Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 195/350 A handful of new players got into the mix during the dinner break to grow the Day 1a field to 350 entries. Players are back in their seats and ready for de ja vu for a repeat of the 500/1,000 (1,000) blind level. Meanwhile, Day 1b, boasting a €300…
Battle of Malta Opening Day Ceremony Opening Day Ceremony The White & Dark Knight So You’d like to play the Main Event? How much would you like to buy-in for sir? Massimo Bruno Marflene Cricchiola Giles Hartwell Simone Picchianti Sonia Fruti Sonia Fruti Sean Decesare BOM Main Event day 1a Jordi Ruiz Ribatallada Herli Olop…
Name Chips Big Blinds Martin Jorgensen 250,000 250 Michael Kim Falcon 240,000 240 Alexandar Tot 195,000 195 David Mcconachie 170,000 170 Emanuel Antonacci 167,000 167 Leonidas Alexopoulos 165,000 165 Victor-Dan Angelescu 160,000 160 Ben Miller 160,000 160 Cosmin-Ionut Nica 160,000 160 Yamen Ghanem 155,000 155 Nikolaos Mourotis 155,000 155 Nikola Krstevski 140,500 141 Jorge Luis…
Just as Day 1a of the Main Event is going on dinner break, the first of the half price starting days is getting underway. Play in Day 1b has just begun with 35 players in their seats as the dealers began their initial shuffle. It costs just €300 to enter, half the usual €600 buy-in,…
Dinner Break: 75 mins Entries: 189/343 The Main Event Day 1a has now gone on a 75 minute dinner break. Play will resume just after 9pm. We’ll update further on the chip leaders before play resumes.
The €450 Mystery Siege of Malta has four starting days and late registration has now closed for Day 1b, with 79 of today’s 140 players still in. Added to the 210 who played on Day 1a there have now been 350 entries and the prize pool is already in excess of its €100,000 Guarantee. Mystery Siege…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 208/345 Greek player Vasileios Zisis, who win the Battle of Malta Spring edition is playing today. He’s in quiet mode at the moment with headphones on and is trying to secure his place in Day 2 early in the week. He’s currently down to about 25,000 and has a lot…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 219/323 Luigi D’Alterio is usually in attendance at Casino Malta during the Battle of Malta and this time is no different. The Italian came into the festival with nearly $800,000 in tournament cashes as tracked by The Hendon Mob and is looking to possibly break the $1 million barrier if…
Both the Knights tournaments are well underway now. The earlier starting White Knight is now in level 11 with just 14 of the 58 players who started still jousting away for a shot at the €2,100 first prize. The Dark Knight is now in the third level of the day and currently had 38 entries,…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 225/313 We dropped by Table 21 to see how our Estonian friend Herli Olop was fairing. He has chipped up to 90,000 and shared with us one of the bigger hands along the way. Olop skipped the Battle of Malta in the Spring but was on the final table during…