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Battle of Malta Spring Edition in Full Swing! 

Battle of Malta Spring Edition in Full Swing! 

The Battle of Malta is happening as we speak, and currently, the 233 remaining players, who all are in the money, are battling it out to reach it on the third playing day of the event. A whopping total of 1,542 entries were made on all day 1s.

The Battle of Malta crew visibly improved several things during this event. One of them, is a gigantic 27-meter screen which gave the players a perfect introduction of what the event stands for and all its recent winners. Another unique feature is a local talk show, where the crew will present exclusive insights into the event. All-in-all, they are moving forward alongside the staggering playing fields which get attracted edition after edition. 

Perhaps one of the most enlightening introductions of this series is the collaboration with the renowned online poker room of America’s Card Room (ACR). Not only will they organize an online edition of the Battle of Malta, but they will also host online day 1 flights for the next Autumn edition of the event.

Total Prize Pool of €776,397

The Main Event of the Battle of Malta 2025 was set to €600 (€530+€70), and the organisation of the Battle of Malta, as well as Casino Malta, were eager to try and beat the attendance rate of last year’s edition (1,814). It began very promisingly on the first two opening flights, but the engine started to sputter on the rest of the opening flights, bringing this year’s total amount of entries to 1,542. 

The total prize pool is set to €776,397, of which a reasonable portion was shared among the chip leaders of each opening flight. On Day 2, a total of 233 players returned to the tables, and below you can find the top 10 stacks at the start of the second day of the Battle of Malta Spring Edition 2025:

Day 1a146
Day 1b297
Day 1c686
Day 1d171
Day 1e242
Total Entries1542
PositionPlayerChip CountBlinds
1Shai Biner931,000116
2Daniel Poluk922,000115
3Ceri Rees845,000106
4Claus Spieckermann823,000103
5Clement Kerrien815,000102
6Antonino Scarpaci756,00095
7Krzysztof Chmielowski741,00093
8Nicolaj D’antoni697,00087
9Benoit Kuhn675,00084
10Ingird Vos662,00083

PokerListings Media Partner of Battle of Malta

The history of PokerListings with the brand Battle of Malta goes way back, all the way until the very first event of it all. After PokerListings had sold the brand, changes were made for the better, and the most anticipated live event on Maltese soil grew to the sky and beyond. 

Since the previous Autumn edition of 2024, PokerListings has been connected again to the Battle of Malta, this time as the official media partner of the event. Unfortunately, we couldn’t be present this time around but surely will give acte de présence during the edition later this year. If you would like to follow all the poker action of the current ongoing event, make sure to check the live blog of the Battle of Malta itself. 

Link liveblog: https://battleofmalta.com/live-blog-spring-2025