Dimadis Leads Day 1a Main Event Qualifiers as Bjerklund and Sammut Win First Battle of Malta Trophies

Casino Malta was absolutely packed to the rafters yesterday, May 28, for the first full day of the Battle of Malta 2026 Summer Edition. The atmosphere was electric, and chips flew in all directions, with no fewer than six tournaments completed, along with two satellites, and two trophies awarded. Konstantinos Dimadis and Jaroslaw Falkowski topped…

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€600 Main Event Day 1a Chip Counts

Position Name Country Chips 1 Konstantinos Dimadis Greece 585,000 2 Ronen Avraham Israel 550,000 3 Dominik Wochnik Poland 535,000 4 Jader Pederzini Italy 506,000 5 Anthony Damien Ouillon France 493,000 6 Jean-Pascal Vernet France 448,000 7 Nihat Muldur Turkey 403,000 8 Marc Sanz Clausin Spain 403,000 9 Nigel Hartwell England 372,000 10 Antonios Koukouras Greece…

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Zhdanov Out in 33rd; Place has Concluded

Main Event Day 1a Level 16: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 32/214 Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD Hand-for-hand was just about to commence. However, there was still a hand in progress at Table 1. The board read with roughly 60,000 in the middle. Yevhen Zhdanov (Big Blind) checked to Sebastian Mortensen, who bet 45,000. After some consideration, Zhdanov…

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Big Stacks at the Final Break

Main Event Day 1a Level 16: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 41/214 Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD The remaining 41 players in Day 1a of the €600 Main Event are currently on the last break of the day, set to soon resume play on Level 16. Below are the biggest stacks in the room. Player Country Chips Big…

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The Best for Bezzah

Main Event Day 1a Level 15: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 44/214 Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD Action folded to Sofiene Bezzah in the Small Blind. He forced Krystian Nalepka (Big Blind) all in for 47,000 in total. Nalepka peeked at his hole cards, one at a time, then made the call. Sofiene Bezzah: Krystian Nalepka: Nalepka was…

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