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…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 226/312 The Battle continues to rage with many new players arriving from many countries including more than 100 from Estonia and even more from Greece and France. Of course, many in the field have also come from nearby from Italy and the host country of Malta as well. Meanwhile, several…
While late registration is still open in the €150 White Knight with nearly 60 entries and counting in the mix, a new tournament just began in the €200 Dark Knight, which began with 15 entries. Marco Bottani, Karl Kalmus, Sander Piir, and Valerie Bennet are among the players in the early action with late registration…
Name Chips Big Blinds Ben Miller 170,000 283 Pablo Garcia Alba 125,000 208 Aleksandar Trajkovski 114,000 190 Yamen Ghanem 112,000 187 Andro Scarpa 106,300 177 Joannis Temekonisdis 106,300 177 George Demetriou 100,000 167 Neil Barron 98,500 164 Stefan Fabian 96,000 160 Ivaylo Eftimov 95,000 158 Dario Berisa 94,000 157 Jorge Geraldes 80,000 133