More Than 6,000 Entries to Set a New Battle of Malta Record 2 Nov 14:21 by Jason Glatzer

Battle of Malta Record

Breaking news!

A new record has been set in the Main Event of the Battle of Malta! When registration closed, 992 players had taken their seats in Day 1i, creating a new record field size of 6,039 entries in the 2025 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event at Casino Malta and the Intercontinental Malta.

This brings the prize pool up to a whopping €2,728,970. Payouts will be announced at the start of Day 2, but expect some massive prizes on the line during Wednesday’s live-streamed final table on Day 5.

Meanwhile, Day 1i will continue along with a turbo-charged 20-minute clock until there are 149 players or less remaining. They will join the others that found bags for at least a min-cash during the first eight opening flights for a shortened Day 2 at 8 p.m. This allows Day 2 players to enjoy at least the first hour of the player’s party which is close enough for players to also enjoy during breaks.

Best of luck to all of the players and thank you for setting a new gold standard at the Battle of Malta!

Biggest Single Day in Battle of Malta History 2 Nov 10:26 by Jonathan Raab

Saturday’s Day 1 G was the biggest ever starting day in the history of the battle of Malta. It began with over 500 players, but this grew to over 900 within the first couple of levels of the flight.

By level 2, the €1.5m guarantee on the event had been met and by the dinner break and by the first break in play there were over 1,300 entrants.  During the second session of play, the next milestone was reached when the 1,760th person bought in it, surpassing last year’s 1,759 who participated in the equivalent flight.

By the dinner break, over 1,900 entries had been made and the only question left was whether it would get to 2,000 entries. It fell just short, ending up with a staggering 1,990 buy-ins.

A further 578 played in Day 1h, taking the total number of entries up to 5,047. With just one starting day left, the only record left is last year’s final total of 5,799. Last year, the final starting day had 849 entries and if that number is repeated today, a new overall attendance record will be set!

Kristian Kis Bags Day 1g Chip Lead

The biggest starting day saw 298 of the 1,990 players progress to Day 2. Hungarian Kristian Kis booked the chip lead, on 1,293,000, the second biggest stack so far from the first eight flights. He was on of just three chip millionaires who emerged from the day. In second place on the leaderboard is Victor Azanon, with 1,158,000, followed by Battista Locati on 1,012,000. All three received bonus prizes of €1,500 packages to the Spring 2026 BOM.

Top 10 Chip Counts from Day 1g

Position Name Chips
1 Krisztian Kis 1,293,000
2 Victor Azanon 1,158,000
3 Battista Locati 1,012,000
4 Angelos Michael 967,000
5 Alexander Neumann 964,000
6 Lior Sahar 926,000
7 Luis Lionco 853,000
8 Jakub Fiala 790,000
9 Georgi Mektupchiyan 790,000
10 Mike Georges Alonso 778,000

BOM Champion Zisis Tops Day 1h

The Battle of Malta’s greatest ever storyline just keeps on giving. Vasileios Zisis almost did the inconceivable this time last year, finishing one place away from going back-to-back, having won the 2024 Spring Edition Main Event.

He arrived in Malta a couple of days ago and cashed in the Mystery Siege yesterday. He played  in Day 1g, but failed to progress, so chanced his luck in the half-price Day 1h. Quite remarkably, he emerged from that skirmish as the chip leader, securing 1,194,000 for Day 2, one of the five biggest stacks of the BOM so far. He also ensured he will return in Spring next year, taking down the bonus package for posting the largest stack.

There were 578 entries in the flight, with one other player, Dennis Stemmler, bagging over 1m. Just 42 players made it into Day 2.

Top 10 Chip Counts from Day 1g

Pos Player Name Chips
1 Vasileios Zisis 1,190,000
2 Dennis Stemmler 1,070,000
3 Richard Van Wingerden 717,000
4 Macario Coglianese 600,000
5 Giovanni Capuano 524,000
6 Jonathan Stoeber 470,000
7 Nuno Sales 407,000
8 Joao Canas 404,000
9 Lorenzo Antetomaso 325,000
10 Andreas Putz 316,000

Vasileios Zisis

Paul Murphy Wins Mystery Siege of Malta

The €450 Mystery Siege of Malta was won by Paul Murphy, after a three-way deal with Srdjan Milicevic and Hans Werge. They left €5,000 to play for after the deal, but it didn’t take long to complete, with Murphy cashing for €48,200, including €16,000 in bounties. Third place finisher Hans Werge actually won the most, having taken more in bounties than Murphy, but did not secure the trophy.

Pos Player Name Prize
1 Paul Murphy €48,200
2 Srdjan Milicevic €32,600
3 Hans Werge €49,085
4 Panagiotis Petrou €15,220
5 Konstantinos Mimikopoulos €12,180

 

Paul Murphy, Mystery Siege of Malta Winner

Side Event Winners

The first side event of the day was the €300 NLH MAS, which finished with a three-way chop. Claus Spiekermann took the most in the deal (€5,980), which he made with Pavlos Benakis and Maciej Toma.

Adam Milewski won Saturday’s €330 PLO, which had 133 entries, generating a prize pool of €32,851.  Milewski took the title after defeating Jeraint “JJ” Hazan heads-up, scooping the first prize of €8,705. Both his prize money and the €5,920 won by Hazan were greater than the rather lowly €5,000 guarantee which was set for the event.

Vikram Digpal won the Dark Knight, defeating fellow Brit Michael Johnson heads-up to bank the first prize of €9,920. It was the biggest edition of the Dark Knight so far this week, with 315 entries.

Full Results of all side events can be found here.

Sunday’s Schedule at the Battle of Malta

There is just one more flight for the Main Event on Sunday, the early starting Day1i, which begins at 10am. It’s a full price flight, but runs on a turbo, clock, from which the top 15% will join the 736 who have already booked their seats into Day 2, which is scheduled to start at 8pm.

As well as being Day 2 of the Main Event, it’s also the first day of €300,000 guaranteed €1,100 High Roller, sponsored by Qui Gioco. Registration for this stays open until the second level of Day 2. There are also two satellite to the High Roller today, at 11am and 10pm.

Today’s non-Hold’em offering is Sviten, which begins at 5pm, with a €330 buy-in. There’s also another running of the €400 White Knight and Day 1 of the Shark Bay Eurorounders €300 Bounty.

Time Tournament Name Buy-in Stack Levels
10:00 BOM 1.500.000 GTD Day 1I 15% Progress to Day 2 €530+€70 40K 20 min
11:00 NLH Satellite One Shot – HIGH ROLLER €300,000 GTD €110+€20 10K 20 min
15:00 NLH White Knight €340+€60 30K 20 min
17:00 Sviten €300+€30 30K 25 min
19:00 SHARK BAY – EUROROUNDERS BOUNTY €50,000 GTD (Play till level 10) Day 1 €110+€150+€40 30K 20 min
20:00 BOM Day 2 1,500,000 GTD – – 60 min
21:00 NLH – HIGH ROLLER €300,000 GTD (Play till level 10) Day 1 €1000+€100 50K 30 min
22:00 NLH Satellite Accumulator to HIGH ROLLER €300,000 GTD – soft cap €110+€20 10K 20 min
Day 1h Chip Counts 2 Nov 04:46 by Christoffer

Day 1h attracted 578 entries. Below are the chip counts for those 42 who made it through to Day 2.

1 Vasileios Zisis 1,194,000
2 Dennis Gilbert Stemmler 1,078,000
3 Richard Albertus Cornelis Van Wingerden 717,000
4 Macario Coglianese 600,000
5 Giovanni Capuano 524,000
6 Jonathan Daniel Stoeber 470,000
7 Nuno Miguel Rodrigues De Sales 407,000
8 Joao Paulo Parada Canas 404,000
9 Lorenzo Antetomaso 325,000
10 Andreas Putz 316,000
11 Georgios Efthymiadis 276,000
12 Sven Aage Lysebo 271,000
13 Simone Locatelli 267,000
14 Marko Olop 264,000
15 Igor Bukowski 261,000
16 Elad Yaniv 244,000
17 Manouchehr Elahi 237,000
18 Dimitrios Apostolidis 232,000
19 Luca Piso 232,000
20 Phenporn Laatikainen 226,000
21 Michele Chite’ 201,000
22 Manesh Chandrakant Mistry 192,000
23 Michael James-Cardi 190,000
24 Giuseppe Gionfriddo 180,000
25 Claudio Cafarella 178,000
26 Alexandru Farcasanu 176,000
27 Mateusz Szczepan Piwowarczyk 168,000
28 Michele Grippa 157,000
29 Benjamin Pascal Duval 155,000
30 Barak Levkovits 152,000
31 Reuven Dayan 128,000
32 Frederic Thero Hebert 126,000
33 Marco Draga 121,000
34 Kamil Patryk Predecki 103,000
35 Julian Capone 90,000
36 Eyal Shlomo Pearl 85,000
37 Eugenio Piana 80,000
38 Barrie Alexander Small 64,000
39 Maria Giovanna Veroux 54,000
40 Antoine Jeremy Talvard 40,000
41 Giuseppe Tredici 22,000
42 Danny Verheij 20,000
Day 1g Chip Counts 2 Nov 04:44 by Christoffer

Day 1g attracted a staggering 1,990 entries. Below are the chip counts for those 298 who made it through to Day 2.

Position Name Chips
1 Krisztian Mark Kis 1,293,000
2 Victor Segura Azanon 1,158,000
3 Battista Locati 1,012,000
4 Angelos Michael 967,000
5 Alexander Neumann 964,000
6 Lior Sahar 926,000
7 Luis Fernando Fontes Lionco 853,000
8 Jakub Fiala 790,000
9 Georgi Mektupchiyan 790,000
10 Mike Georges Alonso 778,000
11 Candido Gabriele Cappiello 750,000
12 Paolo Anselmo 706,000
13 Lorenzo Paolelli 703,000
14 Kacper Czapla 693,000
15 Davide Iannaco 671,000
16 Max Bayarri Crespo 662,000
17 Lee Micheal Mulligan 662,000
18 Lukasz Pawel Fraczek 648,000
19 Andrea Pappalardo 648,000
20 Emmanouil Fountoulakis 641,000
21 Jussi Valtteri Julkunen 631,000
22 Domenico Candido 614,000
23 Biagio Torrisi 612,000
24 Min Guk Kim 583,000
25 Robert Previsic 581,000
26 Nico Diperna 569,000
27 Jonathon Essex Richard 554,000
28 Santino Arigo’ 547,000
29 Conor Paul O’driscoll 538,000
30 Riadh Ben Farhat 523,000
31 Cristian Moldovan 520,000
32 Evangelos Argyris 511,000
33 Peter Kovacs 499,000
34 Marius-Constantin Hutupasu 470,000
35 Luigi Pignataro 466,000
36 Jorge Palomino Rebolleda 460,000
37 Joao Pedro Resende Pereira 458,000
38 Giovanni Caggia 456,000
39 Jaime Lozano Diaz 455,000
40 Ben Miller 455,000
41 Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila 447,000
42 Sebastian Kos 436,000
43 Martin Tsvetanov 432,000
44 Luca Cesareo 431,000
45 Ettore Loprieno 431,000
46 Andreas Altenburger 426,000
47 Emanuele Mari 426,000
48 Nicola Pezzullo 425,000
49 Angelo Gaetano Censabella 418,000
50 Roni Ezra 418,000
51 Shimon Shay Hagay 416,000
52 Laszlo Papai 414,000
53 Vasyl Tkachenko 405,000
54 Andrea Valentini 405,000
55 Adrian Thomas Vogt 404,000
56 Robert Nechifor Dascalescu 400,000
57 Martin Cuccuru 390,000
58 Filippo Bechini 389,000
59 Xuan Andrea Zhou 383,000
60 Andrija Vujic 380,000
61 Salvatore Cicero 378,000
62 Tomas Buksa 375,000
63 Klavs Garselis 375,000
64 Antonio Alba 369,000
65 Alberto Cucca 367,000
66 Konstantinos Krostalakis 366,000
67 Sokol Lama 366,000
68 Alejandro Garcia Asenjo 365,000
69 Daniele Sacchi 356,000
70 Rasmus Jon Mikael Lundstroem 350,000
71 Dario Nittolo 349,000
72 Matteo Montanari 347,000
73 Roberto Di Giuseppe 345,000
74 Bachana Shengelia 339,000
75 Mikael 339,000
76 Hugo Marcelo Torres Da Silva 334,000
77 Nicholas Edoardo Traini 328,000
78 Ivelin Yonchev 324,000
79 Luca Alunni Guiducci 322,000
80 Gianluca Cabitza 322,000
81 Kacper Adam Kopron 322,000
82 Masoud Fatollahy 320,000
83 Neal James Batten 316,000
84 James Michel Combrouze Charlton 302,000
85 Francesco Amendola 300,000
86 Enrst Tony Fahlin 300,000
87 Isais Alexandros Sidirokastrittis 298,000
88 Apostolis Meintis 296,000
89 Valentino Campitelli 292,000
90 Nuno Miguel Duarte 291,000
91 Connor Budden 290,000
92 Liron Kroani 289,000
93 Salvatore Martino 288,000
94 Giulio Antonio Spampinato 287,000
95 Nigel William Stentiford 287,000
96 Simon Bozhinovski 286,000
97 Alexandr Resko 286,000
98 Darren Carl Jarvis 285,000
99 Ruben Perez Correa 285,000
100 Andreas Steffen Schiepe 285,000
101 Procopio Vitale 284,000
102 Iounut Alexandru Decher 277,000
103 David Salamanca Calero 276,000
104 Lars Greger Larsson 275,000
105 Jakub Franciszek Szczotka 273,000
106 Stefan Jahn 268,000
107 Antonio Russello 265,000
108 Marflene Cricchiola 262,000
109 Lorenzo Ascani 260,000
110 Rene Crna 260,000
111 Marcin Kacprzak 258,000
112 Gerrardo Scianni 258,000
113 Luca Viviani 258,000
114 Jacob Pahuus Witt 258,000
115 Paulo Jorge Do Rio Andre De Castro Rorigues 257,000
116 Christophe Andre Cordeille 256,000
117 Ignazio D’angelo 255,000
118 Giuseppe Di Marco 255,000
119 Lukas Nachtman 253,000
120 Tomasz Jan Bielak 252,000
121 Eirmas Tomkevicius 252,000
122 Szymon Politowski 250,000
123 Milos Stojkovic 249,000
124 Costantino Giannuzzi 247,000
125 Akser Dawid Osak 247,000
126 Jan Jakub Wojtkielewicz 242,000
127 Servatius Carolus Keerssemeeckers 240,000
128 Longmao Fan 239,000
129 Nikola Marcetic 239,000
130 Ioannis Kritsotakis 238,000
131 Luca Marchetti 238,000
132 Vytautas Aganauskas 231,000
133 Giorgio Di Scala 231,000
134 Giuseppe Gallo 231,000
135 Murali Krishna R Thadiparthi 231,000
136 Almir Gusalovic 229,000
137 Veljko Glavicic 228,000
138 Giovanni La Rosa 224,000
139 Georgios Nisyriou 223,000
140 Iason Filippidis 221,000
141 Carmelo Contursi 219,000
142 Nicolas Tim Bigham 218,000
143 Jurgen Rudolf Muller 218,000
144 Demetrio Polimeno 218,000
145 Tayfun Rodoplu 216,000
146 Per Simon Hesserud Persson 215,000
147 Fililp Machowski 215,000
148 Killian Joseph O’brien 215,000
149 Dimosthenis Stylianos 214,000
150 Andrea Zerillo 214,000
151 Miltiadis Zografos 214,000
152 Ciaran Mccullagh 212,000
153 Jakub Wladyslaw Siedlaczek 211,000
154 Michel William Siereveld 211,000
155 Andrea Casula 208,000
156 Nikola Filipovic 208,000
157 Kristian Sjo Hagevik 208,000
158 Gianfranco Gaspare Picone 207,000
159 Carmelo Scalora 206,000
160 Vito Bellomo 205,000
161 Dimitrios Orfanidis 204,000
162 Leonidas Georgopoulos 201,000
163 Lars Jonatan Lannetun 200,000
164 Manuel Licata 200,000
165 Dor Adda 199,000
166 Salvatore Grasso 196,000
167 Philipp Pflugl 196,000
168 Angelos Valilis 196,000
169 Priit Vanem 196,000
170 David William Buckley 195,000
171 Salvatore Anastasio 189,000
172 Dalibor Dula 189,000
173 Suk Yee Ng 189,000
174 Srdjan Milicevic 188,000
175 Andrea Barreca 187,000
176 Lukas Pribyl 187,000
177 Olga Liscsinszky 186,000
178 Daniele Maldonato 186,000
179 Lorenzo Merone 186,000
180 Carlo Giuseppe Amenta 182,000
181 Michele Di Benedetto 182,000
182 Marvin Dubau 181,000
183 Pavel Yonkov Tsekov 180,000
184 Alessandro Pinelli 176,000
185 Egon Kaljulaid 175,000
186 Eirik Lund Presterud 174,000
187 Jaroslaw Kamil Falkowski 173,000
188 Rares-Grigorut Muresan 171,000
189 Daniele Camerini 163,000
190 Cosimo De Gennaro 161,000
191 Gianluca Donini 161,000
192 Corrado Martinelli 161,000
193 Ferdinand Eduard Janssen 157,000
194 Giorgio Pasca 157,000
195 Hana Jo 156,000
196 Jovica Krivosija 154,000
197 Francesco Squillante 152,000
198 Sami Aleksi Pulliainen 151,000
199 Juri Recchi 151,000
200 Wayne Frederick Thomas 151,000
201 Johnson Kitete-Kikumba 150,000
202 Tom Oliver Aadjers 148,000
203 David Elhanan Lior Torgeman 148,000
204 Domenico Di Vito 147,000
205 Davide Ferraro 146,000
206 Marco Greco 145,000
207 Domenico Pannullo 145,000
208 Roi Cohen 144,000
209 Jose Rui Patacas Goncalves Vieira 144,000
210 Dimitrios Myrgiannis 143,000
211 Gianluca Fichera 141,000
212 Danial Daniele Kargarzadeh 141,000
213 Aleksandro Todorovski 140,000
214 Danail Balkanski 139,000
215 Tal Barasofsky 136,000
216 Daniel Triana Ruiz 135,000
217 Luigi Tasca 133,000
218 Henning Volker Leo Kosmalla 131,000
219 Marcello Bona 130,000
220 Fabio Di Blasi 129,000
221 Valentin Ledo Valentin 127,000
222 Marek Ohnisko 127,000
223 Georgios Boutsakis 125,000
224 Cristian-Marius Campan 122,000
225 Jose Nehme 122,000
226 Martin Mulsow 121,000
227 Andrea Sirigu 120,000
228 Dylan Lewis Brandly 117,000
229 Francesco Vitale 117,000
230 Gabriele Zappala’ 117,000
231 Alen Nikolic 115,000
232 Costa Pinheiro 114,000
233 Alexander Bluvshtein 113,000
234 Alessandro Marano 113,000
235 Jay Ronald Yerby 113,000
236 Amedeo Gloria 112,000
237 Domenico Pediglieri 112,000
238 Antonino Spadaro 112,000
239 Antonino Karman 111,000
240 Milan Vanek 111,000
241 Kenneth Charles Patterson Smith 110,000
242 Mikel Calo` 109,000
243 Vito Lucio Costanza 109,000
244 Salvatore Antonino Cundari 109,000
245 Gianluca Trebbi 109,000
246 Jelle Algra 108,000
247 Andreas Vlachos 108,000
248 Aleksandar Zuberovski 108,000
249 Sven Weide 105,000
250 David Matteo Civai 104,000
251 Alessandra Rapone 104,000
252 Alessio Russo 103,000
253 Tom Fredrik Roernes 101,000
254 Danas Dambrauskas 100,000
255 Pavle Pecelj 99,000
256 Theodoros Ampelikiotis 98,000
257 Miguel Angel Herreros Sanchez 95,000
258 Nikola Minovic 95,000
259 Mordechai Marko Hazan 94,000
260 Ottavio Massimo Ferrazzano 93,000
261 Joerg Schneegass 93,000
262 Angelo Avanzato 91,000
263 Spencer Jake Owen 91,000
264 Simone Maciocia 85,000
265 Dimitrios Stavaris 85,000
266 Alex James Montgomery 84,000
267 Rostyslav Mozghovyi 82,000
268 Vincenzo Nicoletti 80,000
269 Ioannis Gerontas 79,000
270 Assi Levi 79,000
271 Alvin Raymond Tafalla 78,000
272 Giuliana Celestini 76,000
273 Loris Invito 69,000
274 Piergiuglio Silvia 69,000
275 Georgios Skarparis 69,000
276 Johan Bengt Aake Ekdahl 66,000
277 Simone Saad El Din 66,000
278 Cosme Gomez Martinez 65,000
279 Arad Yizhak Slutzky 65,000
280 Kajetan Jantosz 64,000
281 Carlo Alberto Maria Gallina 63,000
282 Oscar Arezzo 62,000
283 Roberto De Paolis 59,000
284 Antonio Scaglione 52,000
285 Erik Tobias Johansson 51,000
286 Howard Michael Wilson 49,000
287 Maciej Andrzej Dymnicki 48,000
288 Marcos Cuesta Rincon 47,000
289 John Michael Limbrick 44,000
290 Albert Hendrik Van Urk 43,000
291 Rico Witsenburg 43,000
292 Alaa Ganem 42,000
293 Giuseppe Catanzaro 41,000
294 Poma Athos 39,000
295 Minh Khoa Giuseppe Di Flora Diep 35,000
296 Mimikopoulos Konstantinos 25,000
297 Umberto Visceglia 25,000
298 Magnus Sipri Nilsson 8,000
That’s a Wrap; the Bubble has Burst 2 Nov 04:18 by Christoffer

Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 299/1,990

After a somewhat surprising long hand-by-hand session (considering how many players were remaining), the bubble has now burst, sending the 299 survivors into Day 2. They’re all guaranteed a minimum cash amount; however, said amount won’t be determined until Day 2 starts.

There were a few interesting spots during the regulated stage of play. The first all-in and call scenario came when Andrea Casula open-shoved 94,000 from the Button with Q♣J♣. He was called by Big Blind player David Calero, who was in the lead with A♦K♦. It was Casula who benefited from the J♦5♥9♣ flop, and the 9♠3♣ runout didn’t see Calero catching up.

The next player at risk was Aleksandar Zuberovski, who moved all in for 39,000 from UTG+2. Domenico Pannullo made it 80,000 from the Lo-jack, and the remaining players all got out of the way. Zuberovski tabled Q♠Q♦ and was ahead against the K♣J♦ of Pannullo, and there were no king or other shenanigans on the 9♣T♦8♦4♣9♠.

Albeit not an all-in situation, there was a big pot brewing over at Table 28. The flop read 9♣4♥8♣ with roughly 30,000 in the middle. Krisztian Kis (UTG+2) had checked it over to Antonio Russello (Lo-jack), who put out a 65,000 bet. Kis made the call, and the dealer revealed the 4♣ on the turn. Another check from Kis prompted a hefty 140,000 bet from Russello, and Kis made the call after perhaps spending two minutes in the tank. On the 8♥ river, it was Kis who took the aggressive path, as he bet 210,000. Russello didn’t take too long before making the call. Kis turned over 6♠4♠ for a turned full house, and a disappointed Russello mucked his hand. While we’re still waiting for confirmation, Kis could be the one who bags the most (1,293,000).

On to the final hand of the day, then. Carmelo Contursi shoved 164,000 from the Hi-jack, and David Lloyd committed his 61,000 stack to a call from the Big Blind. It was a classic coin flip confrontation; Contursi had the pair with T♦T♣, and Lloyd revealed his K♣Q♣ holdings. Lloyd didn’t manage to connect on the 3♠J♠6♣9♥9♦, and as such, he became the unfortunate bubble boy.

That’s a wrap for today’s live coverage; as always, thanks to everyone who’s been tuning in. The full chip counts from Day 1g and 1h will be published as soon as possible. Day 2 starts tomorrow (November 2) at 20:00, and we can’t wait to see the action unfold.

 

Good Evening, Ladies 2 Nov 02:35 by Christoffer

Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 339/1,990

Players are busting at a rapid speed; it’ll only be a matter of minutes before hand-by-hand play commences.

After an initial opening from Robert Dascalescu in the Hi-jack, Nicola Pezzullo moved all in for 70,000 from the Big Blind. Dascalescu snap-called.

Nicola Pezzullo: Q♦Q♠
Robert Dascalescu: 6♠6♥

Dascalescu was trailing, and Pezzullo doubled up to survive as the board ran out A♣4♥3♥3♠T♣. Dascalescu could afford the loss.

Robert Dascalescu: 400,000
Nicola Pezzullo: 152,000

Chip Counts at the Break 2 Nov 01:55 by Christoffer

Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 400/1,990

Below are the biggest stacks at the third break.

Player Chips Big Blinds
Victor Azanon 690,000 86
Paolo Anselmo 690,000 86
Jaime Diaz 660,000 83
Max Crespo 630,000 79
Kacper Czapla 610,000 76

 

Current State of Play 2 Nov 01:35 by Christoffer

Below is the current state of play. Day 1g of the €600 Main Event is playing down to 299 players, while Day 1h will send 43 players to Day 2.

The NLH Mas Event was won by Claus Spickermann, who secured €5,980 after a three-way deal. Paul Stewart won the Mystery Siege of Malta for €48,200 (not including bounties).

 

Time Tournament Buy-in Status
Entries/remaining
11:00 Satellite One Shot to BOM €1.5m GTD €60+€10 Finished – 80 Tickets Awarded 0/800
13:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1G 15% Progress to Day 2 €530+€70 In Play – Level 15 – Registration Closed 413/1,990
15:00 NLH MAS Event €260+€40 Finished 0/133
15:00 Mystery Siege of Malta (Mystery Bounty) Day 3 – Finished 0/1,313
17:00 Pot Limit Omaha 5,000 GTD €300+€30 In Play – Level 18 – Registration Closed 10/127
18:00 NLH Dark Knight €170+€30 In Play – Level 19 – Registration Closed 18/315
20:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1H 15% Progress to Day 2 €265+€35 In Play – Level 14 – Registration Closed 128/578
21:00 NLH Satellite Accumulator to High Roller €110+€20 In Play – Level 9 – Registration Open 72/271
Oren Not Awarded 2 Nov 01:00 by Christoffer

Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 481/1,990

Action folded all the way to Ben Oren, who min-raised to 8,000 from the Button. Ben Miller then moved all in for 101,000 from the Big Blind. Oren, who perhaps played 95,000 in total, made the call after a couple minute’s worth of consideration.

Ben Miller: Q♦J♦
Ben Oren: A♠7♦

Oren had put in great effort to make the correct call. He wasn’t awarded for it, though, as Miller smashed the Q♠8♥5♠7♥J♥ board and sent Oren to the rail.

Ben Miller: 210,000
Ben Oren: 0

Koopman’s Collaboration 1 Nov 23:53 by Christoffer

Level 13: 1,000/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 625/1,990

Tobias Hollerer min-raised to 6,000 from the Hi-jack. Seated in the Big Blind, Frank Koopman was the sole caller.

Koopman check-called a 7,000 bet from Hollerer on the 8♠5♦4♣ flop. Action went check-check on the J♣ turn, and on the T♣ river, Koopman fired a 13,000 bet. Hollerer made the call within seconds.

Frank Koopman: 8♣7♠
Tobias Hollerer: A♠J♦

A better pair for Hollerer, and the pot was awarded to him.

Tobias Hollerer: 215,000
Frank Koopman: 24,000

Chip Counts 1 Nov 23:41 by Christoffer

Level 13: 1,000/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 657/1,990

The players have just returned from a 20-minute break. It has been announced that play will conclude when 299 remain. Below are some of the biggest stacks I was able to identify in the room.

Player Chips Big Blinds
Lior Sahar 556,000 185
Max Crespo 505,000 168
Evangelos Argyris 417,000 139
Santino Arigo 415,000 138
Giovanni Caggia 395,000 132
Lukas Pribyl 345,000 115

 

Pumpkin Post 1 Nov 23:20 by Jonathan Raab

The Day of the Dead is nearly over and there have been countless tournament life deaths today, but none of their relatives visited the graves of the fallen.

Its also my last post of this very long day, which still has a long way to go, but the blog will continue, authored by my esteemed column Christoffer K, until Day 1g completes.

Current State of Play

Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining
11:00 Satellite One Shot to BOM €1.5m GTD €60+€10 Finished – 80 tickets awarded 0/800
13:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1G 15% Progress to Day 2 €530+€70 In Play – On Break – Registration Closed 665/1,990
15:00 NLH MAS Event €260+€40 In Play – Level 21 – Registration Closed 8/133
15:00 Mystery Siege of Malta (Mystery Bounty) Day 3 – Finished 0/1,313
17:00 Pot Limit Omaha 5,000 GTD €300+€30 In Play – Level 14 – Registration Closed 26/127
18:00 NLH Dark Knight €170+€30 In Play – Level 14 – Registration Closed 64/315
20:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1H 15% Progress to Day 2 €265+€35 In Play – Level 9 – Registration Open 300/533
21:00 NLH Satellite Accumulator to High Roller €110+€20 In Play – Level 4 – Registration Open 148/197

 

Crucial Queen 1 Nov 22:55 by Christoffer

Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 735/1,990

Bartosz Mielczarek opened to 5,500 from UTG+1. Action folded all the way to Martin Mulsow, who moved all in for 24,000 from the Small Blind. Mielczarek didn’t take long before making the call.

Martin Mulsow: A♣Q♣
Bartosz Mielczarek: A♠K♠

“The queen is coming on the river,” Mulsow said. He must possess supernatural powers; the 3♦9♥2♦6♦Q♠ board awarded Mulsow the pot.

Martin Mulsow: 120,000
Bartosz Mielczarek: 29,000

Guarantee Smashed Video 1 Nov 22:31 by Jonathan Raab

Earlier today, when the guarantee was reached…

Chip Leader Finds Full House 1 Nov 22:28 by Christoffer

Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 815/1,990

I paid Table 76 a visit to see how Mike Alonso (who was the chip leader at the most recent break) was getting along. At the exact moment I got there, he called a 4,500 open from Dimitrios Orfanidis (UTG+1).

Considering Alonso was the Big Blind, he was first to act on the Q♠K♥Q♣ flop. He check-called a 3,500 continuation bet from Orfanidis, and both players then checked the 4♠ turn. Alonso then took the aggressive lead with a 30,000 bet on the K♣ river. Orfanidis sighed heacily, before making the call.

Alonso turned over K♠J♥, and you got the feeling that Orfanidis knew before he called that he was out in deep water.

Mike Alonso: 360,000
Dimitrios Orfanidis: 72,000

What did Filipovic have? 1 Nov 22:09 by Christoffer

Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 876/1,990

Seated in the Cut-off, Alex Gleeson opened to 4,000 from the Cut-off. Nikola Filipovic decided to defend his Big Blind.

Filipovic donked 3,000 on the 5♦4♥6♠ flop, and Gleeson made the call. Filipovic continued the aggressive path on the 9♣ turn, and, again, Gleeson decided to stick around.

You’d think Filipovic would slow down on the A♠ river. That was not the case; 27,000 was the bet, and, in the end, Gleeson decided to muck his hand.

Nikola Filipovic: 146,000
Alex Gleeson: 122,000

Registration Closes in Gargantuan Day 1g 1 Nov 22:06 by Jonathan Raab

Registration has just closed in Day 1g of the Battle of Malta Main Event. The final number of entries, subject to verification, is a staggering 1,989!  1,990 (they did find another player after all)

This is a single biggest starting day ever in the battle of Malta’s history and perhaps one of the largest starting days ever in Europe. We’ll have to check the record books and let you know where it stands in the single day rankings.

Biggest Starting Day in Battle of Malta History

Play Resumes in Main Event Day 1g 1 Nov 21:22 by Jonathan Raab

The dinner break has now ended and the tenth level of Day 1h has now begun. There are still 980 participating in this biggest ever Battle of Malta starting day, with 1,939 entries made so far and just 30 minutes left for players to join the flight.

TD Rudy

BOM 360 1 Nov 20:57 by Jonathan Raab

With Day 1g on dinner break, its time for a quick roundup of everything that’s going on at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena.

Main Event Day 1h has just started its 3rd level, with 293 entries so far. There are still just under 3 hours until late registration closes in this one.

The MAS side event is down to 25 players from a filed of 133 and is approaching the bubble with only 20 getting paid. There’s €7,860 up top for the winner.

The PLO has smashed way past its rather conservative guarantee of €5,000 and registration has just closed, with 122 entries and a final prize pool of €34,770.

The €200 Dark Knight is up to 257 entries, with another hour before reg closes. The High Roller satellite has not started yet, but is due to get going shortly.

Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining
11:00 Satellite One Shot to BOM €1.5m GTD €60+€10 Finished – 80 tickets awarded 0/80
13:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1G 15% Progress to Day 2 €530+€70 In Play – Dinner Break – Registration Open 968/1,913
15:00 NLH MAS Event €260+€40 In Play – Level 16 – Registration Closed 23/133
15:00 Mystery Siege of Malta (Mystery Bounty) Day 3 – Finished 0/1,313
17:00 Pot Limit Omaha 5,000 GTD €300+€30 In Play – Level 9 – Registration Closed 56/122
18:00 NLH Dark Knight €170+€30 In Play – Level 7 – Registration Open 172/267
20:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1H 15% Progress to Day 2 €265+€35 In Play – Level 3 – Registration Open 309/326
21:00 NLH Satellite Accumulator to High Roller €110+€20 Not Started – Registration Opens 39/39

 

Chip Counts at Dinner Break 1 Nov 20:33 by Christoffer

Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 969/1,908

The players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. In roughly one hour, they will resume play on Level 10. I wandered the tournament area and identified some of the biggest stacks.

Player Chips Big Blinds
Mike Alonso 365,000 243
Evangelos Argyris 322,000 215
Robert Previsic 312,500 208
Andreas Schiepe 293,500 196
Lukas Pribyl 291,000 194
Antonio Russello 283,000 189
Giuseppe Gallo 266,000 177
Dor Adda 252,000 168
Rene Nezhoda 250,000 167
Lorenzo Paolelli 250,000 167
Malte Held 225,000 150

 

Day 1f Survivors 1 Nov 19:06 by Jonathan Raab

Now that our full reporting function has returned, we’re finally able to deliver the chip counts from yesterday’s starting flights. Day 1e counts coming soon, but here’s the chip counts of the Day 1f survivors. Jonny Tang bagged the largest stack of just over 700,000 chips and won the big stack bonus of a €1,500 package to the Battle of Malta 2026 Spring Edition.

Pos Player Name Chips
1 Jonny Tang 703,000
2 Deni Seslija 533,000
3 Marko Jovanovic 502,000
4 Francesco Volpe 457,000
5 Yossef Cohen 442,000
6 Salvatore Pardo 383,000
7 Guy Cox 351,000
8 Jan Gompers 321,000
9 Janos Jancsik 283,000
10 Jorge Orozco 271,000
11 Angelo Maiullari 264,000
12 Roei Siman 241,000
13 Mateusz Zerko 221,000
14 Lydia Economou 203,000
15 Andrei Teodorescu 203,000
16 Cristiano Arciero 192,000
17 Tomasz Wisniewski 180,000
18 Bartosz Wesolek 178,000
19 Jake Howard 163,000
20 Benjamin Hupfer 109,000
21 Riccardo Pennacchini 102,000
22 Miika Toeyraes 102,000
23 Marco Labate 90,000
24 Andrea Lo Giudice 78,000
25 Marko Bajic 71,000

 

Anticlimax 1 Nov 18:48 by Christoffer

Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 1,176/1,784

I was thrilled to witness the festivites at Table 69. Alessandro Marano opened to 2,300 from UTG+1, and Carmelo Contursi (Hi-jack), Ioannis Kritsotakis (Cut-off), Vincenzo Scarfogliero (Button), Taago Tamm (Small Blind), and Alessio Vichi (Big Blind) all made the call. “What a treat,” I was thinking to myself; six players to the flop meant we were in for some big action.

Action on the 8♦6♠Q♠ flop went check-check-check-check-check-check. Action on the K♣ went check-check-check-check-check-check. Action on the J♦ went check-check-check-check-fold-fold. “Nuts,” Tamm joked as he revealed his J♣5♣ holdings, which indeed were the best hand. I got to say, the hand didn’t live up to my expectations.

The initial reason why I visited this particular table was to greet Krzysztof Chmielowski. The Polack was the Day 1b chip leader during the 2025 Battle of Malta Spring Edition, and between then and now, he’s also managed to score a second-place finish in the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,500 Main Event.

 

Krzysztof Chmielowski

Current State of Play 1 Nov 18:19 by Jonathan Raab

What time is it? It’s that time again! Time to take a look at what’s going on at the Battle of Malta.

Day 1g is well on the way to becoming the biggest Day 1 ever at Battle of Malta. With over three and half hours to go until registration closes, the Main Event has now risen to 1,727 entrants and is just 33 players away from setting a new benchmark.

The MAS side event has risen to 127 entries and late registration is closing soon. The PLO is up to 72 entries now and the Dark Knight is getting ready to start, with over 80 players registered so far.

The morning satellite to the Main Event is still running, but drawing to a close with just four players left fighting for the last of the 80 tickets that were generated by exactly 800 entrants.

Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining
11:00 Satellite One Shot to BOM €1.5m GTD €60+€10 In Play – Level 18 – Registration Closed 4/800
13:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1G 15% Progress to Day 2 €530+€70 In Play – Level 7 – Registration Open 1,218/1,727
15:00 NLH MAS Event €260+€40 In Play – Level 9 – Registration Open 67/127
15:00 Mystery Siege of Malta (Mystery Bounty) Day 3 – Finished 0/1,313
17:00 Pot Limit Omaha 5,000 GTD €300+€30 In Play – Level 3 – Registration Open 64/73
18:00 NLH Dark Knight €170+€30 In Play – Level 1 – Registration Open 98/98
20:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1H 15% Progress to Day 2 €265+€35 Registration Open /
21:00 NLH Satellite Accumulator to High Roller €110+€20 Registration Opens at 20.00 /

 

Chip Counts at the Break 1 Nov 18:07 by Christoffer

Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 1,221/1,697

As the players went on the second break of the day, I took a stroll through the arena, trying to identify the biggest stacks. Andreas Schiepe appears to be the current chip leader.

Player Chips Big Blinds
Andreas Schiepe 309,000 309
Dor Adda 214,000 214
Vincenzo Scarfogliero 208,000 208
Simeon Gradev 207,000 207
Ioannis Kritsotakis 197,000 197
Robert Previsic 193,000 193
Giovanni Caggia 187,000 187
Philip Pearson 168,000 168
Jonathan Lannetun 165,000

 

PLO In Play 1 Nov 17:56 by Jonathan Raab

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.

Paul Murphy Wins Mystery Siege of Malta 1 Nov 17:15 by Jonathan Raab

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. Murphy took the least in the deal, but went on to scoop the extra and also claimed €16,000 in bounties for a total payday of €47,900 (to be confirmed).

After Hans Werge busted in 3rd place, the trophy was brought out and placed on the table. But no sooner than it had arrived, all the chips went in the middle and it was all over in one hand.

In that final hand, Srdjan moved all-in and Paul Murphy almost beat him into the pot. Murphy held A♣9♣, dominating Srdjan Milicevic’s Q♥9♥. The board ran out 7♥2♦5♣3♣8♥ and that, as they say, was that.

 

Mystery Siege Winning Hand

Will the Day 1 Record Be Broken? 1 Nov 16:52 by Jonathan Raab

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 year’s flight record could easily topple.

Mystery Siege Heads-Up 1 Nov 16:36 by Jonathan Raab

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 for.

Hans Werge has just departed in 3rd place, leaving Srdjan Milicevic and Paul Murphy heads up for the title and the extra €5k.

What’s Going On Right Now? 1 Nov 15:55 by Jonathan Raab

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 107/800
13:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1G 15% Progress to Day 2 €530+€70 In Play – Level 2 – Registration Open 1,163/1,291
15:00 NLH MAS Event €260+€40 In Play – Level 2 – Registration Open 68/73
15:00 Mystery Siege of Malta (Mystery Bounty) Day 3 – In Play – Level 36 – Deal Being Discussed 3/1,313
17:00 Pot Limit Omaha 5,000 GTD €300+€30 Registration Opens at 16.00 /
18:00 NLH Dark Knight €170+€30 Registration Opens at 17.00 /
20:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1H 15% Progress to Day 2 €265+€35 Registration Open /
21:00 NLH Satellite Accumulator to High Roller €110+€20 Registration Opens at 20.00 /

 

MAS Side Event In Play 1 Nov 15:44 by Jonathan Raab

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 chip counts yet, as the floor have been too busy opening neew tables during the break, as more and more players pile into Day 1g, which has now risen to nearly 1,300 entries.

 

Side Event Results 1 Nov 15:35 by Jonathan Raab

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.

  • Friday 31st October
  • Buy-In: €300+€30
  • Entries: 99
  • Prizepool: €28,215
Pos Player Name Prize
1 Priit Vanem €6,215
2 William Collins €6,000
3 Pasquale Porcino €3,280
4 Kaspar Laursoo €2,660
5 Shane Keary €2,140
6 Henry Kilbane €1,660
7 Samuel Newsome €1,320
8 Ranel Kaesi €1,000

Laurits Espeholt Wins Dark Knight Halloween Edition

Friday’s outing for the €200 Dark Knight was won by Laurits Espeholt, for €6,060. He dfeated Nikola Baraktarevic heads-up, outlasting a field of 214 entrants.

  • Friday 31st October
  • Buy-In: €170+€30
  • Entries: 214
  • Prizepool: €34,561
Pos Player Name Prize
1 Laurits  Espeholt €6,060
2 Nikola Barjaktarevic €4,000
3 Mehmet Sarigoz €4,000
4 Dimitrios Apostolidis €4,500
5 Jaan Vaabel €2,230
6 Jakub Fiala €1,690
7 Pietro Schifano €1,230
8 Russell Fulford €900
9 Miroslav Fidanovski €755

NLH White Knight Produces Double Winner!

We broke the news earlier that there was already a double winner, Dimitrios Amplianitis, who took down Friday’s €400 White Knight event. He won the Dark Knight on Wednesday and has now completed the “Knights” category at the Battle of Malta. Here’s the final table result.

  • Friday 31st October
  • Buy-In: €340+€60
  • Entries: 51
  • Prizepool: €16,475
Pos Player Name Prize
1 Dimitrios Amplianitis €4,260
2 Adrian Vogt €4,255
3 Arci Mattia €2,310
4 Nicola Karl €1,750
5 Bernat Pradas €1,350
6 Giovanni Caggia €1,050
7 David  Older €840
8 Illuminato Torrisi €660

 

Full results of these events and other completed aide events can be found on the results page. Click the button at the top of the blog to go there, or use this handy link.

 

1,100 in Main Event Day 1g as 1st Break Approaches 1 Nov 15:08 by Jonathan Raab

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, the final table of the mystery siege of Malta is just about to resume with the five remaining players currently emptying their bags, preparing to start playing.

 

Guarantee Surpassed: €1.5m and Counting 1 Nov 14:13 by Jonathan Raab

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 and as I prepare this post, there are 867 players who have entered Day 1g. And by the time I have finished editing and have published this piece it’s likely that the Day 1g population will have grown to over 900.

Meanwhile, downstairs the satellite is still in play, with 263 of the 766 entrants still in. That number will climb higher still, as there’s another 50 minutes until registration closes.

Glenn Brown and Telly Bartolo Watching the €1.5m BOM Guarantee Being Met

Numbers Climbing 1 Nov 13:40 by Jonathan Raab

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 more players joining the fight before lead registration closes at the end of Level 10. Today’s satellite is also a big one, with over 700 having entered that as well.

Current State of Play

Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining
11:00 Satellite One Shot to BOM €1.5m GTD €60+€10 In Play – Level 7 – Registration Open 328/729
13:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1G 15% Progress to Day 2 €530+€70 In Play – Level 2 – Registration Open 746/750
15:00 NLH MAS Event €260+€40 Registration Opens at 14.00 /
17:00 Pot Limit Omaha 5,000 GTD €300+€30 Registration Opens at 16.00 /
18:00 NLH Dark Knight €170+€30 Registration Opens at 17.00 /
20:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1H 15% Progress to Day 2 €265+€35 Registration Open /
21:00 NLH Satellite Accumulator to High Roller €110+€20 Registration Opens at 20.00 /

 

Battle Booth Visit 1 Nov 13:27 by Jonathan Raab

Yesterday Battle of Malta host Glenn Brown visited the ACR booth, supping a limoncello and shooting the breeze with some of online site’s sponsored pros, including Jon Pardy and Jeff Boski. Several of their team are also here at the Battle of Malta this year, including Eboney Kenney and Ana Marquez.

Also here with ACR this week are Storage Wars stars Rene and Casey Nezhoda. Casey will be hosting the €135+€15 ACR Ladies event on Monday.

Main Event Day 1g Begins with 600 players 1 Nov 13:09 by Jonathan Raab

The cards are now in the air for Day 1g of the 2026 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event. There were 600 players seated when the first hand was dealt and the total number of entries has now surpassed 3,000.

Mystery Siege Down to Last Five 1 Nov 12:58 by Jonathan Raab

The Mystery Siege of Malta played until 5am, by which point just five players remained. The overnight chip leader is Hans Werge, on 8.01m, who takes a lead of almost 3m into the final day. These are the chip counts of the famous five, who will resume play today at xpm.

There’s €45,305 up top for the winner and they are all assured a payout of at least €10,980. Details of the big bounty pulls are still incoming.

  • Hans Werge – 8.01m
  • Srdjan Milicevic – 5.15m
  • Paul Stewart – 5.075m
  • Panagiotis Petrou – 3.3m
  • Konstantinos Mimikopoulos – 2.35m

 

Main Event Day 1g Warming Up 1 Nov 12:27 by Jonathan Raab

Play hasn’t even begun and already the Eden Arena is buzzing with anticipation. The staff all came in a little early today for the traditional team photo.

The Main Event is 30 minutes away from the start of Day 1g, which by all accounts is going to take up the vast majority of the 130+ tables in the room.

There will be one final showing of the welcome video before play begins. Gladly, security managed to track down the villain who heisted the trophy during yesterday’s spook-tacular opening ceremony and have now returned it to its rightful place, on top of the wedding cake style display.

Satellite on Fire 1 Nov 12:07 by Jonathan Raab

The final Main Event satellite has been running for almost 45-minutes now and there are over 500 players taking part so far, chancing their luck at one final opportunity to get into the Main Event for less than the €600 buy-in.

We’re now hoping to resolve the issues with PokerLens, which crashed last night and will update you on the outcome of last night’s events shortly.

New Mystery Siege Record Set at Battle of Malta 1 Nov 09:29 by Jonathan Raab

A new attendance record has been set for the Mystery Siege of Malta, with a total of 1,313 entries in the €450 Mystery Bounty Event. The final starting flight saw 647 players take their seat for the morning starting final flight of the event, resulting in a total prize pool of over half a million Euros.

Main Event Climbs to over 2,500 Entries

Friday’s Day 1e of the Main Event saw 923 players take their seats, 138 of whom made it through to Day 2. A further 330 entered the evening’s half price flight. With three of the biggest starting days still to come, it remains in the balance as to whether a new participation record will be set at the Battle of Malta Spring Edition.

Unfortunately, a technical issue affecting the tournament cloak occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning, which prevents us from publishing the names and chip counts of the survivors from Friday’s Main Event, or the full results of the Mystery Siege and the other tournaments that were still running when the fault occurred.

Further details of Main Event survivors and side event winners will be published as soon as the issues have been resolved.

Dimitrios Amplianitis Wins Second Trophy of the Festival

It’s not even half way through the 2025 Battle of Malta Autumn edition and already we have a contender for the fantasy player of the series title. It’s a fantasy title because there is no such POS race, however if there was one, he’d be the front runner.

Dimitrios Amplianitis won the first outing of the Dark Knight on Wednesday, becoming one of the first recipients of a Mdina Glass warrior trophy. That simply made him hungry for more and on Friday he quenched that thirst, taking down the title in Friday’s White Knight, after a heads up deal with Swiss Adrian Vogt.

It was reported that the deal took place after Dimitrios Amplianitis had won a huge double up to take a massive chip lead, but was so determined to get a second trophy that he offered his opponent an almost 50/50 deal, which one presumes was snap agreed to.

Amplianitis cashed for €3,578.50 in the Dark Knight and added a further €4,260 to his running total for the week in the White Knight. There’s no other versions of the Knight tournaments for him to win next, but we’re pretty sure he will take a stab at acquiring a third trophy.

Dimitrios Amplianits

Friday’s €330 PLO tournament had a 4/5 card round of each format. It was almost as busy as Thursday’s four card PLO offering, with 99 players taking part. This event took place within Casino Malta, in the basement of the hotel and it’s expected that this is where Saturday’s PLO will also be staged.

The Dark Knight also ran, with 214 entries. Due to the technical issue with the tournament clock, we are still awaiting the full results of these events.

The Redtooth Malta 52 also took place on Friday, with Glenn Brown hosting the pub league’s annual overseas jaunt to escape the miserable October UK weather. It was a good natured event, as it always is and was won by Edward Cherrie.

Satellite Battle Light

Thursday’s two satellites had 1,303 entries between them and that seemed big, but Friday was even bigger, with over 1,500 buy-ins. The morning satellite saw 688 players have a breakfast time bash at winning a Main Event, meanwhile the evening version roused a further 820 souls to have a go. In total 140 seats for the Main Event were awarded and Saturday’s final Main Event qualifier at 11am is expected to be the biggest yet!

Saturday’s Schedule at the Battle of Malta

Saturday at Casino Malta will be the single busiest day of the festival. With the Siege of Malta now concluded, the focus of the day will be fully on the Main Event. There’s two further Main Event starting days, at 1pm and 8pm. There are expected to be 900+ in the satellite and maybe a similar number at the start of Day 1g of the Main Event.

There are three other side events scheduled, the sponsored €260+€40 NLH MAS event, the final €300+€30 Omaha event of the festival and another €170+€30 Dark Knight.

The final event of the day, at 9pm, is a €110+€30 satellite into the €1,000+€100 Qui Gioco High Roller

Time Tournament Name Buy-in Stack Levels
11:00 Satellite One Shot to BOM €1.500.000 GTD €60+€10 10K 20 min
13:00 BOM €1.5m GTD Day 1G 15% progress to Day 2 €530+€70 40K 40 min
15:00 NLH MAS Event €260+€40 20K 20 min
17:00 Pot Limit Omaha 5,000 GTD €300+€30 30K 25 min
18:00 NLH Dark Knight €170+€30 20K 20 min
20:00 BOM €1.5 GTD Day 1H 7.5% progress to Day 2 €265+€35 20K 20 min
21:00 NLH Satellite Accumulator – HIGH ROLLER €300,000 GTD €110+€20 10K 20 min