Final

The recently concluded Battle of Malta Autumn Edition was by far the biggest festival in the history of the event. It was the 10th time that the event has been held at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena, situated within the Intercontinental Hotel in St Julian’s.

The Main Event reached new heights, with 6,039 entries in the split buy-in tournament, in which players could choose to enter for either €300 or €600. There were 240 more entries than the 2024 autumn edition, showing a modest increase of just 4.1%, but there was a far bigger surge in attendance for many of the other 31 tournaments on the schedule.

• The first marquee event of the festival to be completed was the €450 Mystery Siege of Malta, which had a €100,000 prize pool guarantee. It had 1,313 entries, with a prize pool of over €260,000 in payouts, plus a similar amount in mystery bounty prizes, representing a year-on-year increase of 27%.
• The €1,100 High Roller grew by 32% y-o-y, with 713 entries and a prize pool of more than double the €300,000 guarantee
• The €2,200 Super High Roller, sponsored by ACR Poker, grew even more, increasing by 36%, with 131 entries.
• The Ladies Event, also sponsored by ACR Poker, grew by 29%, with 158 entries.
• The Novibet Ultra Deep Bounty increased by 19%, with over 622 entries.
• The daily Omaha and mixed game schedule was also much busier, with 127 entries in the busiest one, a 63% increase on the busiest in 2024.
• Most other side events saw significant uplifts in participation.

Eden Arena Battle of Malta Autumn Edition 2025

The success of the event was not just dictated by the numbers. It was efficiently managed, eliminating many of the issues of the previous year (which was a victim of its own success, resulting in several side event cancelations). Despite the increased attendance, queuing time was minimal for all events and only one tournament regrettably had to be cancelled, on one of the busiest days of the festival.

The Battle of Malta is a melting pot, where many different poker communities from all over Europe merge and become one for a huge week of action. Large contingents of players from Italy, Greece and the UK were joined by significant numbers of players from almost every country in Europe were in attendance. Overall, players from over 70 different countries attended the festival, with millions of Euros being paid out in prize money.

ACR Poker Ambassadors Taste Victory in Side Events

Headline sponsor ACR Poker brought several of their ambassadors, sponsored pros and streamers to the Battle of Malta and two of them tasted victory in side events on the final day of the festival. Storage Wars and Bargain Hunt star Rene Nezhoda had hosted the €2,200 Super High Roller, but failed to make the money. He then entered the €330 H.O.R.S.E, defeating 51 others to take the first prize of €4,670. Another ACR Prro, Jeff Sluzinski, better known as Jeff Boski, took down the Poker Experience Tour HyperTurbo for €3,395.

Rene Nezhoda

The Main Event

The Main Event of the Battle of Malta had nine starting days, five with a €600 buy-in, from which 15% of the entrants in each flight progressed to the second day and four costing €300 to enter. In these half-price flights, only 7.5% of the runners qualified for Day 2 and they started with 20,000 chips, half that of the full-price starting days. The numbers in most of the early starting days were actually lower than the previous year, but the key flights on Friday and Saturday blew away the 2024 participation numbers.

Once all nine were completed, 811 players had made it to Day 2, guaranteeing themselves a payout of at least €900. On Day 2 the attrition rate remained high, with just 196 players securing their seats for Day 3. At this stage, six former champions remained in contention, including Vasileios Zisis, Gabriele Re and defending champion Adrian Ziemichod. However most of these fell on the Day 3 battlefield, leaving Gabriele Re as the only one who progressed to Day 4, with 38 other contenders.

Re went very close to securing another final table seat, but fell short, exiting in 20th place ensuring there would be a new winner this year. Sadly, not all players were busted while at the table. Darren Harbinson was taken ill at during Day 3 and was unable to return for the penultimate day, his stack however laddered itself up to 28th place and a €6,900 prize.

Main Event Final Eight

By the end of the fourth day, just eight players remained, with Latvian Davis Modans taking a narrow chip lead onto the final table, with Candido Cappiello not far behind. Italian Maltese resident Marco D’Amico had the third largest stack, just ahead of the sole Pole Rafal Lubczynski. Marius Campan from Romania lay in 5th place, with the remaining berths on the final table all taken by Italian players Giuseppe Ciancia, Leonardo Romeo and Luigi Shehadeh, who was the short stack, with less than seven big blinds.

Candido Cappiello Dominates Final Table

The final began slowly, with no exits for several levels of very cagey play with very few all-ins. During this time Cappiello established a huge lead over the rest of the field. It was not until level 36 that Rafal Lubczynski became the 8th place finisher, followed by Marco D’Amico in 7th.

Final Table

Davis Modans had played strongly on Day 4 to take the chip lead, but fell back early on in the final, becoming the 6th place finisher. When Marius Campan exited in 5th, it ensured that the champion to-be would be Italian and with over three times the stack of his nearest rival, Cappiello’s victory rarely looked in doubt from then on.

After taking out Leonardo Romeo with pocket sixes versus A♦Q♣, flopping a further six in the process, Candido pulled even further ahead. The third place finisher was Giuseppe Ciancio, whose 7♥5♥ was no match for Candido’s Q♣9♠ and he was sent packing to the payout desk to collect over €110k for his 3rd place finish.

Cappiello had a 6-1 chip lead going into the heads-up stage of the tournament, but Luigi Shehadeh, who was the most experienced of the final table players, doubled up on the very first hand, to turn it into more of a contest. Shehadeh then had a chance to significantly close the gap, but failed to make the call with Q♦9♠ when Candido made a pot size bluff with 6♣4♠ on a board of A♦A♠5♠Q♠7♥.

Luigi Shehadeh

He had another opportunity to level the scores on the very next hand, his A♦9♦ dominating Candido’s A♣8♠, however they chopped that one when a broadway straight was dealt out on the board. After a further 15-minutes of play, Luigi was left with just four big blinds after making a big bet on the river with bottom pair, only to be called by Candido, holding top pair.

In the very next hand all the chips went in with Luigi holding J♣6♠ to Candido’s T♥9♦. The flop of 8♣8♥9♥ moved Candido one step closer to the title and after a turn of 6♦ and a river of Q♣, it was official. Candido Cappiello is the Battle of Malta Champion.

The pair had done a deal after the Luigi doubled up, resulting in Luigi Shedaheh taking €185,750, while Cappiello secured €225,770 and the Mdina Glass trophy.

Candido Cappiello, Battle of Malta Champion

The Final Table Result

The final table was live streamed on the Battle of Malta’s YouTube Channel, with commentary hosted by Jason Glatzer, with guests including ACR Pro Ana Marquez and mixed games specialist Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon.

Celebrate Good Times, Come On!

The dates for the next edition of the Battle of Malta were also announced towards the end of the festival, taking place from May 27- June 3, 2026, a month later than this year’s Spring Edition.

It’s a cliche, but the Battle of Malta Main Event final table was a marathon. It took almost four hours for the first player to bust and about the same again for the tournament to reach its conclusion. Candido Cappiello is a very skilful player and his win was even predicted on Day 3 by former Battle of Malta champion Gabriele Re.

Battle of Malta reporter Christoffer Karlen posted this during blog coverage of the third day of the event.

“As I was writing up the finishing details of the hand, player Gabriele Re came up to me and said, ”When you write the article, make sure to mention that guy will win,” referring to Cappiello. ”He’s by far the best player in the field.” Time will tell if Re’s prediction is right or wrong”

Re’s prophecy turned out to true, as Cappiello dominated the final table from start to finish and from a bystanders point of view, looked like an inevitability from quite early on in the 8-man final table.

Cappiello was one of five Italians who made it to the final day of the tournament, joined by a Latvian, a Romanian and a Pole. He was not quite the chip leader at the start of the day, but less than a big blind behind Latvian Davis Modans. Candido quickly established himself as the chip leader and kept chipping away to increase his lead during the first two levels of play.

By the first break he had a stack equivalent to over 70 big blinds, while his nearest challenger had less than half that. As players began to fall, Cappiello maintained his advantage and at no point was his chip lead challenged during the rest of the final table.

The final four were all Italian players, but it was the most experienced of his opponents, Luigi Shehadeh, that Candido found himself pitted against heads-up. After playing just one hand heads-up, the two made a deal and it didn’t take long for the tournament to come to a halt. Candido took €225,770 in the deal, while Luigi heads back to his mansion with €181,750.

Candido Cappiello celebrates with friends

Level 40: 1,000,000/2,000,000 (2,000,000)
Entries: 1/6,039
Prize Pool: €2,728,970

With his elimination of Luigi Shehadeh in second place, Candido Cappiello is now crowned the winner of the 2025 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition €600 Main Event for €225,770. The Italian should be very proud of his achievement, and he displayed great poker skills the week throughout, especially today when he added valuable chips to his stack early through controlled aggression.

That’s a wrap for the live coverage for this event. Thanks to everyone who’ve been reading the live blog for the past eight days; it’s been great fun. Don’t forget that you can go back and watch the whole final table on Battle of Malta’s YouTube channel.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all 2026, May 27 – June 3, for the 2026 Battle of Malta Spring Edition. This has been a stellar event, and there’s no reason not to believe it will grow even bigger and better for many years to come.

Level 40: 1,000,000/2,000,000 (2,000,000)
Entries: 1/6,039
Prize Pool: €2,728,970

After roughly 30 minutes worth of heads-up, Luigi Shehadeh’s stack had hit a critical low, on courtesy of Candido Cappiello taking down some pots here and there. Soon enough, he committed his 9,300,000 to an all-in shove from the Button, and Cappiello made the call.

Luigi Shehadeh: J♣6♠
Candido Cappiello: T♥9♦

It was Cappiello who benefited from the 8♣8♥9♥ flop, and even though Shehadeh hit a pair on the 6♦ turn, it wasn’t enough. The Q♣ didn’t help him, and as such, he went out in second place, as all the chips now belonged to Cappiello.

Candido Cappiello: 216,900,000
Luigi Shehadeh: 0

Some business being discussed perhaps? I guess we’ll find out when the official results are published.

Two will soon become one.

One will be Zigaziga’ing while the other remains a Wannabee.

Stay tuned to find out…

Level 40: 1,000,000/2,000,000 (2,000,000)
Entries: 2/6,039
Prize Pool: €2,728,970

With three players left, Giuseppe Ciancio was the shortest stack. He decided to defend his Big Blind after a 5,500,000 raise from Candido Cappilleo (Small Blind).

Capilleo continued with a 10,400,000 bet on the 9♣7♠4♠ flop. As fast as humanly possible, Ciancio moved all in for 36,200,000, and Cappilleo made the call.

Giuseppe Ciancio: 7♥5♥
Candido Cappilleo: Q♣9♠

Ciancio was trailing, and he didn’t manage to produce a miracle as the board completed with 8♥T♦. He bid farewell in third place for €110,150, and the stage is now set for a heads-up duel between Cappilleo and Luigi Shehadeh. The final stage of the tournament will commence within minutes.

Candido Cappilleo: 185,400,000
Luigi Shehadeh: 31,500,000
Giuseppe Ciancio: 0

Giuseppe Ciancio

Three Italians left, which one will be the 2025 Battle of Malta Champion?

Could it be Candido?

Candido Cappiello

Or will it be Luigi?

Luigi?

Or perhaps Giuseppe?

Giuseppe

Level 39: 1,000,000/1,500,000 (1,500,000)
Entries: 3/6,039
Prize Pool: €2,728,970

Leonardo Romeo opened to 3,000,000 on the Button. Candido Cappiello (Big Blind) then decided to fold his opponent all in for 28,500,000. Romeo showed no signs of hesitation before making the call.

Candido Cappiello: 6♦6♣
Leonardo Romeo: A♦Q♣

It was a classic coinflip scenario. Cappiello’s been running hot today, and that continued as he flopped a set on 6♥T♣8♥. Romeo was asking the Poker Gods for a runner-runner straight, but the 2♠J♠ runout wasn’t it. Romeo was eliminated in fourth place for €83,800.

Candido Cappiello: 145,300,000
Leonardo Romeo: 0

Leonardo Romeo

The Four Italian Horses of the Apokerlypse are now eying up the trophy…

Main Event Title

Level 39: 1,000,000/1,500,000 (1,500,000)
Entries: 4/6,039
Prize Pool: €2,728,970

Chip leader Candido Cappiello min-raised to 3,000,000 UTG. Seated in the Big Blind, Marius Campan was the sole caller.

Campan donk-bet all in for 14,300,000 on the Q♣2♠9♥ flop. Cappiello shared a look of surprise, before making the call.

Marius Campan: J♠T♦
Candido Cappiello: A♣A♥

What an exciting flop. The 7♠3♦ didn’t see Campan improve, though, and he was eliminated in fifth place for €63,700.

Candido Cappiello: 103,800,000
Marius Campan: 0

Marius Campan

Level 38: 600,000/1,200,000 (1,200,000)
Entries: 5/6,039
Prize Pool: €2,728,970

Giuseppe Ciancio had become the shortest stack with five players remaining. Seated in the Big Blind, he was forced all in for 14,000,000 by Candido Cappiello (Small Blind). Ciancio made the call for his tournament life.

Candido Cappiello: K♣8♣
Giuseppe Ciancio: K♦Q♥

Ciancio doubled up as the board spelled out 6♦7♦2♦6♥Q♠, and he will live to see another pot.

Giuseppe Ciancio: 29,200,000
Candido Cappiello: 114,300,000

Giuseppe Ciancio

The Super High Roller has now concluded, leaving the Main Event final table as the only tournament still running. It was won by Alex Whitenstall from the UK. After Robert Rohr was ousted in 3rd place, Whitenstall and Optibet sponsored pro Matiss Celmins did a deal, leaving €5,000 still to play for.

It took quite some time for the heads-up stage to be completed, but Whitenstall did eventually book the win, for a €57,250 payday, while Celmins takes €46,800 home to Latvia. His win caps off a remarkable week for British players, who won an incredible 11 trophies during the course of the festival.

ACR Poker Super High Roller Result

• Wednesday 5th November
• Buy-In: €2,000+€200
• Entries: 131
• Prizepool: €248,900

Alex Whitenstall

Level 37: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000)
Entries: 5/6,039
Prize pool: €2,728,970

Luigi Shehadeh clicked it to 2,000,000 on the Button. Leonardo Romeo then moved all in for 11,700,000 from the Big Blind. Shehadeh made the call without any hesitation.

Leonardo Romeo: J♥J♣
Luigi Shehadeh: A♣K♦

It was a classic coinflip situation, and even though the semi-wet T♥Q♠T♣ flop, Romeo managed to dodge disaster as the board completed with 6♦4♦. He doubled through Shehadeh and is still in the mix.

Luigi Shehadeh: 27,900,000
Leonardo Romeo: 24,900,000

Level 37: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000)
Entries: 5/6,039
Prize pool: €2,728,970

Mega chip leader Candido Cappiello fancied a min-raise to 2,000,000 UTG. Seated in the Big Blind, Marius Campan was the sole caller.

Campan check-called a 1,500,000 bet from Cappiello on the Q♥A♥5♣ flop. Another check by Campan on the K♠ turn, and Cappiello now sized up to 6,500,000. Campan made the call, and then completed the check trifecta on the 9♥ river. All gas, no breaks from Cappiello who forced his opponent all in for 21,700,000. Campan was visibly troubled, and he utilized three 30-second timebank chips before letting his hand go.

Thanks to the stream, we know that Campan actually had the best hand with A♦2♠, while Cappiello took a very aggressive line with 4♠4♥.

Candido Cappiello: 125,200,000
Marius Campan: 21,700,000

Marius Campan

Level 37: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000)
Entries: 5/6,039
Prize pool: €2,728,970

Action folded to Davis Modans, who opened to 2,300,000 from the Cut-off. Chip leader Candido Cappiello then three-bet to 7,000,000 from the Big Blind. Modans wouldn’t be pushed around, and he announced all in for 30,300,000. Cappiello made the call as fast as humanly possible.

Davis Modans: K♣J♠
candido Cappiello: A♦A♣

Bad timing for Modans, and Cappiello extended his lead on the 4♦7♠A♠ flop with top set. Modans picked up a straight draw on the T♦ turn, but the 8♠ river was none of his available outs. As such, Modans, who began the final table as the chip leader, was eliminated in sixth place for €48,450.

Candido Cappiello: 111,700,000
Davis Modans: 0

Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon has just finished a stint in the commentary booth, but we’re not sure if he’s going back in there in the future.

He’s had a decent week here at the Battle of Malta, with two final tables and three cashes in total, but sadly no trophy. His cash in the Beer Poker Tour was remarkable for two reasons. Firstly, he made the final table having been down to just 0.3 big blinds with 50 players left. Secondly, his choice of tipple during the event was red wine!

Great Scott!

In the audience today…

My favourite hand is K-9 suited

The remaining six contenders for the title are now on their second break of the day. When they return, the clock will be reduced to 45 mins. Here are the chip counts of the remaining players.

Level 36: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries: 6/6,039
Prize pool: €2,728,970

Seated in the Cut-off, Marco D’Amico open-shoved 6,300,000. Marius Campan made the call from the Big Blind.

Marco D’Amico: Q♠T♥
Marius Campan: A♥9♣

D’Amico had two live cards, but he didn’t connect on the 3♦5♣5♠ flop. The A♠ turn killed all his hope, and the 8♥ was dealt as a pure formality. All D’Amico’s chips went the way of Campan, and for his seventh-place finish, D’Amico was awarded €36,850.

Marius Campan: 39,400,000
Marco D’Amico: 0

Marco D’amico

level 36: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries: 7/6,039
Prize pool: €2,728,970

Action folded to Rafal Lubczynski, who open-shoved 9,600,000 from the Button. Giuseppe Ciancio made the call from the Small Blind, before Leonardo Romeo decided to get out of the way.

Rafal Lubczynski: 3♥3♣
Giuseppe Ciancio: A♠T♥

Ciancio took a solid lead on the 2♦A♦6♥ flop, and Lubczynski didn’t catch up on the K♣J♥ runout. As soon Lubczynski became the first casualty of the official final table, bidding farewell in eight place for €28,000.

Giuseppe Lubczynski: 30,300,000
Rafal Lubczynski: 0

Rafal Lubczynski

level 36: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries: 8/6,039
Prize pool: €2,728,970

The final table players are now on their first break of the day. There hasn’t been too much going on yet, but, perhaps, this is the calm before the storm.

The first half hour of the day has been quite uneventful, but the action is sure to hot up soon. While they’re playing conservatively, let’s take a look at what’s happening on the High Roller final table.

Two Brits made the €1,100 Battle of Malta High Roller final table, Alex Whitenstall, who had the chip lead at the start of the day and Paul Johnson, who was the short-stack. They are now down to seven players, as Benedetto Sutera was first to go, taking €6,200 for 9th place. Paul Johnson was the next to depart, banking €8,450 for his 8th place finish.

Second in chips was Optibet sponsored Mattiss Celmins, who had 1.42m at the start of the day.

Also still in contention is one of the ACR Poker Stormers, Robert Kuhn, who started the day with the 740,000. This is what they’re playing for:

The pre-final photos have been taken and play is about to start.

Final Table Photo Time

The eight brave poker warriors who have made it this far without taking an arrow to the eye are now putting on their armour, sharpening their swords and preparing for the final battle. Over the course of the next few hours, seven will be slain, while one will riuse above all to take down the title and over a quarter of a million euros.

The live stream will be on a 30-minute delay and once play begins, blog coverage will be synchronised to prevent any spoilers.

The 2025 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event has now reached its final table. Over 6,000 entries were made, resulting in a final prize pool of almost €2.75m. There are now just eight players left with a chance of taking down the €254,070 first prize and etching their name into the event’s history book.

They will return to Casino Malta on Wednesday for one final day of play, which will be live streamed on the Battle of Malta’s YouTube channel. The blog coverage that has been running throughout the festival will also continue on the final day.

The Main Event final table was scheduled to be the only event taking place on Wednesday, but it will now be accompanied by the final table of the ACR Poker Super High Roller, which did not complete on Tuesday and had nine players left.

Main Event Day 4

The day began with 39 players still in possession of chip stacks, but only 38 returned to take their seats for the penultimate day. Northern Irish Darren Harbinson was the absentee, having been struck down with food poisoning that forced him to quit playing before the end of Day 3.

He was the only competitor in the tournament not to fall on the battlefield, succumbing to less than friendly fire in a hospital bed, with suspected salmonella poisoning. Harbinbson’s stack continued without him on Day 4 and he eventually finished in 28th place for €6,800. Best wishes are extended to Darren from everyone at the Battle of Malta. Get well soon!

Gabriele Re, the last remaining former champion did not make it onto another final table. He returned with one of the biggest stacks of the field, but busted in 20th for €9,300.

Overnight chip leader Ioannis Daskalis fared somewhat better, but he fell with 10 players left, just missing the final table. But that was not the final exit of the day, as there are only eight seats available on the live streamed final table. Soon after Daskalis had departed the scene, his compatriot Emmanouil Fountoulakis, the last Greek player left, became the TV table bubble boy.

Gabriele Re

Strong Italian Presence on Main Event Final Table

Latvian Davis Modans takes a slim chip lead onto Wednesday’s final table. His stack of 48.15m is less than one big blind ahead of Italian Candido Cappiello on 47.62m. The final table includes no less than five Italian players, including Luigi Shehadeh, who with over $1.4m in lifetime cashes, is the most experienced of the remaining contenders. But he returns as the short-stack, with less than 14 big blinds.

Luigi Shehadeh

Marco D’Amico sits in third place with 30.72m, just ahead of Polish Rafal Lubczynski on 30.07m. Romanian Cristian-Marius Campan has the fifth latest stack of 23.12m. Giuseppe Ciancio on 16.37m and Leonardo Romeo on 13.95m complete the final table line up.

Who will win? Tune in from 2pm onwards to follow the action and find out who will emerge victorious  in the Battle of Malta.

Three-Way Chop in High Roller

The record breaking €1,100 High Roller returned for its third day with 24 players left in contention for the title. Included in the final day field was Dimitrios Ampliantis, who had won both Dark Knight and White Knight trophies earlier in the festival. He made the final table, but was denied a third trophy, finishing in 9th place.

With three players left, an ICM deal was done and they played on for the trophy only. Latvian Arturs Daugis, who took €96,900 in the chop, went on to secure the title. Norwegian Gunnar Lie was second for €91,400, while Ludovic Morda took €73,050 for third place.

Heads Up in the High Roller

Super High Roller Extended to Third Day

The €2,200 ACR Poker Super High Roller began on Monday, but allowed late entry for the first three levels of Day 2. More than half of the 131 who took part entered during the second day, but at 4.30am play was suspended when it got down to the final nine. The UK’s Alex Whitenstall takes the chip lead onto the final table, which will resume at 2pm and play down to a finish.

Super High Roller Final Table Chip Counts

Nezhoda Steers HORSE To Victory

Rene Nezhoda began the day with a second bullet in Day 2 of the ACR Poker High Roller. That didn’t work out for him, but later entered the €330 H.O.R.S.E, from which he emerged victorious, ensuring his trip to Malta resulted in a trophy after all. He defeated Andrew Fleming from the UK heads up, with a large crowd cheering him on to the victory. The €4,670 first prize did at least help cover the cost of his Super High Roller bullets.

Rene Nezhoda on HORSE Final Table

Jeff Boski Experiences Win at Battle of Malta

Jeff Sluzinski is one of ACR Poker’s sponsored streamers. Better known by his online moniker Jeff Boski, he was one of several Stormers who visited the Battle of Malta Autumn Edition. Yesterday he made his first final table of the festival, taking fourth place in the Shark Bay EuroRounders Bounty, claiming fourth place for €3,395.

On Tuesday he entered the €150 Poker Experience Tour Hyper Turbo. Event operator Glenn Brown also played this and scraped into the money, but it was Boski who blew away the field, defeating Nuno de Sales heads up to take down the final trophy of the festival.

Jeff “JeffBoski” Sluzinski

White Knight/Dark Knight

The final Yin and Yang Knight events of the festival both ran on Tuesday. The first to begin was the €400 White Knight, which was won by Italian Mark Redli for €11,950. He topped a field of 167 entrants, defeating English Nigel Hartwell for the trophy.

The €200 Dark Knight had a huge turnout of 627, with 95 players making the money in the biggest saver on the schedule. Norwegian Johannes Valla won the trophy and €14,350 after an ICM chip with Romanian  Ionut, but the Romanian took the most in the deal (€17,070).

IPC Returns to Battle of Malta

The €300 Turbo Deepstack was the first Israeli Poker Championship to take place at the Battle of Malta for three years. It attracted a sizable field of 352, resulting in a prize pool that was twelve times bigger than its €10,000 guarantee. This one also resulted in a heads-up deal, with Italian Davide Raschella’ taking the title and €18,345, while German Rami Awad took €17,535 for second place.