See You in 2026

while the final table of the Main Event is still going, it’s not too early to look forward. Of course, the Battle of Malta will return in 2026, ready to bring all the action to the paradise island. The spring edition will take place May 27 – June 3, and if it’ll be anything like…

Cappiello Wins a Pot

Level 34: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 8/6,039 Prize pool: €2,728,970 Action folded to Candido Cappiello, who limped from the Small Blind. Rafal Lubczynski decided to check his Big Blind. After an initial check from Cappiello, Lubczynski bet 600,000. Little did he know Cappiello would raise to 1,850,000. That being said, Lubczynski made the call. Cappiello continued…

Final Table Chip Counts

The final table will begin at 2pm tomorrow and will be live streamed on the Battle of Malta’s YouTube channel. These are the chip counts of the grateful eight, who will all be dreaming about their potential routes to the €254,070 first prize, the title and the trophy. Position Player Country Chips Seat Big Blinds…

Fountoulakis Out in Ninth; Play is Over for Today

Level 34: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entris: 9/6,039 Prize pool: €2,728,970 Candido Cappiello opened to 1,000,000 from the Cut-off. Emmanouil Fountoulakis (Big Blind) was the sole caller. Fountoulakis check-called a 700,000 bet from Cappiello on the flop. Fountoulakis checked again on the , and Cappiello now sized up to 3,200,000. Fountoulakis then announced all in for 12,000,000,…

Final Table Seat Draw

The players have now been reseated on one table and play will continue until another player has their chip stack reduced to nil. We do not have chip updates at this time, but here is the seating draw. Seat Player Name 1 Marco D’amico 2 Davis Modans 3 Luigi Shehadeh 4 Cristian Campan 5 Candido…

Current State of Play

With the Main Event now back from its break, here’s snapshot of what’s going on in the other tournaments that are being played today. Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining 14:00 BOM Day 4 1,500,000 GTD – In Play – Level 34 – Last 2 Tables 10/6,039 14:00 ACR POKER SUPER HIGH ROLLER Final Day…

Modans Leads the Way

Chip Counts at the end of level 33. Pos Player Name Chips Big Blinds 1 Davis Modans 49.9M 100 2 Rafal Lubczynski 33.52M 67 3 Candido Cappiello 28.65M 57 4 Cristian Campan 22.82M 46 5 Marco D’amico 19.87M 40 6 Giuseppe Ciancio 15.35M 31 7 Leonardo Romeo 14.32M 29 8 Emmanouil Fountoulakis 13.17M 26 9…

Break Time

Level 34: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 10/6,093 Prize pool: €2,728,970 Its been a slow session of play since Killian O’Brien’s 11th place exit and now the remaining players are going on a break. We have to lose two more players before the day ends, let’s see what happens in the next session. Chip counts to follow.