The early satellites at the Battle of Malta typically attract a crowd of under 200 entries this early in the festival. What a nice Halloween surprise it was to walk into the Eden Arena today to see already 457 entries in the €70 satellite to the €600 buy-in opening flights of the Main Event. The…
Day 1c of the Battle of Malta Main Event is now in play in the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel in St Julians. When play commenced there were already 114 players in their seats ready to make their opening charges of the day. They are now up to 137 entries, but have some way…
The Battle of Malta Autumn edition is now well and truly underway, with the first day now a thing of the past. And what a day it was, with an extremely busy start to the Main Event, taking place at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel. By the time late registration…
Day 1b of the 2024 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the InterContinental Malta was historic as it was the first time a €300 opening flight was held on the island of Malta for this prestigious event. The rules were different to create parity with the…
The €600 buy-in Day 1a of the 2024 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the InterContinental Hotel Malta was a massive success. A total of 364 runners battled it out in a marathon of a day, and 54 players (15 percent) advanced to Sunday’s Day 2…
The end of the day is approaching, but not for the players, as several tournaments are still in play and they have some way to go before the action draws to a standstill for the night. However, for the reporting team, the end of the day has been reached and we are off to recharge…
Second starting day of the Mystery Siege of Malta has no concluded. 21 of the 140 players who started today have joined the 32 who progressed from Day 1a. There have been 350 entries in total and the prize pool is already almost €30,000 above the modest €100,000 Guarantee that Casino Malta placed on the…
Everybody Shuffling Players, players everywhere Day 1 at The Battle of Malta Play Begins in the Main Event Jianyi Lu Jianyi Lu Danny Verheij, White Knight Winner, with runner up Vicenzo Scarpitti Danny Verheij, White Knight Winner Lise Kristiansen Josef Gulas Cards Ready Michael Kim Falcon Soner Vanelderen, Sviten Winner Sviten winner Soner Vanelderen with…
The Sviten was a quiet, but hard fought event which paid winner takes all, as there were just six entries. The last two decided to do an informal deal and restructure the prize pool to ensure there was something for second place, but despite this they took it seriously, playing on to determine the winner,…
The €330 Sviten Special has reached its heads-up action. Karol Olszewski and Soner Vanelderen were heads-up for a title when they agreed to an informal heads-up deal. Despite the money already agreed upon outside of the €200 difference between first and second places, the duo continued to battle on for at least 30 minutes and…