The Mystery Siege of Malta is already on a 60-minute dinner break, with 159 out of 343 players still in with a chance of joining the 48 who are already through from the first two starting days. The Main Event will be going on a 75-minute dinner break soon, at 7.50pm. It now has 568…
It’s that time of day when there’s a lot going on, so here’s a quick 360 on everything that’s going on right now at the Battle of Malta Main Event Day 1c This flight is now bigger than the corresponding flight in 2024k which had 533 entrants. So far Day 1c is up to 552…
Today’s €330 PLO tournament is taking place downstairs, with 60 entrants so far and still the best part of five levels for late entries. Quite a few old school Brits have shown up for the is one. Spotted in the field today are GUKPT legend Robert Boon, David Lloyd, Bernie Litman and Joe Grech. Joe…
Day 1c of the Main Event has just returned form its second break of the flight. The field has grown to over 500 entries and is still climbing. They will have their dinner break after the next two-hour session of play. Massimo Rizzoglio is the chip leader at the break on 220k, with Sally Stephens…
The Beer Poker Tour is getting ready to start, at 6pm. It’s a new addition to the Battle of Malta side event schedule and it’s a bit different to most poker events, in a good way. Not only does it have the lowest rake of any event on the schedule, costing €180+€20 to play, but…
Today’s non-Hold’em offering is another €300+€30 Pot Limit Omaha tournament has just begun, with twenty players registered at the start of play. There’s eight levels for late registration and it is taking place in the downstairs conference space, where the satellites also happen. Current State of Play Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining 11:00 Satellite…
Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 357/432 2024 Spring Champion and last Autumn’s runner-up Vasileios Zizis has not yet been spotted in Malta and he was not here for the 2025 Spring edition either. We don’t know whether he’s coming but we’d love to see ZZ top chip charts once again. Oh wait, is this him?…
Day 1c is filling up nicely and the 400th entry has just been made into the flight. This same flight one year ago had 533 entries and with still over 5 hours until late registration closes, today’s field coulr easily surpass that number. The morning satellite is still in play, with 48 players left from…
As the day begins to fill up, a few more familiar players have been spotted in the field. One such player is Frankie Boyle look-and-soundalike Andrew Hedley, who was intrigued about the half-price flight when I passed by his table. Another player was explaining the concept, while Mr Picasso Churmasco (he has a lot of…
The early chip leader in Day 1c is Luca Micalef, who has already swollen his 40k starting stack into 156.6k. he’s almost 20k ahead of 2nd placed Michael Wargin, who has 137.3k. Here’s the top eleven chip stacks. Top eleven? Why not top ten? This one goes to eleven! Pos Player name Chips 1 Luca…