Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 145/151 Day 1a has blossomed to more than 151 entries. Six players have already hit the rail including Nikola Krstevski and Erik Lindqwist, who was on the final table during the 2024 Battle of Malta Spring Edition before bowing out in eighth place for €11,900. Meanwhile, Massimo Bruno, who was…
The Battle of Malta has evolved over the years and one aspect that is now significantly different is how much it costs to play. For most of the event’s history it has had a buy-in of €550-€600, however for the Autumn 2024 edition, players have two choices of buy-in, €300 (€265+€35) or €600 (€530 +…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 131/135 Level 2 just kicked off. It isn’t exactly de ja vu but it’s close with an opening stack still worth 400 big blinds. The main difference is that there is now an ante in play. Halil Gecaj, Ivane Khazaradze, and Simone Sintucci, joined the first casualty of the day…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 122/123 We already lost a player on the first blind level of the day. Umberto Zanni recapped the hand for us. Adrian Cazacu isolated from the button with a three-bet to 1,000. Zanni called and the original player in the hand folded. Cazacu fired out for 1,800 on the flop and…
The Battle of Malta has been running for twelve years now and its an instantly recognizable tournament brand. It conjures up images of Malta’s past using event names that pay homage to historical events and wars that took place in the mists of time on the bustling Mediterranean island nation. The event is now so…
The Battle of Malta has a structure that gets better and better as the tournament progresses. The opening starting days are long, as play continues until players reach the prize money. But with a further four days to complete the tournament, the blind levels increase in length and the play slows down. Day 1 Full…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 81/81 There will be deep-stacked play of 400 big blinds during the first two 40-minute blind levels of Day 1a. A total of 81 players already got into the mix in hopes of doing something early on the first opening flight in Malta. Peter Kamaras, Tomi Arponen, Dana Hassan, Vasyl Laba,…
Day 1a of the Battle of Malta Main Event is now underway in the Eden Arena at Casino Malta. This is the first of nine starting days taking place this week, although it is not the first, as there was a pre-festival starting day at Full Tilt Catania in Sicily last week, which 111 players…
Although this is the first day of our blog coverage, it’s not the first day of the festival, as that began on Tuesday evening with two satellites to the main event, plus the first starting day of the €450 Mystery Siege of Malta event. But let’s call yesterday Day Zero as today is the first…
The Battle of Malta began in 2012 and this is the 14th running of the biggest poker event in Malta. The Autumn 2024 edition has a packed schedule of over 40 events, including the €1.5m guaranteed Battle of Malta Main Event, the €100,000 GTD Mystery Siege of Malta and the €300,000 GTD Quigioco High Roller. …