid an unexpected visit to the Battle of Malta today. It was expected by…
November 1st is also known as the Day of the Dead and we’ve had one casualty here at the Eden Arena today. Tonight’s Dark Knight side event, which was due to start at 6pm has had to be cancelled due to high attendance in today’s Mystery Siege of Malta. There is one more outing planned…
Today’s Pot Limit Omaha has recently started and due to issues with the Siege taking longer than usual, its capacity is now capped at 5 tables. It therefore won’t be as busy as yesterday’s PLO, which had 78 entries. So far there are 15 players taking part, including Vladimir Cocis, who took third place in…
It has just been announced that the start of Day 2 of the Mystery Siege of Malta has been delayed until 9pm. The management extends its apologies to players for the delay, which was necessary to enable the fourth starting flight to complete, as there are still 181 players left and it will be unlikely…
Main Event Satellite Current Level: 12 Players Left/Entries: 58/409 Seats To Be Awarded: 40 Late registration is now closed in today’s early satellite, which has generated a further 40 seats into the Main Event. There are still 26 of these to be awarded and 58 players are left fighting for them. Battle of Malta Main…