The popularity of Mystery Siege’s Day 1d is the reason that the Day 2 has been delayed to a 9pm start. They still have 222 players left in the field and play will continue until 97 remain. Vasileios Zizis was one of the last players to take his seat before late registration closed and he…
Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 576/781 Seated UTG, Salvatore Penzera min-raised to 1,600. Action folded all the way to Lior Sahar, who was the sole caller. Both players decided to check the flop. Sahar then check-called a 2,500 bet from Penzera on the turn. It was then Sahar who took the aggression on the river;…
Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 589/763 I took a stroll through the arena and noticed Rasmus Lundström seated at Table 47. Lundström finished fourth in the 2025 Battle of Malta Spring Edition, and now, he’s hunting back at the paradise island, hunting for glory. After an initial opening to 2,000 from Petros Zatphe, Lundström made…
Today’s €330 PLO offering has a 4 card/5 card round of each format and it has just begun, in the downstairs poker room. At the start there were 26 players in their seats including Scott ‘Pokerbrahs’ Kenyon, Anthony Hughes and Joe Grech. Its sure to get much busier in the next few levels. Current State…
Due to the large number of entries in Day 1d of the Mystery Bounty, a decision has been made to push the start of Day 2 back to 9pm. It had originally been scheduled to start at 9pm, but with 326 of he 649 entrants still in, the change of start time is required to…
Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 597/673 During the last break, the biggest stacks of the day were identified, counted and verified by the tournament floor staff ands we can now reveal that chip leader at the last break was Dariusz Maniecki, who was on 140,000. Players are still buying in at a rapid rate, it…
Level 4: 200/400 (400) Entries: 542/589 Having returned from the 1st break of the day, there have now been 600 entries in Day 1e of the Main Event, with registration open for another six hours! A player I’ve known for 20 years has shown up today, Ryan Fronda. He made the final table of GUKPT…
The registration has now closed in the final starting day of the €210+€200+€40 Mystery Siege of Malta, with a total of 649 entries in the flight. Last year, 1,034 entries were made and the overall final number of this year is 1,313, a new record for the Battle of Malta. White Knight on Fright Night…
The registration has now closed in the early Main Event satellite and 52 of the 68 tickets that will be awarded are still available to be won, with 138 players still left in. There was a huge turnout for this, 688 players, but if you missed it, fear not, there’s another starting at 9pm this…
Level 3: 100/100 Entries: 418/444 Four hundred and forty-four players have now entered Day 1e of the Main Event. Spring 2024 champion Vasileios Zizis has arrived at the Battle of Malta. He finished as runner-up one year ago, going ever so close to an unprecedented double. He was seen near the trophy display during the…