It was always a goal to break the pre-pandemic record for the most number of entries in the Battle of Malta Main Event of 4,657 entries established in the autumn of 2019. Great success has been achieved as the 1,685 entries in the full-priced Day 1g and the 278 entries in the half-priced Day 1h…
It’s get up and stretch time for players in the massive Day 1g opening flight as they set to embark on a 75-minute dinner break. As a point of comedy, it was initially announced as a 75 dinner break. We were instantly curious to see if one player could eat 75 dinners before the floor…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Day 1g Entries: 1,005/1,614 Total Entries: 4,514 The Day 1g flight has grown to 1,614 and for the first time we are seeing some tables being broken which is great news for those that want to play in the Day 1h half-priced €300 opening flight of the 2024 Battle of Malta…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Day 1g Entries: 1,099/1,534 Total Entries: 4,367 Michele Pipitone was low on chips but found an amazing spot with the best hand at poker. Pepitone four-bet jammed for 10,900. Mimikopoulos Konstantinos, who opened for 2,000, folded. Meanwhile, Anthony Counsell, who three-bet to 4,000, called. Michele Pipitone: Anthony Counsell: Aces were good…
We have had tons of firsts during the 2024 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition including a wedding proposal yesterday during the live-streamed Redtooth Poker Malta 52 invitational. Today, we ran into Chris Da Silva, who has had tons of success on the island of Malta in the past. He already bagged 121,000 in the Main…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 870/903 Day 1g is booming and is nearly past the 939 entries attracted on Day 1e with 903 entries already in the field and 33 players hitting the rail during the first two blind levels. The prize pool is already at €1,613,466 and growing as players continue to file in.…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 845/862 Vicenzo Messina three-bet the button to 1,300 and was called by James Parker in the small blind, Giacomo Scarpaci from the big blind, Andrea Mazza from under the gun, Marc Schulz from early position, and Hans Nyberg from the cutoff. Parker checked the flop before Scarpaci led out for…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 792/802 Level 2 just kicked off on Day 1g and the field has already surpassed 800 entries. The action is fast and furious at some tables with ten players thus far losing their 400 big blind stacks in the opening moments. At least thus far, no player has yet hit…
The €400 6-Max by Winamax concluded its opening flights yesterday. The event attracted a short-handed field of 186 entries to create a €60,078 prize pool. Just 28 players survived with the payouts to be posted later in the day with the action starting at 3 p.m. Pasquale Gregorio will kick off the action with the…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 723/724 One player has already busted their opening stack and re-entered in Israel’s Idan Levy. This isn’t the first time Levy has been witnessed at the Battle of Malta as he had a deep run in the 2022 Battle of Malta Main Event before bowing out in 109th place for €1,740.…