Casino Malta was absolutely packed to the rafters yesterday, May 28, for the first full day of the Battle of Malta 2026 Summer Edition. The atmosphere was electric, and chips flew in all directions, with no fewer than six tournaments completed, along with two satellites, and two trophies awarded.

Konstantinos Dimadis and Jaroslaw Falkowski topped the respective standings in the first starting flights of the €700,000 guaranteed Main Event to lead 37 qualifiers, while Oriol Romero and Sebastian Czajka achieved the same feat in the Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty starting flights, with the €100,000 guarantee smashed, and the final flight still to come.

The first trophies were also awarded, with Clint Sammut taking down the PLO 4 Card, and Andreas Bjerklund emerging as the White Night champion.

Another huge day of action awaits, with the final flight and Day 2 of the Siege of Malta taking center stage, while two further flights of the Main Event are on the menu, in addition to three side events.

Days 1a-1b €600 Main Event Recap

A total of 285 entries were gathered across the first two flights, superb numbers considering many players will have decided to start their schedule with the Siege of Malta, and 37 players bagged and tagged for Day 2.

Konstantinos Dimadis of Greece (585,000) topped the standings in Day 1a from Ronen Avraham of Israel (550,000) and Pole Dominik Wochnik (535,000), while Jaroslaw Falkowski of Poland (533,000) led five qualifiers from Day 1b.

The full counts are listed below:-

Day 1a Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chips
1	Konstantinos Dimadis	Greece	585,000
2	Ronen Avraham	Israel	550,000
3	Dominik Wochnik	Germany	535,000
4	Jader Pederzini	Italy	506,000
5	Anthony Ouillon	France	493,000
6	Jean-Pascal Vernet	France	448,000
7	Nihat Muldur	Turkey	403,000
8	Marc Sanz	Spain	403,000
9	Nigel Hartwell	United Kingdom	372,000
10	Antonios Koukouras	Greece	361,000
11	Damian Wojtas	Poland	338,000
12	Artur Gjoka	Albania	336,000
13	Sebastian Mortensen	Denmark	310,000
14	Julien Stropoli	France	276,000
15	Robert Krzywina	Poland	268,000
16	Sofiene Bezzah	Tunisia	264,000
17	Alessandro Fasano	Italy	259,000
18	Barak Hen	Israel	165,000
19	Pia Susanne Fransson	Sweden	162,000
20	Erik Lindqwist	Sweden	150,000
21	Mateo Ciglar	Croatia	139,000
22	Jacek Pustula	Poland	139,000
23	Oliver Mihajlovski	North Macedonia	130,000
24	Stavros Passias	Greece	128,000
25	Palina Mankevich	Belarus	127,000
26	Pavel Novikov	Russia	116,000
27	Cristian Mihu	Romania	114,000
28	Philip Pearson	United Kingdom	109,000
29	Miika Toeyraes	Finland	109,000
30	Theo Delouche	France	103,000
31	Giovanni Caggia	Italy	90,000
32	Valerio Missori	Italy	76,000

Day 1b Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chips
1	Jaroslaw Falkowski	Poland	533,000
2	Fabrizio Zucca	Italy	347,000
3	Cahit Basbug	Turkey	248,000
4	Marco Deidda	Italy	150,000
5	Hryhorii Meleshenko	Ukraine	145,000

 

Two further flights take place today. Day 1c kicks off at 1 p.m. and features a 40,000 starting stack for a €600 buy-in, with the clock set to 40-minute levels, and play continuing until 15% of the field remains, while Day 1d is a €300 buy-in, where players receive a 20,000 starting stack, the clock is set to 20-minute levels, and 7.5% of the field qualify for Day 2.

Days 1a-1b €300 Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty Recap

Swarms of players descended on the Eden Arena for a shot at a mystery bounty bankroll boost, with 592 entries logged across the first two flights, smashing the €100,000 guarantee.

The prize pool currently stands at €153,920, with 89 players qualified for Day 2, and the final flight kicking off at noon today, May 29.

Spaniard Oriol Romero (512,000) led the way in Day 1a from Miika Toeyraes (399,000) and Italian Antonio Russello (392,000), while Sebastian Czajka (523,000), Alberto Galluzzo (436,000) and Dimitrios Apostolidis (427,000) of Italy, Poland and Greece respectively made up the podium places in Day 1b.

Day 1a Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chips
1	Oriol Romero	Spain	512,000
2	Miika Toeyraes	Finland	399,000
3	Antonio Russello	Italy	392,000
4	Nikola Minovic	Montenegro	356,000
5	Ken Otti	Nigeria	340,000
6	Dominik Cybulski	Poland	325,000
7	Calum Bagnall	United Kingdom	277,000
8	Krystian Nalepka	Poland	275,000
9	Carl Burcher	United Kingdom	269,000
10	Tobias Benes	Austria	258,000
11	Lars Stokke	Norway	247,000
12	Jakub Szumski	Poland	247,000
13	Leif Kirk	Denmark	243,000
14	Simone Petrillo	Italy	242,000
15	Jens Schmidt	Denmark	219,000
16	Michal Szymanek	Poland	210,000
17	Daniel Kuhlmann	Germany	198,000
18	Liron Kroani	Israel	177,000
19	Kaspars Mallons	Latvia	173,000
20	Anastasios Vourexakis	Greece	171,000
21	Bradley Green	United Kingdom	169,000
22	David Mikulenka	Czech Republic	162,000
23	Jan Wojtkielewicz	Poland	162,000
24	Roope Keminen	Finland	154,000
25	Christian Telser	Austria	154,000
26	Abilio Da Silva	Portugal	150,000
27	Tormod Ludvigsen	Norway	147,000
28	Vyacheslav Polyevoy	Ukraine	145,000
29	Erik Polluveer	Estonia	137,000
30	Matthieu Burguiere	France	126,000
31	Talis Tooming	Estonia	124,000
32	Ernestas Stalemekas	Lithuania	113,000
33	Ricardo De Abreu	Portugal	110,000
34	Seier Ingemann	Denmark	100,000
35	Joseph Sweeney	Ireland	98,000
36	Karsten Luther	Germany	92,000
37	Lorenzo Parente	Italy	92,000
38	Davor Mudric	Croatia	80,000
39	Konstantinos Kertikidis	Greece	66,000
40	Miguel Aagesen Sanchez	Denmark	63,000

 

Day 1b Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chips
1	Sebastian Czajka	Poland	523,000
2	Alberto Galluzzo	Italy	436,000
3	Dimitrios Apostolidis	Greece	427,000
4	Simone Spina	Italy	424,000
5	Jakub Wujcikowski	Poland	356,000
6	Lorian-Mihai Bellu	Romania	348,000
7	Akser Osak	Poland	323,000
8	Yuri Cornello	Brazil	317,000
9	Stanislav Genev	Bulgaria	315,000
10	Antony Collett	United Kingdom	304,000
11	Kyrylo Dzyha	Ukraine	278,000
12	Emanuele Pani	Italy	262,000
13	Paulo Pinheiro	Portugal	255,000
14	Carina Voncken	Germany	250,000
15	Alessio Assennato	Italy	244,000
16	Andreas Hartl	Austria	217,000
17	Mateusz Kozuch	Poland	215,000
18	Cosme Gomez Martinez	Spain	205,000
19	Tomas Svoboda	Czech Republic	205,000
20	Magnus Roennbrant	Sweden	204,000
21	Djamel Rezai	France	202,000
22	Georgian Georgescu	Romania	201,000
23	Fox Colin	United Kingdom	197,000
24	Theodore Ougier	France	197,000
25	Edgaras Jankunas	Lithuania	188,000
26	Alejandro Asenjo	Spain	185,000
27	Szymon Politowski	Poland	185,000
28	Sokratis Oikonomou	Greece	177,000
29	Jokin Ruiz	Spain	154,000
30	Vincenzo Travaglia	Italy	154,000
31	Mariano Cordaro	Italy	145,000
32	Ionut-Cristian Iliescu	Romania	144,000
33	Malcolm Mckinlay	United Kingdom	137,000
34	Alberto Alvarez	Spain	133,000
35	Rudi Aabo	Denmark	129,000
36	Shervin Ghassemlou	Sweden	115,000
37	Simon Jurjevic	Slovenia	115,000
38	Michael Van der Ghinst	Belgium	103,000
39	Oscar Arezzo	Italy	100,000
40	Davide Natale	Italy	100,000
41	Maria Koutsouki	Greece	99,000
42	Alessandro Prodoni	Italy	87,000
43	Wesley Haynes	United Kingdom	84,000
44	Marco Nasetti	Italy	78,000
45	Liwei Wang	China	78,000
46	Elias Abou Saleh	Lebanon	77,000
47	Doron Lahav	Israel	75,000
48	Ruggero Magri	Italy	56,000
49	Maximilian Golle	Germany	52,000

 

Day 2 qualifiers will reconvene at 8.30 p.m. on May 29, where play will continue until a champion is crowned, with mystery bounties in play from the start of Day 2.

Clint Sammut Wins €250 PLO 4 Card (€2,900)

The first trophy of the Battle of Malta 2026 Summer Edition was awarded to Clint Sammut of Malta, who defeated a 49-entry field to bag the €2,900 first-place prize, with local legend Joe Grech in third. The €10,133 prize pool was split between the top seven finishers.

The full results are below:-

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Clint Sammut	Malta	€2,900
2	Dragan Filipovic	Serbia	€2,600
3	Joseph Grech	Malta	€1,470
4	Brian Leddy	Ireland	€1,110
5	Samuel Newsome	United Kingdom	€860
6	Henry Stafford	United Kingdom	€660
7	Maciej Kaminski	Poland	€530

 

Andreas Bjerklund Wins €250 White Night (€4,300)

A 71-runner field created a €14,683 prize pool, and Andreas Bjerklund of Norway emerged triumphant, banking €4,300 after defeating Antoan Katsarov of Bulgaria heads-up.

The full results are below:-

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Andreas Bjerklund	Norway	€4,300
2	Antoan Katsarov	Bulgaria	€3,080
3	Joseph Galea	Malta	€2,000
4	Vikram Digpal	United Kingdom	€1,510
5	Pear Ebenhardt	Sweden	€1,170
6	Wolfgang Beck	Germany	€910
7	Jaroslaw Chmiel	Poland	€720
8	Ortal Alon	Israel	€560
9	Franco Campo	Italy	€430

 

Battle of Malta 2026 Summer Edition Schedule – May 29 2026

Another huge day of poker action awaits. The Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty final day takes center stage, while mixed game aficionado’s will be intrigued by the PLO Masters 4,5,6 card, with a Bounty Hunter Days event also on the menu.

Date	Time	Tournament	Buy-In	Stack	Levels	Late Registration
May 29	11:00	Turbo Super Sat for BOM (one time)	€60+€10	10,000	15 min	Reg closes at Level 10
May 29	12:00	Mystery Bounty Siege of Malta (Day 1C)	€160+€100+€40	30,000	20 min	Reg closes at Level 10 (play to 15%)
May 29	13:00	NLH BOM Let The Battle Begin – Day 1C – 15% Qualify	€530+€70	40,000	40 min	Reg closes at Level 10 (play to 15%)
May 29	15:00	PLO Masters (4,5,6)	€220+€30	25,000	20 min	Reg closes at Level 10
May 29	16:00	Bounty Hunter Days	€150+€50+€20	25,000	20 min	Reg closes at Level 10
May 29	20:00	NLH BOM Let The Battle Begin – Day 1D – 7.5% Qualify	€265+€35	20,000	20 min	Reg closes at Level 10 (play to 7.5%)
May 29	20:30	Mystery Bounty Siege of Malta (Day 2)	—	—	20 min
May 29	21:00	Hyper Turbo	€130+€20	15,000	10 min	Reg closes at Level 10
May 29	22:00	NLH Super Satellite for BOM (accumulator)	€60+€10	10,000	15 min	Reg closes at Level 10

 

We will be on the floor from 1 p.m, and the Battle of Malta’s YouTube, Facebook and Instagram channels will also be bringing you all the big moments from the event, so stay tuned for all your coverage of the Battle of Malta 2026 Summer Edition.