Saturday 2nd November at Casino Malta & the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel was the biggest single day ever in Battle of Malta’s 12 year history!

With 1,759 entries Day 1g of the Battle of Malta Autumn Edition surpassed the previous record of 1,752, which has stood since 2019. Not only was it the biggest single starting day, but the record for the total number of entries in the event also fell, with two starting flights left to play.

During the half-price Day 1h, which began at 8pm, another milestone was reached, 5,000 entries in the Main Event. It’s not impossible that the final total could reach 6,000 entries during the final turbo structured starting day on Sunday morning. It started at 10am with over 300 players registered by the start of play. 

The popularity of the Main Event flights on Saturday did have some downside however, as most of the day’s scheduled side events had to be scrapped due to all available space being utilized for the Main Event. The Pot Limit Omaha and the morning satellite were the only other events that started on Saturday, plus the final day of the Winamax 6-Max. 

Iason Filipidis Bags Chip Lead on Bumper Day1g

By the time play ended on Day 1g of the Battle of Malta Main Event, 262 players remained, all progressing to Day 2, which begins at 8pm on Sunday. The chip leader from the flight is Iason Filipidis from Greece, who is also the overall chip leader, at this stage of the tournament. The Greek player’s 1,398,000 chip mountain is more than 250,000 in front of Humberto Galindo, who posted the largest stack from Day 1a. 

Filipidis secured the €10,000 high stack bonus for his chip building efforts. Alexander Luciani claimed €5,000 for posting the second biggest stack of the flight with 1,045,000. He is one of only four players to have bagged up a seven figure chip stack from the starting days that have been completed so far. 

The third biggest stack of the day was constructed by Konstantin Faerber, whose 974,000 was good enough for the €3,000 bonus prize.

Petr Kubenka Scoops Day1h Bonus Prize

Day 1h was the final half price starting day of the Main Event and was marginally the largest of the four that took place. There were 418 entries, one more than the 417 who entered Friday’s half price flight. Just 32 of the starters made it to the end of the day, with Peter Kubenka’s 668,000 being good enough for him to claim the €5,000 big stack bonus. Giampiero Arena’s 536,000 was good for the €2,000 second prize.

Daniel Heredi Ships Winamax 6-Max

The final day of the slow structured Winamax 6-Max took place on Saturday, with 28 players returning for a shot at the €13,318 first prize. It was won by Hungarian Daniel Heredi, who is a regular visitors to the Battle of Malta, having previously made a final table of the Mystery Siege in 2022. He’s an experienced player who has won two WSOPC ring events and this victory takes his lifetime winnings to close to $300,000.

Pot Limit Omaha won by Andreas Vlachos

The one side event that managed to get going was the €330 PLO, which was initially soft capped at 40 players, but ended up with 61 entries, creating a prize pool more than three times bigger than the €5,000 guarantee. It was won by Andreas Vlachos for €5,090. This was the last of the three Pot Limit Omaha tournaments taking place at the series, but there are still 8-Game and H.O.R.S.E events on the schedule.

Sunday’s Schedule of Play

The final Main Event Day 1 flight began at 10am, with a full price (€600) buy-in and a turbo structure. It runs on a 20 minute clock and late registration will close at roughly 1.50pm. This is the final chance for players to join the 636 players who have already secured their passage into Day 2, which begins at 8pm this evening.

There are also several side events scheduled today and unlike the last few days, there should be no reasons for any to be cancelled this time. However, there has been a small adjustment to the schedule, as the start time for the satellite to the Quigioco High Roller has been pushed back by one hour and will now start at noon.

Time	Event	Buy-In	Fee	Starting Stack	Levels
10:00	TURBO – BOM €1,500,000 GTD Day1*	€530	€70	40K	20 min
12:00	NLH Satellite Accumulator – QUIGIOCO – HIGH ROLLER €300,000 GTD	€110	€20	10K	20 min
15:00	NLH REBET24	€260	€40	20K	20 min
16:00	8-Game	€300	€30	30K	25 min
17:00	NLH HIGH ROLLER €300,000 GTD – QUIGIOCO (10 Levels) Day1	€1,000	€100	50K	30 min
18:00	NLH FULL TILT CATANIA Bounty €70,000 GTD regressive (12 Levels)	€110 + €150	€40	30K	25 min
20:00	BOM Day2 €1,500,000 GTD	–	–	–	60 min
21:00	NLH Satellite Accumulator – QUIGIOCO – HIGH ROLLER €300,000 GTD	€110	€20	10K	20 min
22:00	NLH HYPERTURBO	€130	€20	20K	10 min