The €150 White Knight was the first event to start the day. The action is flying along with already 51 entries and counting. Kevin Berkhout, Brian Calleja, Vicenzo Scarpitti, Steven Smart, and Mark Wates were among the early players in action. Many of those names, if not all of them, we will see later on…
Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 210/242 Some tables were already playing on Level 5 when the following hand was taking place to close out Level 4 on Table 23. There were more than 25,000 in the pot on the river with the on the board when Valentin Imperatore and Hani Bamasood checked. Luca Tonarelli opted…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 192/209 Giles Hartwell showed a bit of heart but will need to re-enter if he wishes to advance to Day 2 after the following hand against Stefan Fabian. There were around 9,000 already in the pot and the was already on the board after the turn when Hartwell check-raised from…
The second starting day of the €450 (€210+€200+€40) Mystery Siege of Malta takes place today, getting underway at 16.00. The first starting day was on Tuesday evening, which got the festival underway with 210 players taking their seats for the first time this week. The tournament had a €100,000 guarantee and that looks like it…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 192/209 You know it is going to be a fun day when two players chop up a pot where between the both they had no card higher than a four in the following hand: Daniel Munoz bet 3,100 from the blinds into a pot of 7,000 with the already on…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 193/208 The Day 1a players are back from break and the field has grown past 200 entries before the action resumed. Late registration will remain open until the start of Level 11, at which time we will know how many of these players will advance to Sunday’s Day 2 already…
Day 1a is on its first break of the 2024 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event. We will start updating the biggest stacks from around the room on the second break of the day. The field grew to 193 entries and could reach 200 entries by the time the action resumes in 20 minutes.…
Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 172/184 Marflene Cricchiola called a three-bet by Peter Kamaras to bring around 5,000 into the pot before the flop. Cricciola check-called a bet of 1,800 before leading out himself for 2,500 on the turn. Kamaras called and the river completed the board. Cricchiola checked and Kamaras went into the tank…
The White Knight and the Dark Knight are two of the established side events that take place at every Battle of Malta festival. They are single day No Limit Hold’em tournaments which are both run on 20-minute clocks. The White Knight is slightly cheaper, with a €150 buy-in (€130+€20) and players start with 15,000 chips.…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 169/176 The field continues to grow and grow with the field already up to 176 entries. Hendrikus Postel and Nikola Krstevski were the latest to hit the rail near the end of Level 2. Meanwhile, Simone Picchianti chipped up against Kenny Burke, leaving his opponent short on chips. Burke bet…