Level 4: 200/400 (400) Entries: 83/94 After an initial raise to 600 from the Lo-jack, Palina Mankevich made it 2,300 from the Lo-jack. Then, James Paris made it 5,100 from the Button. Action came back to Mankevich, who now 5-bet to 13,700. After roughly two minutes worth of consideration, Paris called. Before the flop was…
The Battle of Malta is the island’s most prestigious poker title. It has a rich history, beginning in 2012 and there have been 14 completed events so far. This Spring Edition is the 15th running of the series, which is yet to produce a double winner. Vasileios Zizis deserves a more than honourable mention as…
Player Chip Count Big Blinds Salvatore Spina 104,500 261 Rene Dreismann 97,000 243 Stavros Passias 85,000 213 Giulo Spampinato 81,200 203 Maciej Kala 70,000 175 Manish Rawal 68,300 171 Andreas Vlachos 67,100 168 Matthew Micallef 67,000 168 Mitchell Foster 66,600 167 Massimo Rizzoglio 65,000 163 Nikolaos Valtazis 64,200 161 Alessio Vanni 60,300 151 Kostadin Mihaylov…
While most of the attention at the Battle of Malta is focused on No Limit Hold’em, there is one event per day offered in non-Hold’em formats. Most of these are Pot Limit Omaha, but there is also a Sviten Special and H.O.R.S.E event. Malta has a thriving mixed games community, many of whom will turn…
Both the Battle of Malta Main Event and the Mystery Siege are on their first breaks of the day. We will have chip counts of the leaders very shortly.
Level 3: 100/300 (300) Entries: 73/77 Daniele Degennaro opened to 700 Under the Gun. Ian Tabone decided to call from the Button, and Big Blind-player Rene Dreismann also joined in on the fun. Degennaro bet 500 on the flop after Dreismann had checked. Tabone and Dreismann both made the call. On the turn , all…
The €300 Mystery Siege of Malta is one of the key highlights of Battle of Malta schedule and today there are two of its three opening flights taking place. The first kicked-off at 1pm in tandem with the Main Event, while the second begins at 7pm this evening. Each plays down until 15% of the…
Level 3: 100/300 (300) Entries: 68/71 A few familiar faces have already turned up, but have they brought their A-game? We’ll find out as the day progresses. Spotted in the Mystery Siege of Malta is Daniel Maunders, who was runner up in the 2024 Battle of Malta Spring Edition, where he was beaten heads-up…
Level 2: 100/200 (200) Entries: 58/59 John Do opened to 400 from the Hi-jack. James Paris (Button), Mitchell Foster (Small Blind), and Giulio Spampinato (Big Blind) all decided to call. Action checked around on the flop. When the fell on the turn, Do bet 1,300 when it was his turn to act. Paris made the call while…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 42/42 There were roughly 2,500 in the middle when the board read . Lampros Vlachos, Samuel Tebege, and Massimiliano Mauceri were the three players involved in the action, and they all decided to check. On the turn, Vlachos bet 2,600. Tebege folded prior to Mauceri making the call. Vlachos didn’t slow…