There has been a slight change to the schedule for Day 2 of the Main Event. Only six levels will be played today instead of the original plan for seven levels. Each level is 60-minutes long and the end of play will be at approximately 2.40am.
Pos Player Name Chips 1 Ruggero Magri 1.52M 2 Krisztian Kis 1.29M 3 Vasileios Zisis 1.19M 4 Anthony Hughes 1.16M 5 Charalampos Siakaras 1.16M 6 Victor Azanon 1.15M 7 Dennis Stemmler 1.07M 8 Darren Harbinson 1.06M 9 Battista Locati 1.01M 10 Angelos Michael 967K
With the final flight now concluded, the floor staff are busy preparing the room for Day 2, which begins at 8pm. Chip bags are being sorted according to the Day 2 seating plan. Its a big operation to conduct, with 811 bags to sort out, as over 90 tables will be in play when the…
Tonight is the Battle of Malta players’ party. It takes place in Lumi, next to Bay St, across the road from Casino Malta. It begins at 7pm and will continue until midnight. All players are welcome, entry only with today’s wristband! If you don’t come, the only valid excuse is “I was still in the…
Starting Day Entries Players Into Day 2 1a 285 43 1b Half Price 113 8 1c 612 92 1d Half Price 216 16 1e 922 138 1f Half Price 331 25 1g 1990 298 1h Half Price 578 42 1i 992 149 Total 6039 811
Day 1i of the Main Event has now concluded and the chips are being counted and bagged up. There were three all-ins at the same time on different tables, but only one resulted in an exit, followed by a relief filled round of applause by those who survived the flight. Amongst those who made it…
Today’s non-Hold’em offering is the €330 Sviten (Drawmaha) and has over 40 players in during the first level of the day. Those already playing include Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon, who is going to be streaming his play on Twitch. Also playing is JJ Hazan, who chopped last night’s PLO. David Lloyd has also just joined the…
With 1hr45mins left until registration closes in the final starting flight, a new participation record has been set! The previous best of 5,799 at last year’s event has now been surpassed, with the question now being, whether it will get to 6,000. The final number will be revealed at the start of level 11, at…
Saturday’s Day 1 G was the biggest ever starting day in the history of the battle of Malta. It began with over 500 players, but this grew to over 900 within the first couple of levels of the flight. By level 2, the €1.5m guarantee on the event had been met and by the dinner…
The Day of the Dead is nearly over and there have been countless tournament life deaths today, but none of their relatives visited the graves of the fallen. Its also my last post of this very long day, which still has a long way to go, but the blog will continue, authored by my esteemed…