Actress and presenter Laura Cornelius is once again hosting the award-winning Battle of Malta. Cornelius made her Battle of Malta debut last year when the event smashed all records with a staggering 3,816 entries generating a €1,850,760 prize pool. Once again, Cornelius will play a leading role in promoting the
Battle of Malta 2019 packages on offer now Accommodation and buy-in packages are available now for this year’s Battle of Malta giving players the chance to sort out all their travel and tournament requirements at the same time. The packages are available exclusively through MainEventTravel, the Official Travel Partner for
The MPN Poker Tour will be back at Battle of Malta again this year with a major presence and hundreds of qualifiers, as well as its own scheduled side event. There were 270 MPN qualifiers at last year’s Battle of Malta with three making the final table: Grosvenor Poker
888poker will be back again this year as a headline sponsor for Battle of Malta 2019. Close to 100 players qualified online at 888poker for last year’s event and the site will be running a ton of satellites for this year too. Satellites kick off late July and will be
Special Early Bird packages will be available soon for this year’s Battle of Malta via the MainEventTravel.com website. Casino Malta’s prestigious event is running October 15-22 in the spectacular Eden Arena at the InterContinental Conference Centre in St Julian’s. The Early Bird packages, which will go on offer in early
Battle of Malta 2019 schedule to be announced soon The schedule for Battle of Malta 2019 is to be released at the beginning of June with a host of innovations including the first ever Mega High Roller and an extra day added to the schedule. Casino Malta’s prestigious event is
With a €1 million guarantee for the flagship Main Event, Battle of Malta 2018 certainly set a high bar for success. But what a week it was! With 3,816 entries for the Main Event – nearly double the expected number – and 13,000 tournament entries overall, the tournament venue was packed throughout
The 2018 Battle of Malta Main Event completed its quest to narrow 3,816 entries to just 1 and that sole survivor is France’s Julien Stropoli! A former Magic: The Gathering player and ascending poker pro Stropoli started the final table second-to-last in chips but showed no panic in working his
Julien Stropoli vince la Battle of Malta 2018! Giochi aperti in heads up, con Stropoli che ha 46 big blind contro i 33 del suo connazionale Canevet. Ma gli dei del poker non volevano un lungo heads-up e hanno dato vita a una clamorosa bad beat. Da bottone Stropoli apre
Questo è il primo dei sei Battle of Malta in cui si sfidano in un heads-up due giocatori dello stesso paese, non era mai successo. Julien Stropoli e Maxime Canevet sono arrivati alla battaglia finale quando il danese Erik Ostergaard è stato eliminato subito dopo la pausa cena. Ma cosa
Mantas Urbonas si ritrova a giocare con due big blind e mezzo, e nel giro di tre mani passa nuovamente dal paradiso all’inferno. Prima mano: Ostergaard: J♥ 8♦Urbonas: Q♥ T♠Board: T♣ Q♣ 4♠ 2♣ 8♥ Seconda mano: Urbanas: K♣ 9♣Ostergaard: A♥ 4♦Board: J♠ 2♣ T♣ K♦ K♥ Mantas si ritrova
Due grandissime mani si sono scontrate quando Julien Stropoli e Mantas Urbonas sono andati all-in preflop. Dopo una scommessa e un rilancio, entrambi erano all-in ed eccoti lo showdown: Julien Stropoli: K♣ K♠Mantas Urbonas: A♠ Q♥ Scheda: K♥ T♣ 3♥ A♥ 2♠ Quindi, Mantas Urbonas, che è partito terzo oggi
Canevet apre da UTG e riceve il push di Fakhreddine da cut-off. Chiama il francese, è showdown. Canevet: T♣ T♦Fakhreddine: A♣ Q♠ Board: 3♦ 5♥ 8♦ 8♥ 6♠ Esce in quinta posizione il libanese, si rimane in quattro.
Più tavoli, numeri più grandi, servizio migliore. Grandi piani. Battle of Malta del 2018 è ormai quasi volto al termine, come in ogni grande evento che si rispetti qualcosa è andata diversamente rispetto al previsto ma per il coordinatore del marketing e degli eventi di Casino Malta, Telly Bartolo, è
Una mano incredibile premia Jens Ostergaard e fa uscire di scena uno dei protagonisti annunciati, ovvero Andrew Hills. Il danese decide di shovare per circa dieci milioni da cut-off, mentre l’inglese re-pusha da big blind. E si va allo showdown: Ostergaard: A♣ 6♣Hills: J♠ J♦ Board: 3♥ Q♠ 8♣ 3♣