Day 3

Stavros Passias

Another massive day of poker action went down at Casino Malta on June 1, as the Battle of Malta 2026 Summer Edition continued apace, with the Main Event field reduced to 24 players, four side-event trophies awarded, and the Novibet Cuatro PKO getting underway.

Stavros Passias of Greece (10,760,000) leads Italian duo Angelo Censabella (8,880,000) and Daniele Renzi (7,340,000) heading into the penultimate day of the Main Event, with the huge sum of €176,070 awaiting the champion.

In the side-events, Fabian Wolf of Germany banked the chunky first-place prize of €46,180 in the €1,100 Star Yes High Roller, Michal Krzyminski of Poland took the €300 Bounty Hunter trophy (€4,255) after a heads-up deal with Armins Daugis, while German Sascha Manns locked up the Beer Poker Tour event title (€6,920), and Yamen Ghamen of Israel won the €150 Hyper Turbo (€3,700), again after a heads-up deal. In the Novibet Cuatro PKO, Marius Negrescu of Romania leads 54 qualifiers for the final day, who will return at 3 p.m. on June 2.

Another sumptuous day of poker action awaits, as the €400 Malta Championship and €2,200 Super High Roller take prime position among the side-events offered today.

€600 Main Event Day 3 Recap

Only 75 players returned for the third day of combat, led by Ugnius Vestertas of Lithuania, and with all players having guaranteed a minimum €2,000 payday. The knockouts came thick and fast, with Roar Aspas and Matiss Celmins among those to exit quickly.

Vestertas would ultimately hit the rail in 26th, and by halfway through the day, Censabella had soared to the top of the standings, and was joined by Passias by the conclusion of the flight. Players such as Theodoros Ampelikiotis, Erland Kalstad and Marko Grujic fell towards the end of play.

Angelo Censabella

Florence Mazet (3,375,00) is the last woman standing, while Mark Vella (4,215,000) is the final home hope still in the mix, while there are three Greeks and five Italians represented in the penultimate day.

Florence Mazet

The full counts of the remaining 24 players are as follows:-

The players will return at 4 p.m. on June 2 for the penultimate day to blinds of 50,000/100,000 (100,000), with a €5,200 payday guaranteed, and play will continue on a 60-minute clock until the official final table of eight is reached.

The remaining payouts are as follows:-

The Day 4 seating draw is as follows:-

The full results thus far are as follows:-

Fabian Wolf Wins €1,100 Star Yes High Roller (€46,180)

Fabian Wolf

A big field of 232 runners was obtained in the €1,100 Star Yes High Roller, creating a €218,080 prize pool, to be shared between 31 players. Fabian Wolf (€46,180) came out on top after besting compatriot Florian Henck heads-up.

The full results are as follows:-

€450 Novibet Cuatro PKO Recap

A total of 216 entries created a €38,016 prize pool, with 54 players progressing to Day 2. They are led by Marius Negrescu of Romania (461,000), who is chased by Andrei Piatrushchankaof Belarus (403,000) and Mateo Ciglar of Croatia (400,000).

All players receive a bounty token worth €800 at the start of Day 2, with payouts to be confirmed at the start of play. The counts at the start of the final day, which kicks off at 3 p.m., are as follows:-

Michal Kryzminski Wins €300 Bounty Hunter (€4,255)

A total of 265 entries created a €25,016 prize pool, which was split between the the top 39 players. Lukasz Sajnog was the unfortunate player to bubble, and when the dust settled Michal Kryzminski of Poland was left standing with the trophy, after banking €4,255 after a heads-up deal with Armins Daugis of Latvia (€4,040).

The full results are as follows:-

*Denotes heads-up deal

Sacha Manns Wins €200 Beer Poker Tour Event (€6,920)

Sascha Manns

A huge field of 204 runners created a €32,599 prize pool in the Beer Poker Tour Event, with 31 places paid. Sascha Manns went one better after his runner-up finish in the H.O.R.S.E event, securing gold after defeating Maik Herrmann heads-up. Manns also secured a package to the upcoming Beer Poker Tour Event in Bratislava worth €600.

The full results are as follows:-

Yamen Ghamen Wins €150 Hyper Turbo (€3,700)

Dominik Bencan

The final side event of the day drew 146 entries, creating a €17,841 prize pool, to be split among the top 20 finishers. Yamen Ghamen of Israel (€3,700) and Dominik Bencan of Croatia (€3,480) did a deal heads-up, with Ghamen taking the trophy.

The full results are as follows:-

*Denotes heads-up deal

Battle of Malta 2026 Summer Edition Schedule – June 2 2026

Another massive day of tournament poker lies ahead as the penultimate day of the festival arrives. Apart from Day 4 of the Main Event, the main attractions are the €400 Malta Championship, and the two-day €2,200 Super High Roller, while the €450 Novibet Cuatro PKO will play to a winner.

We will be live on the tournament floor from 4 p.m., but general updates will be provided in the interim. In the meantime, check out The Battle of Malta’s YouTube, Facebook and Instagram channels to catch up on all the big moments of the event thus far.

Angelo Censabella

€600 Main Event
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000)
Entries: 24/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

The full end of day chip counts at the end of Day 3 are below, with Stavros Passias of Greece (10,760,000) leading Italian duo Angelo Censabella (8,880,000) and Daniele Renzi (7,345,000), while Florence Mazet (3,375,00) is the last woman standing.

Mark Vella (4,215,000) is the final home hope still in the mix, while there are three Greeks and five Italians represented in the penultimate day.

The players will return at 4 p.m. on June 2 for the penultimate day to blinds of 60,000/120,000 (120,000), and play will continue until the final table is reached.

The remaining payouts are as follows:-

That concludes our coverage for the day. We will be back tomorrow with a recap of today’s action, while our full coverage of Day 4 of the Main Event, and the side-event action, will start in earnest from 4 p.m. In the meantime, check out The Battle of Malta’s YouTube, Facebook and Instagram channels for all the biggest moments of the festival so far.

Battle of Malta Summer Edition 2026

€450 Novibet Cuatro PKO
Level 10: 1,000/2,000/2,000
Entries: 108/193
Prize Pool: €33,968

With just over an hour of late registration left, a total of 193 entries have created a €33,968 prize pool.

Play will continue until 25% of the field remains, with all players receiving a €800 bounty token tomorrow at the start of Day 2.

That concludes our coverage of the day. We will be back tomorrow early afternoon with a recap of today’s action, while our full coverage will start from 4 p.m.

Battle of Malta Summer Edition 2026

€300 Bounty Hunter 
Level 20: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 10/265
Prize Pool: €25,016

Ten players are left in the €300 Bounty Hunter, with Peter Brackley, Jens Schmidt, Christian Schneider.

Gary Fisher during the 2025 Battle of Malta.

€1,100 Star Yes High Roller
Level 25: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 20/232
Prize Pool: €218,080

As the final 20 players are sent on a dinner break, below are the full counts and eliminations in the money thus far.

The payouts thus far are as follows:-

Ugnius Vestertas

€600 Main Event
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000)
Entries: 28/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

A flurry of knockouts mean the field has been reduced to 24 players, and play has concluded in Day 3. The latest eliminations are below:-

Stay tuned for updated chip counts. The penultimate day, Day 4, takes place at 4 p.m. tomorrow.

€600 Main Event
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000)
Entries: 24/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Seated UTG, Danilo Scevola moved all in for 330,000. Gianluca Donini (Small Blind) and Daniel Yerin (Big Blind) both made the call.

Scevola bet 300,000 on the J♥A♣6♥ flop, enough to scare Yerin away. Scevola and Donini both revealed their holdings.

Danielo Scevola: A♠T♦
Gianluca Donini: A♥7♣

The board completed with 4♣K♠, which saw Scevola surviving. Simontaneously at another table, Ronen Avraham was eliminated in twenty-fifth place for €5,200, which means that Day 3 came to an end. The editorial office will soon return with the end-of-day chip counts.

Gianluca Donini: 3,700,000
Danielo Scevola: 1,090,000

Battle of Malta Summer Edition 2026

€600 Main Event
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000)
Entries: 28/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Angelo Censabella opened to 200,000 from early position, and called a three-bet jam to 1,215,000 from Robin Kruhai on the button.

Robin Kruhai: A♣9♦
Angelo Censabella: K♥J♦

Kruhai was ahead, and he remained so as both players missed the Q♥8♠6♥8♣6♦ runout.

Kruhai gave the table a good thump in celebration as the river hit.

Robin Kruhai – 1,700,000
Angelo Censabella – 8,350,000

€600 Main Event
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000)
Entries: 27/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Action folded to Stavros Passias, who opened to 200,000 from the Cut-off. Gianmarco Grande made it 700,000 from the Small Blind, and Passias made the call.

Grande continued for 650,000 on the 8♦9♦9♣ flop, and Passias made the call. The action repeated itself on the A♣ turn, the only difference being that the sizing from Grande now was 900,000. Grande moved all in for roughly 1,500,000 on the K♠ river; Passias made the call faster than the speed of lightning.

Gianmarco Grande: K♥K♣
Stavros Passias: 9♥9♣

The whole table collectively shared a “Whoah!” A sick cooler sent Grande to the rail, while Passias reached the eight-digit mark.

Stavros Passias: 11,000,000
Gianmarco Grande: 0

Adrian Ziemichod

€1,100 Star Yes High Roller
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 (12,000)
Entries: 31/232
Prize Pool: €218,080

The first players to depart in the money in the Star Yes High Roller are as follows:-

Beer Poker Tour

€200 Beer Poker Tour
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 57/204
Prize Pool: €32,599

The Beer Poker Tour event was a huge success, with 204 entrants creating a €32,599 prize pool, with 31 places to be paid, while the chunky sum of €6,920 awaits the winner.

Players still seated include Florian Bender, Ronan Bergin, Pavel Budovic, Francesco Caruso and Gabriella Fabian.

Dominik Bencan

€300 Bounty Hunter 
Level 19: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 16/265
Prize Pool: €25,016

The Bounty Hunter is down to the final two tables, with the eliminations so far as follows:-

Players still battling for the trophy include Peter Brackley, Antoine Talvard, Armins Daugis, Alessio Langella, and Paul Skingley.

€600 Main Event
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000)
Entries: 28/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

The remaining 28 players in the €600 Main Event are currently enjoying a 60-minute dinner break. Angelo Censabella is the current chip leader; below are the full chip counts prior to Level 29 commences.

Ugnius Vestertas

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 28/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Start of day chip leader Ugnius Vestertas was on the wrong end of a kings versus aces cooler in the last hand before dinner break, resulting in him doubling-up Joao Da Silva for 1,625,000, the board reading 6♦4♣3♥7♠6♣

Joao Da Silva – 3,800,000
Ugnis Vestertas – 835,000

Battle of Malta Summer Edition

The final side event of the day, the €150 Hyper Turbo, kicks off at 9 p.m.

Players begin with a 15,000 starting, and ten-minute levels in play, and late registration open until the start of Level 11.

€1,100 STAR YES High Roller
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 (12,000)
Entries: 31/232
Prize Pool: €218,080

Action folded to big-stacked Joona Nyholm, who moved all in for about 1,000,000 on the Button, having the players to the left of him covered. Action folded to Romain Nardin in the Big Blind, who looked at one of his cards. “First one is good,” he said to Nyholm. After looking at the other one, he snap-called. Once the action concluded at all the other tables (seeing as it was hand-for-hand on the bubble), the players were given the green light to table their holdings.

Joona Nyholm: A♦4♦
Romain Nardin: K♠K♥

The 7♦8♦6♠ wasn’t the worst one for Nyholm. The cowboys of Nardin was still in the lead on the J♠ turn, but the 5♦ river ultimately sealed the deal. Nyholm had the nut flush, and the kings of Nardin were no good. As such, Nardin became the unfortunate bubble boy in the €1,100 STAR YES High Roller, and the remaining 31 players are now all in the money. They’re guaranteed a €1,900 min-cash, and they’re fighting for the €46,180 first-place payout. Joona Nyholm seems to be second in chips at this moment with 1,170,000; Giuseppe Mazza-Boussemart seems to have about 200,000 more.

Joona Nyholm: 1,170,000
Romain Nardin: 0

Theodoros Ampelikiotis

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 29/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

The following players have exited before the final three tables in the Main Event:-

Angelo Censabella

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 29/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

There was an open from Marko Cosic, and a call from Angelo Censabella on the button, before Audrius Daugvilavicius produced a three-bet to 650,000 from the small blind.

Cosic folded, but Censabella back-jammed with the covering stack, and Daugvilavicius called off for his total stack of roughly 3,100,000.

Audrius Daugvilavicius: 9♠9♣
Angelo Censabella: A♠Q♥

It was off to the races, and Censabella spiked the river in cruel fashion on the K♠J♥2♠4♥A♦ runout. Daugvilavicius looked stunned as he gathered his things to exit the table. Cosic claimed he folded pocket eights.

Angelo Censabella – 11,200,000
Audrius Daugvilavicius – 0

€600 Main Event
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 (80,000)
Entries: 32/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Seated in the Small Blind, Paolo Di Girolamo forced Norway’s Fredrick Bratein (Big Blind) all in for 680,000. After peeking at his hole cards, Bratein made the call.

Paolo Di Girolamo: K♠Q♥
Fredrick Bratein: A♣5♠

Somewhat scary for Bratein, but as the board spelled out T♣8♠5♣7♣2♠, he earned himself a full double-up.

Paolo Di Girolamo: 2,100,000
Fredrick Bratein: 1,440,000

€600 Main Event
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 33/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Action folded to Marko Grujic, who open-shoved for 945,000 from the Small Blind. After receiving the count, Stavros Passias made the call from the Big Blind.

Marko Grujic: K♦4♥
Stavros Passias: A♥T♠

Passias was already ahead, but he cemented his lead on the A♣7♦T♦ flop. For good measure, he improved to a full house on the 9♥A♠ runout to eliminated Grujic in thirty-fourth place for €3,680.

Stavros Passias: 5,300,000
Marko Grujic: 0

Florence Mazet

€600 Main Event
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 36/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Day 1c chip leader Florence Mazet opened to 120,000 from the Lo-jack. Arnaud Boudet moved all in for 570,000 from the Small Blind, and Mazet made the call.

Arnaud Boudet: 5♦5♣
Florence Mazet: A♠Q♣

Boudet maintained his lead on the 7♥7♠2♠ flop. Mazet picked up additional outs on the 3♠ turn, but the 8♥ river ultimately secured Boudet a full double-up.

Florence Mazet: 3,700,000
Arnaud Boudet: 1,260,000

Carina Voncken

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 43/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

The latest batch of eliminations are as follows:-

Battle of Malta Summer Edition 2026

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 43/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Dimitiros Sarris was getting up out of his chair, after his K♥Q♣ came off worst against Rami Amuri’s T♥T♣, the board reading 8♣3♣3♠8♠6♥.

Rami Amuri – 4,100,000
Dimitrios Sarris – 0

Florence Mazet

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 46/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

A big pot had developed between Florence Mazet and Arnaud Boudet, with around 1,150,000 in the middle, and the board reading 7♠5♠4♦T♠.

After quite a period of time in the tank, Mazet jammed, and earnt a snap-fold from Boudet.

Mazet tabled A♦J♦ as she raked in the pot.

Florence Mazet – 3,425,000
Arnaud Boudet – 900,000

Mark Vella

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 46/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

The full counts of the players remaining in the Main Event at their first break of the day are as follows, with Daniele Renzi still in the lead:-

Daniele Renzi – 8,000,000
Angelo Censabella – 7,500,000
Dimitrios Stampoultzis – 5,700,000
Tomas Major – 4,050,000
Mark Vella – 3,600,000
Gianluca Donini – 3,500,000
Paolo Di Girolamo – 3,100,000
Luigi D’Alterio – 3,100,000
Erlend Kalstad – 2,975,000
Konstantinos Asgoudakis – 2,900,000
Marko Cosic – 2,650,000
Ugnius Vestertas – 2,400,000
Alejandro Asenjo – 2,330,000
Florence Mazet – 2,330,000
Stavros Passias – 2,250,000
Fredrick Bratein – 2,125,000
Jorge Geraldes – 2,100,000
Daniel Yerin – 1,950,000
Sebastian Mortensen – 1,920,000
Audrius Daugvilavicius – 1,900,000
Robin Kruhai – 1,875,000
Joao Da Silva – 1,850,000
Marko Grujic – 1,850,000
Rami Amuri – 1,800,000
Gareth Hamilton – 1,700,000
Gianmarco Grande – 1,650,000
Michal Procner – 1,600,000
Andrej Duplancic – 1,290,000
Danilo Scevola – 1,200,000
Karen Kalif – 1,125,000
Giuseppe Rosa – 1,100,000
Marian Ciupeiu – 1,100,000
Arnaud Boudet – 1,055,000
Christian Sykora – 1,045,000
Piotr Wasilewski – 1,040,000
Igor Pasierbek – 990,000
Georgios Papakonstantinou – 950,000
Ronen Avraham – 830,000
Nico Marraffa – 775,000
Aljosa Kobale – 700,000
Dimitrios Sarris – 600,000
Carina Voncken – 500,000
Tiberiu Florescu – 500,000
Theodoros Ampelikiotis – 445,000
Panteleimon Pontos – 380,000
Robert Baker – 235,000

Battle of Malta 2026 Summer Edition Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty

€450 Novibet Cuatro PKO
Level 1: 100/200/200
Entries: 51/52
Prize Pool: €19,552

The €450 Novibet Cuatro PKO is underway, with 52 players seated. Players start with a 40,000 starting stack, and play will continue with 30-minute levels until 25% of the field remains, with Day 2 players starting with an €800 bounty.

Main Event Tournament Directors

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 49/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

The following players tilt at the Main Event title has come to an end:-

Battle of Malta Summer Edition 2026

€300 Bounty Hunter 
Level 8: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 39/242
Prize Pool: €22,845

After a lengthy bubble featuring numerous short-stack double-ups, the dam has burst and all players are now in the money. Alessio Langella scored a double knockout, when his J♣7♣ beat Lukasz Sajnog’s K♥T♣ and Andrew Fleming’s Q♠4♠ on the J♣J♦T♠9♣5♦ runout.

Sajnog bubbled and Fleming secured a minimum cash of €180.

Angelo Censabella

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 60/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Zonglei Zhao was getting up out of his chair, and his roughly 700,000 stack was being passed to Marko Grujic, after Zhao’s A♦Q♥ came off worst in a race against Grujic’s J♠J♣, the board reading T♣9♥7♥4♣8♠.

Marko Grujic – 2,000,000
Zonglei Zhao – 0

From a quick perusal of the tournament area, it appears the following are among the big stacks, with Daniele Renzi (7,500,000) and Angelo Censabella (6,400,000) in front at present, with Dimitrios Stampoutlzis (4,900,000), Kristian Holmgren (3,200,000) and Arnaud Boudet (3,100,000) leading the chasing pack.

Beer Poker Tour

€200 Beer Poker Tour
Level 24: 100/300 (300)
Entries: 105/109
Prize Pool: €17,418

A very healthy start for the Beer Poker Tour event, with 109 entries thus far, and late registration open until the start of Level 11.

Players will receive a 30,000 starting stack, with the clock set to 20-minute levels.

Matiss Celmins

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 65/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

The following players have suffered an early exit in Day 3 of the Main Event.

Battle of Malta Summer Edition 2026

€1,100 Star Yes High Roller Day 1
Level 16: 1,000/3,000 
Entries: 85/232
Prize Pool: €218,050 

Umberto De Cunto jammed from middle position for around 26,500, and Florian Henck three-bet to 60,000, forcing folds from the rest of the table.

Umberto De Cunto: K♠Q♥
Florian Henck: A♦A♠

De Cunto had run into the goods, and he was up out his chair and dead by the turn on the 7♥2♦2♣J♥5♣ runout.

Looking around the tournament area, the following appear to be the leading stacks, as well as Henck – Joona Nyholm (240,000), Ioannis Polentas (310,000) and Pawel Dudnik (275,000).

Florian Henck – 305,000
Umberto De Cunto – 0

Battle of Malta Players Party

€300 Bounty Hunter 
Level 11: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 49/265
Prize Pool: €22,845

The final totals are in for the €300 Bounty Hunter, with 265 entrants creating a €22,845 prize pool. The sum of €4,955 is reserved for the champion, and 39 places will be paid as follows:-

Adrian Ziemichod

€600 Main Event Day 3
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 75/2,667
Prize Pool: €1,186,962

Below is a full list of Main Event results thus far, with Day 3 due to kick off at 4 p.m.

Battle of Malta

€1,100 Star Yes High Roller Day 1
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 
Entries: 122/232
Prize Pool: €218,050 

Late registration has closed in the Star Yes High Roller, with the final tally reaching 232 entrants. A total of 31 places will be paid, with the champion set to bank €46,180. The top three at the start of the day are still in, Krenar Dervishi, Alessandro Assaloni and  Michael Angelos.

BoM Welcome Speech

€300 Bounty Hunter 
Level 8: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 91/242
Prize Pool: €22,845

Day 2 of the €300 Bounty Hunter is underway, with late registration open until the start of Level 11, so just under 85 minutes from now.

Players will receive a 30,000 starting stack, with the clock set to 30-minute levels. Peter Brackley leads from Felice Bucci and Dominik Bencan. at the start of play.

Beer Poker Tour

The Beer Poker Tour event kicks off at 4 p.m., and the organizers are offering some juicy giveaways. The winner of the event will get a package worth €600 to the Beer Poker Tour event in Bratislava, where the main event sports a €250,000 guarantee, running from 23-28 June at Card Casino, Samorin.

In addition, during the first break a random draw will take place for all entered players for a €200 ticket to the event, or a refund if required. There will also be various beer voucher giveaways.

Players receive a 30,000 starting stack, and late registration remains open until the start of Level 11, with 20-minute levels in play.

€1,100 Star €1,100 Yes High Roller Day 1
Level 10: 500/1,000 
Entries: 113/175
Prize Pool: €200,000 Guaranteed

Day 2 of the Star Yes High Roller final is underway, with late registration open until the start of Level 13, and 30-minute levels in play.

A starting stack gets you 50,000 chips, so players entering at the moment would be getting in with a plentiful 50 big blinds, and the events sports a €200,000 guarantee.

Krenar Dervishi (236,250) leads the way from Austrian Alessandro Assaloni (227,800) and Cypriot Michael Angelos.

Wiktor Weiner

It was another fast and furious day of poker action at Casino Malta on May 31, as the Battle of Malta 2026 Summer Edition completed its final weekend. After the conclusion of the final flight of the €600 Main Event, the prize pool was finalized at €1,186,962, with €176,070 awaiting the champion, and the field was then reduced to 75 players after the conclusion of Day 2.

Kristian Holmgren of Norway (3,760,000) leads from Greek duo, Dimitrios Stampoultzis (3,450,000) and Konstantinos Asgoudakis (3,050,000), with the players returning today, June 1, at 4 p.m. for Day 3.

In the other action, Wiktor Weiner of Poland proved himself to be a four-card master, as he secured his second PLO trophy of the week in the €250 PLO 4/5 card, after his earlier victory in the €250 PLO Masters (4,5,6 card), while David Elliot of the United Kingdom emerged as the last player standing in the €200 Casino Malta PokerHouse NLH.

Another Brit, Peter Brackley, took the end of Day 1 chip lead in the €300 NLH Bounty event, while the €1,100 Star Yes High Roller completed its sole opening flight. Offering a huge €200,000 guarantee, Krenar Dervishi of Albania (236,250) leads 68 qualifiers for Day 2, with late registration open for two further one-hour levels at the start of play.

Another massive sheet of tournaments is on the slate today, as Day 2’s of the High Roller and €300 Bounty Hunter take place, while the Beer Poker Tour and Novibet Cuatro PKO events kick off.

€600 Main Event Recap

Sebastian Mortensen

After the completion of the final flight, it transpired the Main Event had attracted a huge total of 2,667 entries, pushing the prize pool well over the seven-figure mark. It was confirmed the life-changing sum of €176,070 awaits the champion, and 358 Day 2 qualifiers were at the start line, led by Ugnius Vestertas of Lithuania.

After the completion of six one-hour levels, the field was reduced to 75 hopefuls, with Holmgren, Stampoultzis and Asgoudakis comprising the podium places. Players such as Rasmus Lundstroem, Florian Henck and Hanna Heinlo suffered an early exit, while Aleksandrs Krumins, Jaroslaw Falkowski and Junyu Liu fell at the end of play. Defending champion Adrian Ziemichod and former champion Dario Barone both failed to make the Day 3 cut.

Quality players in the mix include Vestertas (2,120,000), Czech Tomas Major (1,380,0000), Dane Sebastian Mortensen (1,090,000) and Latvian Matiss Celmins (815,000).

The counts of the remaining players are as follows:-

The Day 3 seating draw is below:-