The Mystery Siege of Malta was won by Emmanouil Chalkiotis from Greece. He defeated a field of 617 entries to claim €23,600 in prize money (including bounties). Greek players dominated the business end of the 2-day tournament, with three of the last four players standing being of Hellenic persuasion. They all earned good paydays, but…
Level 2: 100/200 (200) Entries: 319/337 Claudio Di Lorenzo raised to 400 from early position and received three calls. The flop came the and action checked around. After the turn peeled the , Both blinds and Di Lorenzo checked to Stevan Gvozdenovic in middle position. He fired for 3,900 and only Di Lorenzo made the…
Level 2: 100/200 (200) Entries: 306/322 Day 1c is booming with already more than 300 entries on Level 2. In addition to the prop-bet master Phil Pearson, FLIP founder and Ladies Event host Daiva Byrne, Sofia Madsen, Mark Attard, Optibet coach Matiss Celmins, Simon Dunevein, and Benoit Kuhn, Victoria Mcclurg, and Estonia’s finest Herli Olop…
Level 1: 100/100 Players: 154/155 Before the Day began, Phil Pearson came over to share a side bet he had going for the tournament. He explained that he would be going all in blind until he was called and either doubled or eliminated. The side bet was a two part deal. If he won, €600…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 155/155 The crowd was silenced before Day 1c as the iconic Battle of Malta video was displayed on the wide screen spreading throughout the arena. Shortly after, cards were in the air with Battle of Malta Tournament Director Andy Tillman, Battle of Malta event manager Telly Bartolo, and Battle of Malta…
The first two days of the festival have been warm up days and today, Saturday 5th is the big day, when the venue will be at its busiest. The €600 Main Event is the key focus of the day, with two starting flights, both of which will take place upstairs in the main Eden Arena.…
The Battle of Malta Spring Edition is now well underway at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel in St Julians. Friday was twice as busy as Thursday with numbers in all events heading north, building towards Saturday, which is expected to be the busiest day of the festival, with two further…
It was a sunny Friday at Malta, and the atmosphere was absolutely electrifying at the Eden Arena & Casino Malta at the Intercontinental Hotel in St. Julians. Many players were eager when they walked through the gates around noon; today was Day 1b of the €600 Battle of Malta Main Event, and things would get…
Player Chips Krzysztof Chmielowski 741 000 Alessio Assennato 654 000 Waldemar Kopyl 637 000 Giovanni Emanuele Palma 498 000 Cameron Adam Sinclair 491 000 Ivane Khazaradze 456 000 Marco Venturi 445 000 Sebastian Lund Mortensen 424 000 Andre Scerri 408 000 Giovanni Maria Socci 388 000 Bachana Shengelia 387 000 Andrew David Burton 368 000…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 45/297 With 47 players remaining, Sebastian Mortensen and Luis Mata clashed all in preflop, Mata being the player at risk with a stack consisting of 86,000. Sebastian Mortensen: Luis Mata: “I’ve been running pretty good on this table,” Mortensen said before the dealer revealed the flop. He didn’t lie; the…