April 8, 2024
Vasileios Zisis
Welcome to Day 3 of the 2024 Battle of Malta €600 Main Event at Casino Malta and the adjoining Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel located in the heart of St. Juliens. The five opening flights in the Main Event attracted a banner field of 1,814 entries to create a huge €913,349 prize pool to decimate the €500,000 guarantee.
Yesterday witnessed each returning Day 2 player locking up at least a €900 min-cash. Players battled their way up the payout ladder with just 101 players remaining with €2,300 secured with today’s payout jumps becoming even more serious. The structure is deeper for Day 3 with 75-minute blind levels as opposed to the 20- and 40-minute blind levels during the opening flights and the one-hour levels on Day 2. The action will continue until there are just 24 hopefuls left for Tuesday’s penultimate day.
Modestas Kryzanauskas
Top Ten Leaderboard Entering Day 3
| Place | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Vasileios Zisis | 1,605,000 | 107 |
| 2 | Jakub Bosko | 1,595,000 | 106 |
| 3 | Modestas Kryzanauskas | 1,400,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Sokratis Papavramidis | 1,330,000 | 89 |
| 5 | Nicola Ciraolo | 1,315,000 | 88 |
| 6 | Fotios Ntamaris | 1,305,000 | 87 |
| 7 | Alessandro D’Amore | 1,140,000 | 76 |
| 8 | Alessio Mastrosimone | 1,125,000 | 75 |
| 9 | Antonino Calabro | 1,100,000 | 73 |
| 10 | Antonino Arigo | 1,080,000 | 72 |
Remaining Payouts
The final 101 players each locked up a €2,300 payout with their eyes on the €100,000 top prize to be awarded via a live stream commentated by Jason Glatzer and guests on the Battle of Malta Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube channels.
Check out the remaining payouts below:
| Place | Prize |
| 1 | €100,000 |
| 2 | €76,200 |
| 3 | €55,300 |
| 4 | €34,320 |
| 5 | €26,700 |
| 6 | €21,050 |
| 7 | €16,500 |
| 8 | €11,900 |
| 9 | €9,400 |
| 10-12 | €8,040 |
| 13-15 | €6,850 |
| 16-23 | €5,840 |
| 24-31 | €4,930 |
| 32-39 | €4,200 |
| 40-63 | €3,500 |
| 64-79 | €2,840 |
| 80-103 | €2,300 |
The action will resume with Day 3 at 1 p.m. with blinds at 10,000/15,000 along with a 15,000 big blind ante. Follow along the biggest hands, bad beats, stories, interviews, and more at the dedicated Battle of Malta blog.
