Branco Leads Final 36 in BoM Main Event; Zisis in Hunt for Second Title

Day 3 of the 2024 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event was full of excitement as players battled for their share of the record-breaking €2,578,172 prize pool and hoped to position themselves to get to the final table on Day 4 and more. The day commenced with 290 players returning to the felt, all guaranteed at least €2,110 for their efforts. As the action heated up, it was Miguel Branco who emerged as the chip leader, boasting an impressive stack of 15,225,000 chips.

The atmosphere in Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Malta was electric as players not only battled in the Main Event but many side events including the €150 NLH Ladies Event hosted by FLIP and its founder Daiva Byrne. The €1,100 High Roller was so busy that it added a third day with a winner to be crowned tomorrow.

Alexandru Farcasanu and Pasquale Gregorio followed closely behind Branco with stacks of 13,575,000 and 12,875,000 respectively. Meanwhile, defending champion Vasileios Zisis continued to make his presence felt with a stack of 11,550,000 chips, and is on a serious sweat to become the first two-time champion of the Battle of Malta Main Event.

Meanwhile, Giuseppe Nacci hit the rail during the final moments and didn’t make the cut to the penultimate day with the action resuming for Day 4 at 1 p.m.

Check out the full ending chip counts of Day 3 below:

Position	Name	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Miguel Branco	15,225,000	102
2	Alexandru Farcasanu	13,575,000	91
3	Pasquale Gregorio	12,875,000	86
4	Vasileios Zisis	11,550,000	77
5	Ivaylo Eftimov	9,700,000	65
6	Clement Kerrien	9,150,000	61
7	Phanishsarn Tanapatr	9,100,000	61
8	Alessio Vanni	8,250,000	55
9	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	8,075,000	54
10	Ionut Arvatu	6,700,000	45
11	Ivan Furniet Martinez	6,075,000	41
12	Marco Arcodia	5,975,000	40
13	Konstantinos Karkanidis	5,975,000	40
14	Davide Iannaco	5,400,000	36
15	Robert Shearing	5,100,000	34
16	Hendrik Blokdijk	4,875,000	33
17	Alessandro Siena	4,750,000	32
18	Marton Lugosi	4,700,000	31
19	Panagiotis Petrou	4,675,000	31
20	Stephen Dallaire	4,475,000	30
21	Cristian Mihu	4,425,000	30
22	Davide Ingegnere	4,400,000	29
23	Niklas Aahlund	4,025,000	27
24	Maruen Zormati	4,000,000	27
25	Parminder Kandola	3,850,000	26
26	Marius Iftimia	3,600,000	24
27	Shervin Ghassemlou	3,400,000	23
28	Niccolo’ Cadoni	3,150,000	21
29	Cosme Martinez	2,950,000	20
30	Anthony Ouillon	2,675,000	18
31	Daniel Mendoza	2,575,000	17
32	Georgian Georgescu	2,400,000	16
33	Viktor Waal	2,300,000	15
34	Sokratis Oikonomou	2,250,000	15
35	Christou Christos	2,200,000	15
36	Berend Hooijer	775,000	5