Now that our full reporting function has returned, we’re finally able to deliver the chip counts from yesterday’s starting flights. Day 1e counts coming soon, but here’s the chip counts of the Day 1f survivors. Jonny Tang bagged the largest stack of just over 700,000 chips and won the big stack bonus of a €1,500…
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 1,176/1,784 I was thrilled to witness the festivites at Table 69. Alessandro Marano opened to 2,300 from UTG+1, and Carmelo Contursi (Hi-jack), Ioannis Kritsotakis (Cut-off), Vincenzo Scarfogliero (Button), Taago Tamm (Small Blind), and Alessio Vichi (Big Blind) all made the call. “What a treat,” I was thinking to myself; six…
What time is it? It’s that time again! Time to take a look at what’s going on at the Battle of Malta. Day 1g is well on the way to becoming the biggest Day 1 ever at Battle of Malta. With over three and half hours to go until registration closes, the Main Event has…
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 1,221/1,697 As the players went on the second break of the day, I took a stroll through the arena, trying to identify the biggest stacks. Andreas Schiepe appears to be the current chip leader. Player Chips Big Blinds Andreas Schiepe 309,000 309 Dor Adda 214,000 214 Vincenzo Scarfogliero 208,000 208…
Today is the final PLO event of the festival, however there are still Sviten and a H.O.R.S.E . tournaments scheduled on Monday and Tuesday. They are now in the third level of the day, with 67 players having already joined the 4-card action.
British players are having an absolutely fabulous time at the 2026 Autumn Edition of the Battle of Malta and that continued today as Paul Murphy has won the Mystery Siege of Malta, scooping the €31,900 first place prize and the trophy. A deal was done with three players left, with €5,000 left to play for.…
The largest Battle of Malta starting day was the equivalent Day 1g in 2024, when 1,759 entries were made. We are now in the 5th level of the day with still almost five hours until registration closes and there have been 1,532 buy-ins so far. If the rate of entries remains at this pace, last…
The Mystery Siege went down to three players soon after the start of play, with the returning Greeks, Pangiotis Petrou and Konstantinos Mimikopoulos eliminated in 4th and 5th places respectively. Some time after their departure, a deal was discussed ands agreed between the three remaining players and they agreed to leave €5,000 still to play…
Saturday is always the craziest day at the Battle of Malta and there are currently over 1,300 players seated across four tournaments. Here’s the first state of play update of the day. Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining 11:00 Satellite One Shot to BOM €1.5m GTD €60+€10 In Play – Level 12 – Registration Closed…
The first side event of the day is now underway, a €260+€40 No Limit Hold’em one-day mtt. They are now in the second level of the day with 65 entries so far and three hours of late registration remaining. Main Event Day 1g Returns from 1st Break Unfortunately we were not able to get any…