Today is the final PLO event of the festival, however there are still Sviten and a H.O.R.S.E . tournaments scheduled on Monday and Tuesday. They are now in the third level of the day, with 67 players having already joined the 4-card action.
British players are having an absolutely fabulous time at the 2026 Autumn Edition of the Battle of Malta and that continued today as Paul Murphy has won the Mystery Siege of Malta, scooping the €31,900 first place prize and the trophy. A deal was done with three players left, with €5,000 left to play for.…
The largest Battle of Malta starting day was the equivalent Day 1g in 2024, when 1,759 entries were made. We are now in the 5th level of the day with still almost five hours until registration closes and there have been 1,532 buy-ins so far. If the rate of entries remains at this pace, last…
The Mystery Siege went down to three players soon after the start of play, with the returning Greeks, Pangiotis Petrou and Konstantinos Mimikopoulos eliminated in 4th and 5th places respectively. Some time after their departure, a deal was discussed ands agreed between the three remaining players and they agreed to leave €5,000 still to play…
Saturday is always the craziest day at the Battle of Malta and there are currently over 1,300 players seated across four tournaments. Here’s the first state of play update of the day. Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining 11:00 Satellite One Shot to BOM €1.5m GTD €60+€10 In Play – Level 12 – Registration Closed…
The first side event of the day is now underway, a €260+€40 No Limit Hold’em one-day mtt. They are now in the second level of the day with 65 entries so far and three hours of late registration remaining. Main Event Day 1g Returns from 1st Break Unfortunately we were not able to get any…
PokerLens is now back up and we are now able to take a look at the results of Friday’s side events. Priit Vanem Wins 4/5 Card PLO Estonian Priit Vanem won Friday’s 4/5 Card PLO, taking down the top prize of €6,215 after chopping heads-up with Irishman William Collins, who took €6,000 in the deal.…
Level 2: 100/200 (200) Entries: 870/981 The pace of entries hasn’t slowed, if anything it’s picked up and there have now been 1,100 entries into Day 1g of the Battle of Malta Main Event. They are still on the third level, but are just about to go on the first break of the flight. Meanwhile,…
Level 2: 100/200 (200) Entries: 885/906 A few moments ago, Glenn Brown and Telly Bartolo announced to the Day 1g players in the Eden Arena, that the guarantee of €1.5 million in the main event has been reached, during the second level of the day. Players are still joining the game at a rapid rate…
Numbers are now climbing in Day 1g of the Main Event with 750 players now participating by the midpoint of the first level of the day. Last year, this same fight ended up with 1759 entries and whether we match that number today remains to be seen, but there are certainly going to be many…