The recently concluded Battle of Malta Autumn Edition was by far the biggest festival in the history of the event. It was the 10th time that the event has been held at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena, situated within the Intercontinental Hotel in St Julian’s. The Main Event reached new heights, with 6,039 entries…
It’s a cliche, but the Battle of Malta Main Event final table was a marathon. It took almost four hours for the first player to bust and about the same again for the tournament to reach its conclusion. Candido Cappiello is a very skilful player and his win was even predicted on Day 3 by…
Level 40: 1,000,000/2,000,000 (2,000,000) Entries: 1/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 With his elimination of Luigi Shehadeh in second place, Candido Cappiello is now crowned the winner of the 2025 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition €600 Main Event for €225,770. The Italian should be very proud of his achievement, and he displayed great poker skills the week…
Level 40: 1,000,000/2,000,000 (2,000,000) Entries: 1/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 After roughly 30 minutes worth of heads-up, Luigi Shehadeh’s stack had hit a critical low, on courtesy of Candido Cappiello taking down some pots here and there. Soon enough, he committed his 9,300,000 to an all-in shove from the Button, and Cappiello made the call. Luigi…
Some business being discussed perhaps? I guess we’ll find out when the official results are published.
Two will soon become one. One will be Zigaziga’ing while the other remains a Wannabee. Stay tuned to find out…
Level 40: 1,000,000/2,000,000 (2,000,000) Entries: 2/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 With three players left, Giuseppe Ciancio was the shortest stack. He decided to defend his Big Blind after a 5,500,000 raise from Candido Cappilleo (Small Blind). Capilleo continued with a 10,400,000 bet on the flop. As fast as humanly possible, Ciancio moved all in for 36,200,000,…
Three Italians left, which one will be the 2025 Battle of Malta Champion? Could it be Candido? Or will it be Luigi? Or perhaps Giuseppe?
Level 39: 1,000,000/1,500,000 (1,500,000) Entries: 3/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Leonardo Romeo opened to 3,000,000 on the Button. Candido Cappiello (Big Blind) then decided to fold his opponent all in for 28,500,000. Romeo showed no signs of hesitation before making the call. Candido Cappiello: Leonardo Romeo: It was a classic coinflip scenario. Cappiello’s been running hot…
The Four Italian Horses of the Apokerlypse are now eying up the trophy…