Day 1de

Silviu Nemes

A huge day of poker action in the Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition at Card Casino Samorin on September 11 saw two trophies awarded, and two Main Event starting flights completed.

Silviu Nemes of Romania and Jonas Bachan of Austria walked away with trophies and bankroll boosts, while Alexandru Popa of Romania and Austrian Rudolf Kosa topped the standings in their respective Main Event flights.

The stand-out performance of the day undoubtedly belonged to Nemes, who claimed almost half the prize pool in the €220 Mystery Bounty after running riot in Day 2.

Silviu Nemes Wins €220 Mystery Bounty (€16,375 Inclusive of Bounties)

Silviu Nemes

A total of 23 players returned for Day 2, and Nemes was at the top of the pile, with the €40,000 prize pool split evenly between cash prizes and bounties.

The Romanian proceeded to run amok, knocking out a barely believable 14 opponents, including every single final table adversary, to claim €11,500 in bounties on top of the €4,875 first-place prize, and the trophy, after defeating Tina Christensen of Denmark heads-up.

However, Nemes did not manage to get his hands on the biggest bounty of €4,700, which went to Dutchman Bas De Laat.

Bas de Laat

The full results for the event are below:

Alexandru Popa Tops Main Event Day 1d Standings as Rudolf Kosa Takes Overall Chip Lead in Main Event Day 1e

Alexandru Popa

A total of 12 players qualified from 91 entrants in Day 1d, with Alexandru Popa of Romania (712,000) leading the way, and the full counts as follows:

Meanwhile in Day 1e, Rudolf Kosa of Austria (1,299,000) joined Day 1a chip leader Sergii Baranov as the only player to hit seven figures, taking the overall chip lead in the process, as he headed 13 qualifiers from 98 entrants, with the full counts below.

Rudolf Kosa

Those figures mean 141 players have qualified for Day 2 thus far from 1,113 entries, with the overall top ten Main Event counts after the completion of Day 1e as follows:

Jonas Bachan Wins €150 Deepstack Turbo (€3,225)

Jonas Bachan

The €150 Deepstack Turbo attracted 72 entries, creating a €9,500 prize pool, and Jonas Bachan of Austria took the trophy and banked a €3,225 payday after defeating Marcus Heindrich heads-up, with nine places paid as set out below.

Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition – Schedule, Saturday, September 12

The action on September 12 is all about the Main Event, with three further starting flights at noon and 5 p.m, featuring 30-minute levels, and Day 1h at 10 p.m., featuring 20-minute levels.

The final starting flight takes place at 10 a.m. on September 13, featuring 15-minute levels, while there is also a flip and go at 2 p.m. on the same day, representing the last chance for players to qualify for Day 2, scheduled for 4 p.m. on September 13.

In addition, a satellite offering five €1,300 packages to the Battle of Malta in October 2026 takes place at 7 p.m, comprising a €600 Main Event ticket, 4 nights of accommodation and €250 in cash.

Today’s schedule is set out below.

We will be on the floor from 2 p.m. bringing you coverage of all the action, so stay tuned for all your coverage of the Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition.

Battle of Malta Slovakia Trophies

That concludes our coverage of Day 4 of the Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition, with full details of the qualifiers from Day 1e of the Main Event, and the results of the Deepstack Turbo, to follow in due course.

There are three further Main Event starting flights on the menu, so join us for tomorrow for further coverage of the Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition.

Silviu Nemes

€220 Mystery Bounty Day 2
Level 30: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 1/178
Prize Pool: €40,000

The full results of the €220 Mystery Bounty are set out below, with Silviu Nemes claiming almost half of the total prize pool after a dominating Day 2 performance, knocking out 14 of 23 players, while Bas De Laat pulled the biggest bounty of €4,700.

Bas de Laat

Alexandru Popa

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 12/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

A total of 12 players qualified from Day 1d, joining the 116 qualifiers from Days 1a-1c, with Alexandru Popa of Romania (712,000) leading the way, and the full counts as follows:

€220 Mystery Bounty Day 2
Level 30: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 1/178
Prize Pool: €40,000

With 225,000 in the middle on a flop of 6♦4♣2♠, Tina Christensen checked to Silviu Nemes, who slid out a bet of 75,000.

Christensen check-raised to 250,000, and Nemes called after some thought.

The 3♣ hit on the turn, and Christensen quickly moved all in for around 800,000. Nemes called after a brief period of thought.

Tina Christensen: A♦Q♦
Silviu Nemes: A♠A♥

Christensen was drawing dead, and the 7♥ river completed the board, sending Nemes the title. The players shook hands and Nemes pumped his fist in triumph.

Nemes ran amok on the final day, which started with 23 combatants, sending a barely believable 14 opponents to the rail, including every single final table player, to secure €11,500 in bounties on top of the €4,875 first-place prize.

Full results of the event will follow shortly.

€220 Mystery Bounty Day 2
Level 30: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 2/178
Prize Pool: €40,000

After the elimination of Junyu Liu in third, Silviu Nemes (4,315,000) and Tina Christensen (1,020,000) are now heads-up for the Mystery Bounty title, with a €3,000 bounty still in play.

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 12/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

On the Day 1d bubble, Daniel Georgiev jammed from the small blind with the covering stack on Tamas Varszegi, who called off for his final 77,000.

Tamas Varszegi: K♥8♥
Daniel Georgiev: Q♥6♣

Varszegi was ahead, but Georgiev found a pair on the A♠Q♦7♣ flop, and Varszegi could not reverse the position on the 3♦ turn or 9♣ river.

Full counts of the qualifiers will follow shortly.

Daniel Georgiev – 580,000
Tamas Varszegi – 0

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 13/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

With 110,000 in the middle on a flop of T♣8♦3♦, Markus Cerny fired out a bet of 35,000 from the small blind, and received a call from Daniel Georgiev in the hijack.

The same pattern followed on the 5♠ turn in respect of a bet of 95,000 from Cerny.

The T♥ river paired the board, and Cerny check-folded versus a bet of 238,000 from Georgiev.

Daniel Georgiev – 620,000
Markus Cerny – 395,000

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 15/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

Henrich Miculik opened to 16,000 from early position, before Killian Braud-Chevalier three-bet jammed from the cutoff for 53,000.

Salvatore Oliveri cold-four bet jammed for around 140,000, and Miculik got out of the way.

Killian Braud-Chevalier: A♦K♥
Salvatore Oliveri: K♦Q♣

Braud-Chevalier was in great shape, and comfortably held across the J♦5♣3♦9♠A♥ runout.

Killian Braud-Chevalier – 142,000
Salvatore Oliveri – 91,000

Sejdefa Hodzic

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 15/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

Sejdefa Hodzic was all-in for around 100,000 and at risk against Henrich Miculik.

Sejdefa Hodzic: A♣K♠
Henrich Miculik: 7♦7♣

It was off to the races, and Hodzic could not connect with the J♦8♠4♣2♣Q♠ runout.

Henrich Miculik – 400,000
Sejdefa Hodzic – 0

€220 Mystery Bounty Day 2
Level 29: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries: 3/178
Prize Pool: €40,000

The Mystery Bounty is down to the podium places, with Silviu Nemes (3,050,000) leading from Junyu Liu (1,200,000) and Tina Christensen (1,125,000),

The players have locked up a €2,130 payday, with €4,875 up top.

A €3,000 bounty is still up for grabs.

Alexandru Popa

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 14: 2,500/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 18/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

The players have been sent on their third break, with Alexandru Popa topping the counts at present, and 12 players set to qualify for Day 2 from the 18 remaining.

The top counts are as follows:

Alexandru Popa – 420,000
Jakub Bosko – 330,000
Georgi Stoyanov – 311,000
Lajos Varadi – 305,000

€400 Main Event Day 1e
Level 3: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 43/63

Piotr Wasilewski was getting up out of his chair, and his remaining stack of 34,500 was being passed to Tomas Uhrik, after all the chips hit the middle on the turn on a board of K♠6♦5♦3♣.

Wasilewski had K♦Q♦, but he had run into Uhrik’s A♠A♥, and the 5♥ river did not alter matters.

Tomas Uhrik – 85,000
Piotr Wasilewski – 0

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 14: 2,500/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 21/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

Cards were on their backs and stacks were in the middle, with Jussi Pohjanharju all-in for 132,000 and at risk against Bernhard Haider.

Jussi Pohjanharju: J♠J♣
Bernhard Haider: A♣K♠

It was off to the races, and Haider bricked the T♥9♠9♥7♦Q♣ runout.

Jussi Pohjanharju – 276,000
Bernard Haider – 28,000

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 14: 2,500/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 21/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

Steve Trizis opened to to 10,000 from early position, and called a three-bet jam of 46,000 from Filip Marchand in the big blind.

Filip Marchand: T♠7♠
Steve Trizis: A♣T♦

Marchand was dominated, and there was insufficient help on the K♦8♣4♣6♦T♣ flop, Trizis’ better kicker securing the pot.

Steve Trizis – 220,000
Filip Marchand – 0

€400 Main Event Day 1e
Level 3: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 41/55

Florence Mazet opened to 1,000 from middle position, and was faced with a three-bet to 2,800 from Mario Klaic in the cutoff, before Petko Stamatov cold-called in the big blind.

Mazet took some time before four-betting to 8,500. Klaic folded, but Stamatov called.

The T♠9♥4♣ flop was checked to the 9♦ turn, where Stamatov led out with a bet of 5,000, which failed to dispose of Mazet.

The 6♥ river completed the board, and Mazet folded to a double-barrel of 7,000 from Stamatov.

Petko Stamtov – 84,000
Florence Mazet – 25,000
Mario Klaic – 43,000

Sejdefa Hodzic

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 23/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

Sejdefa Hodzic and Sandor Mate were all-in for 13,000 and 20,000 respectively, and at risk against Marius Farcas.

Sejdefa Hodzic: T♠4♠
Sandor Mate: K♣Q♦
Marius Farcas: A♦K♠

Hodzic and Mate looked in trouble, but Hodzic found top pair, and rivered a straight, on the T♦6♥5♣3♠2♠ runout, while Farcas busted Mate in the side pot.

Sejdefa Hodzic – 46,500
Marius Farcas – 77,000
Sandor Mate – 0

Card Casino, Samorin

€150 Deepstack Turbo
Level 1: 100/200 (200)
Entries: 15/15
Prize Pool: €10,000

The €150 buy-in, €10,000 Deepstack Turbo is underway, with 15 players currently seated.

Players sit down to a 50,000 starting stack, with the clock set to 20-minute levels. Late registration remains open until the start of Level 13, and play will continue until a winner is crowned.

Lubomir Jasica

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 25/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

With 48,000 in the middle on a flop of J♦8♥6♣, Lubomir Jasica checked to Tambet Nugin, who slid out a bet of 14,000.

Jasica responded with a raise to 30,000, and Nugin called.

The A♣ hit on the turn, and Jasica checked to his opponent, who moved all in for 53,000, and looked concerned when Jasica snap-called.

Tambet Nugin: A♦K♦
Lubomir Jasica: A♥J♠

It was top two pair versus top pair, and Nugin could not find a king on the 3♥ river.

Lubomir Jasica – 300,000
Tambet Nugin – 0

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 28/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

Shay Namimi opened to 6,000 under the gun, and received a call from Peter Kamaras on the button.

On the K♣4♣3♥ flop, Namimi check-called versus a bet of 5,000 from Kamaras.

The A♦ rolled off on the turn, and Namimi led out with a bet of 10,000. Kamaras promptly jammed for around 52,000, and received a snap-call from Namimi, with Kamaras commenting “I hope I’m free-rolling.”

Peter Kamaras: A♣Q♣
Shay Namimi: 3♣3♠

“Ahh, I’m not” lamented Kamaras, as he saw he was against bottom set. Kamaras missed his flush draw on the J♥ river, and wished the table good luck as he departed.

Shay Namimi – 150,000
Peter Kamaras – 0

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 11: 1,000/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 31/91
Prize Pool: €400,000

Late registration has now closed in Day 1d, with the ticker stopping at 91 entries. With 12.5% of the field set to qualify, play will conclude in Day 1d once the field is reduced to 12 players, with 31 currently seated.

Battle of Malta Slovakia Trophies

€400 Main Event Day 1e
Level 1: 100/200 (200)
Entries: 22/22
Prize Pool: €400,000

Day 1e of the Main Event has just kicked off, with 22 players seated.

Players sit down to a 40,000 starting stack, with late registration open until the start of Level 11, and with the clock set to 30-minute levels. A total of 12.5% of the field will qualify for Day 2, scheduled for 4 p.m. on September 13.

Days 1f and 1g take place on September 12 at noon and 5 p.m. respectively, while turbo flight Day 1h featuring 15-minute blinds is at 10 p.m. The final starting flight is Day 1i, scheduled for 10 a.m. on September 13, and featuring 15-minute blinds.

Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition €220 Mystery Bounty Final Table

€220 Mystery Bounty Day 2
Level 25: 8,000/16,000 (16,000)
Entries: 9/178
Prize Pool: €40,000

The final table of the Mystery Bounty is now set, with Silviu Nemes holding a substantial lead over the field. The final table is an international affair, with nine different nationalities represented.

The players have locked up a €700 payday, with €4,875 reserved for the champion.

A €3,000 bounty and a €1,000 bounty are the biggest remaining bounties up for grabs.

Erik Polyak

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 36/87
Prize Pool: €400,000

The players have been sent on a 30-minute dinner break, with late registration in Day 1d closing before the start of the next level.

Erik Polyak (290,000), Henrich Miculik (201,000) and Filip Marchand (160,000) lead the way at present.

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 9: 800/1,600 (1,600)
Entries: 36/86
Prize Pool: €400,000

Lubomir Jasica was raking in a full double-up, after his J♦T♥ came off best against Markus Cerny’s A♦K♣, with the board reading J♠7♦5♦9♠2♦, and Jasica check-calling on the river for his final 34,500, with around 40,500 in the middle.

Lubomir Jasica – 109,500
Markus Cerny – 157,000

Jessica Vierling

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 9: 800/1,600 (1,600)
Entries: 39/83
Prize Pool: €400,000

Jessica Vierling had crumbs, and was getting up out of her chair after her 2♣2♥ came off worst against Lubomir Jasica’s J♣7♥ on the J♥T♥8♠A♥T♣ runout.

In the next hand, Assi Levi opened to 4,000 from early position, and received a call from Jasica in the cutoff, before Andreas Heissenberger produced a three-bet to 13,000 on the button.

Levi folded, but Jasica called to see the A♣5♣3♥ flop. Jasica check-raised to 17,500 versus a continuation bet of 8,600 from Heissenberger, who called.

The 9♣ hit on the turn, and Jasica jammed with the covering stack. Heissenberger quickly got his remaining 27,500 into the middle, but thought he was in trouble, saying “You have the flush, yes?”.

He was delighted when Jasica tabled J♣T♦ for air, with Heissenberger well ahead with A♦Q♥. The 5♥ river completed the board and was not the club Jasica required, sending Heissenberger the double-up.

Andreas Hessenberger – 123,000
Lubomir Jasica – 32,000

Card Casino Samorin

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 9: 800/1,600 (1,600)
Entries: 39/83
Prize Pool: €400,000

Assi Levi raised to 3,500 from the small blind, and Jakub Bosko defended the big blind.

On the Q♥T♣6♥ flop, Levi fired out a bet of 5,000, which failed to shake off Bosko.

The 2♠ hit on the turn, and Levi jammed for around 33,000 with the covering stack, leading to a swift fold from Bosko.

Assi Levi – 54,000
Jakub Bosko – 23,000

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 9: 800/1,600 (1,600)
Entries: 39/83
Prize Pool: €400,000

With 10,000 in the middle on a flop of J♥5♦3♣, Adrian Sieradzki check-called from the big blind versus a bet of 3,000 from Krisztian Kerekes in the cutoff.

The 7♦ hit on the turn, and Sieradzki could not withstand the heat of a double-barrel of 10,000 from Kerekes.

Krisztian Kerekes – 90,000
Adrian Sieradzki – 89,000

Bas de Laat

€220 Mystery Bounty Day 2
Level 21: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 13/178
Prize Pool: €40,000

Bas de Laat has pulled the biggest bounty of €4,700, before exiting in 17th place with a cash payout of €220. Silviu Nemes has found a €2,000 bounty, and Ozren Cvijanovic has secured a €1,000 one.

Vladimir Cocis, Sandor Mate, Oleh Vasylyuk, Or Zadka, and Lubomir Jasica have all also fallen by the wayside.

Rudolf Kosa

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 46/72
Prize Pool: €400,000

Around 16,500 had made its way into the middle on a board of K♦3♦7♠6♠, in a hand between Adrian Sieradzki on the button, and Imre Bognar and Rudolf Kosa in the blinds.

Action was checked to Sieradzki, who slid out a bet of 7,000. Bognar called, before Kosa check-jammed for 19,900. Sieradzki rejammed for around 68,000, and Bognar folded after some thought.

Rudolf Kosa: K♠4♦
Adrian Sieradzki: 3♥3♣

It was top pair and a gutshot versus a set, and the 8♥ river was a brick, sending Kosa to the rail.

Adrian Sieradzki – 129,000
Imre Bognar – 57,000
Rudolf Kosa – 0

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 6: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 46/67
Prize Pool: €400,000

Florence Mazet secured a package to this event after tenth-place finish in the Battle of Malta Main Event Spring Edition this year, and she opened to 2,000 from the button.

Robert Latis produced a three-bet to 5,500 from the small blind, and Mazet called.

On the J♣5♥4♥ flop, Latis continued with a bet of 8,700, and Mazet called.

The 7♦ hit on the turn, and Latis double-barreled with a bet of 12,000.

Mazet, with 19,200 behind, went into the tank, and after about 90 seconds, open-folded A♣J♦.

Latis tabled A♥5♠ as he raked in the pot.

Robert Latis – 114,000
Florence Mazet – 19,200

Andrej Desset

€220 Mystery Bounty Day 2
Level 21: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 20/178
Prize Pool: €40,000

Andrej Desset, Daniel Georgiev and Radovan Fridrich have all fallen by the wayside in the first level of Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty, banking a minimum cash of €220.

€400 Main Event Day 1d
Level 6: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 48/64
Prize Pool: €400,000

Around 13,600 had made its way into the middle in a battle of the blinds between ‘Bubo’ and Markus Cerny.

The 8♣6♣3♣ flop was checked to the T♠ turn, where Bubo check-called a bet of 4,200 from Cerny.

The K♦ river was knuckled by both players, and Cerny was good with Q♣8♥ for third pair, versus Bubo’s A♥7♥.

Markus Cerny – 164,000
Bubo – 19,000

Battle of Malta Slovakia Trophies

€220 Mystery Bounty Day 2
Level 21: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 23/178
Prize Pool: €40,000

The payouts and bounties for Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty, which is about to kick off, have been confirmed

All 23 Day 2 players are in the money, with a minimum cash of €220 secured, and the prize pool is split evenly between cash payouts and bounties.

The champion will bank the sum of €4,875, while a spot at the final table is worth €480.

The top bounties are €4,700 and €3,000, while there are two €2,000 and €1,000 bounties up for grabs. Bounties are in play from the start of Day 2.

The full details of payouts and bounties are below:

Cash Payouts

Available Bounties

Martin Bartos

Another busy day of poker action at Card Casino Samorin on September 10 saw the first trophy of the Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition awarded, as Martin Bartos was the last player standing in the €1,000 buy-in, €50,000 High Roller, while Maciej Blazejewski led three qualifiers from Day 1c of the €400 buy-in, €400,000 Main Event, and Silviu Nemes was at the top of 18 qualifiers in Day 1b of the €220 buy-in €40,000 Mystery Bounty.

Martin Bartos Wins Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition €1,000 High Roller (€17,200 plus €500 WSOPC ticket)

A high-quality field of 43 players gathered for the High Roller, and six players split the €50,000 prize pool. Attila Koncz of Hungary came into the final table with the chip lead, but it was Martin Bartos, tenth in the Slovakia all-time money list, who bagged the trophy and €17,200 top prize after defeating Zdenek Svoboda of Czechia heads-up.

Jessica Vierling of Germany secured a minimum cash, while Ross Whitelaw of the United Kingdom and Jaroslav Peter of Czechia also made the money, with the full results detailed below.

Maciej Blazejewski Leads Three Qualifiers in Day 1c of the €400 Main Event

Maciej Blazejewski

With the final starting flight of the Mystery Bounty and High Roller also taking place, Day 1c of the Main Event attracted a small field of 24 entries, and three players qualified, led by Maciej Blazejewski of Poland, with the full counts below.

Day 1c Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition Main Event Counts

Overall Top Ten Counts After Day 1c – Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition Main Event

As such, a total of 116 players from 924 entries have booked their spots for Day 2 thus far, with the overall top ten as follows:-

Two more starting flights take place today, September 11, at noon and 6 p.m.

Silviu Nemes Leads 18 Qualifiers in Day 1b of €220 Mystery Bounty

The final starting flight of the Mystery Bounty attracted 142 entries, with 18 players progressing to join the five qualifiers from Day 1a.

Silviu Nemes of Romania (490,000) bagged the chip lead in Day 1b, slightly ahead of Ozren Cvijanovic of Serbia (440,000), while players such as Tina Christensen of Denmark (390,000), Finn Joonas Holm (240,000) and Bulgarian Martin Todorov (135,000) also qualified.

The full counts for the Day 1b qualifiers are listed below.

The overall counts for the Day 2 players are as follows:

The final day kicks off at 3 p.m. on September 11, with players in the money and bounties up for grabs from the start of play, and payout details will be provided as soon as possible.

Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition – Schedule, Friday, September 11

Another packed schedule of events is on the menu, with two starting flights of the Main Event, the final day of the Mystery Bounty and the €150 buy-in, €10,000 Deepstack Turbo all set to be completed.

We will be on the floor from 2.30 p.m. bringing you coverage of all the action, so stay tuned for all your coverage of the Battle of Malta Slovakia Edition.