Struggling Israeli farmer wins Battle of Malta main event

November 8, 2017

Israeli farm manager Nadav Lipszyc by his own admission travelled to Malta with hardly any cash in his pocket to take up a seat in the main event of the Battle of Malta he had won in his first live tournament satellite . A few days later he has Euro 200,000 in winner’s prize money, […]

Swedish victory in Malta poker tournament

November 8, 2016

Swedish online player Robert Berglund has captured the top prize in the main event of the 888Poker-sponsored 2016 Battle of Malta main event, taking home a record Euro 160,000 after besting a field of 1,813 entries with a heavy Nordic component that generated a prize pool of Euro 900,000. He also packed the attractive and […]

French poker pro Nicolas Proust wins the Battle of Malta

November 10, 2015

A record breaking entry field of 1,804 entered the Euro 550 buy-in Battle of Malta poker tournament, which concluded on Monday in a victory for French poker pro and former tennis coach Nicolas Proust (29). Proust picked up Euro 110,000 and a handsome knight statuette trophy for the win after a hard-fought heads up against […]

Record entry list for Malta poker tournament

November 7, 2015

Amateur and professional poker players have been flying into the charming and historic Mediterranean island of Malta this week to compete in the Battle of Malta poker tournament, and the invasion can be measured by the record number of entries. The organisers reported Friday that 1,803 registrations for the Battle of Malta have been received […]

Malta Poker tournament a success

November 11, 2014

The success of this week’s 2014 Battle of Malta poker tournament can be gauged by the impressive 1,447 entries for the main event, which was effectively a heads up draw in a finale ultimately terminated by the clock…the tourney simply ran out of time at 5am the next day. Local player James Brincat and Bulgarian […]