Today is the first full day of the 202 Battle of Malta Spring Edition. It’s not quite the start of the festival as there were two satellites on Wednesday evening, but this is when things really get going. Both the €600 Main Event and the €300 Mystery Siege of Malta Bounty begin today. They take…
The Battle of Malta is back with the first of two editions scheduled for 2025. The Spring Edition begins today Thursday 3rd April at the Eden Arena & Casino Malta at the Intercontinental Hotel in St Julians, with a €500,000 guaranteed Main Event. It’s another action-packed schedule, which doesn’t waste any time with warm-up acts, as…
Spaniard Cosme Gomez Martinez has won the Autumn Edition of the Battle of Malta to claim the €255,800 first prize. The online pro entered the tournament via a live satellite, which he max late registered for and sat down with just 5.5 big blinds. He secured his seat and just scraped through his starting day,…
Level 46: 2,000,000/4,000,000 (4,000,000) Entries: 2/5,799 Cosme Martinez picked up on the button and raised to 12,000,000. Vasileios Zisis made a brief inspection of his chip stack before moving all-in with , and Martinez insta-called. With 170 million chips in the pot, this hand would probably decide the tournament, regardless of the outcome. The flop…
Level 46: 2,000,000/4,000,000 (4,000,000) Entries: 2/5,799 With only 11 big blinds left, Vasileios Zisis looked down at and opted for a trap call on the button. It worked flawlessly as Cosme Martinez pushed all-in with , and Zisis snap-called before Martinez even touched the chips. The board was clean for Zisis, keeping his hopes for…
Level 45: 1,000,000/3,000,000 (3,000,000) Entries: 2/5,799 Soon after, Vasileios Zisis regained the lead, but it didn’t last long. Cosme Martinez opened the pot with to 8,000,000, and Zisis quickly called with . Martinez flopped the world again with a full house on a , while Zisis got a piece of it as well and called…
Level 44: 1,000,000/2,500,000 (2,500,000) Entries: 2/5,799 Cosme Martinez completed with from the button, and Vasileios Zisis checked to see a flop with . The script flipped this time around as Martinez saw a dream flop of , giving him the nut straight, prompting a 4,250,000 bet. Zisis made a call with a top pair, a…
Level 44: 1,000,000/2,500,000 (2,500,000) Entries: 2/5,799 Action already hot and heavy in the first hand of the heads-up play as Cosme Martinez completed with and Vasileios Zisis checked his option with . Zisis led out for 4,500,000, flopping big on a board, and Martinez called with middle pair. The turn completed a straight Greek’s and…
With Farcasanu hitting the rail, we are now heads up for the title. Who will win the €255,800 first prize? Will we have a truly astonishing back-to-back champion in Vasileios Zisis, or will short stack ninja Gomez Martinez, relinquish the title from the defending champion?