Angelo Patane Leads Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event as Three Side Event Trophies Awarded on Day 2

Casino Malta was packed to the rafters on October 28, as the second day of the 2026 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition festival saw the completion of the first flights of the €1,500,000 guaranteed Main Event, while three side event trophies were also awarded in a huge day of poker action.

Angelo Patane of Italy (769,0000) and Omri Mechetner of Israel (541,000) topped the standings in Day 1a and 1b of the Main Event respectively, while Dan Larsson of Sweden, Dominik Bencan of Croatia and Jakub Skurzynski of Poland tasted victory in the €330 Pot Limit Omaha, €340 Novibet Tag Team and €130 Dark Knight NLH events.

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Angelo Patane and Omri Mechetner Top Standings in Days 1a-1b of €600 Main Event

The focus of Day 2 of the festival was the initial starting flights of the Main Event, and a total of 62 players qualified from 422 entries across the two flights.

Italian Angelo Patane (769,000) topped a list of 45 Day 1a qualifiers ahead of Dimitrios Stampoultzis of Greece (681,000) and Sami Pulliainen of Finland (681,000), while Omri Mechetner of Israel (541,000) led eight qualifiers from Day 1b. All of those players also secured a chip leader bonus package worth €1,500 to the Battle of Malta May 2027.

2022 Battle of Malta champion Dimitrios Anastasakis of Greece (354,000) also qualified, while Scotty Nguyen and Ryan DePaulo tried their luck but did not manage to find a bag, with the full counts of the qualifiers listed below.

End of Day 1a Main Event Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Angelo Patane	Italy	769,000
2	Dimitrios Stampoultzis	Greece	681,000
3	Sami Pulliainen	Finland	568,000
4	Karl Sandoff	Sweden	545,000
5	Harald Redl	Austria	521,000
6	Cristiano Zambonelli	Italy	513,000
7	Sandro Carucci	Switzerland	500,000
8	Ziga Klopcic	Slovenia	469,000
9	Robin Enb	Germany	465,000
10	Dragan Gali	Croatia	385,000
11	Stanislas Prigent	France	380,000
12	Dimitrios Anastasakis	Greece	354,000
13	Andrei Mjagkov	Estonia	338,000
14	Sebastian Mortensen	Malta	336,000
15	Matteo Montanari	Italy	308,000
16	Lukman Islam	Bangladesh	293,000
17	Antonios Triantafyllakis	Greece	289,000
18	Anton Makejev	Estonia	278,000
19	Aliyyul Aldirmaz	Turkey	264,000
20	Dario Quattrucci	Italy	211,000
21	Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila	Romania	200,000
22	Sukru Arican	Turkey	198,000
23	Steven Penney	England	198,000
24	Vincenzo Popolo	Italy	191,000
25	Ashley Scott	England	190,000
26	Peter Vermaas	Netherlands	185,000
27	Jeffrey Cormier	Canada	182,000
28	Robert Schiller	Germany	178,000
29	Toni Ravnak	Czech Republic	166,000
30	Erik Lindqwist	Sweden	142,000
31	Anthony Hughes	England	138,000
32	Nicholas Schembri	Malta	134,000
33	Yuri Martins	Brazil	127,000
34	Imran Pirmohamed	England	125,000
35	Palina Mankevich	Poland	112,000
36	Oliver Mihajlovski	Macedonia	97,000
37	Tetiana Bondarchuk	Ukraine	92,000
38	Mathieu Hontas	France	86,000
39	Alexandre Bermon	France	82,000
40	Lorenzo Paolelli	Italy	82,000
41	Wayne Brook	England	64,000
42	Alessio Urpis	Italy	44,000
43	Dan Sfarlea	Romania	42,000
44	Stribor Gruicic	Croatia	40,000
45	Cameron Sinclair	England	40,000

End of Day 1b Main Event Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Omri Mechetner	Israel	541,000
2	Dario Berisa	Serbia	471,000
3	Emmanouil Livanos	Greece	269,000
4	Ioannis Lazaridis	Greece	252,000
5	Constantin Chincisan	Romania	212,000
6	Michael James-Cardi	England	207,000
7	Milos Lalovic	Serbia	204,000
8	Matteo Zanardi	Italy	110,000

Uri Netanel Leads 26 Qualifiers from €450 Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty Day 1b

Day 1b of the Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty recorded a total of 173 entries, and Uri Netanel of Israel (600,000) topped the list of 26 qualifiers, with Brit Nicholas Rose (568,000) and Nikolaos Mastrantonas of Greece (528,000) completing the podium places.

The Day 1b qualifiers join the 15 players who progressed from Day 1a, with two starting flights still to come, at 3 p.m. on October 29 and 11.30 a.m. on October 30, while Day 2 kicks off at 7 p.m. on October 30.

The full counts of the Day 1b qualifers are detailed below.

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Uri Netanel	Israel	600,000
2	Nicholas Rose	United Kingdom	568,000
3	Nikolaos Mastrantonas	Greece	528,000
4	Jeremie Dubois	France	453,000
5	Christof Birnbacher	Austria	368,000
6	Anastasios Vardalis	Greece	341,000
7	Tomas Dailidonis	Lithuania	243,000
8	David Lisher	United Kingdom	212,000

Dan Larsson Wins €330 Pot Limit Omaha (€6,370)

The €330 Pot Limit Omaha event attracted a total of 85 entries to create a €23,970 prize pool, which was split between the top 13 finishers.

Dan Larsson of Sweden was the last player standing and secured a €6,370 payday, after he defeated David Manczak of Polands heads-up, with the full results detailed below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Dan Larsson	Sweden	€6,370
2	Dawid Manczak	Poland	€4,420
3	Dimitrios Siantikos	Greece	€2,920
4	Erik Polluveer	Estonia	€2,280
5	Martin Frank	Switzerland	€1,840
6	Adam Milewski	Poland	€1,440
7	Rafail Papadopoulos	Greece	€1,140
8	Daniele Del Gatto	Italy	€880
9	Paul McCann	United Kingdom	€680
10	Maria Von Perger	Germany	€520
11	Oleksandr Pyliavskyi	Ukraine	€520
12	Davide Marchioro	Italy	€480
13	Manuel Persico	Italy	€480

Dominik Bencan Wins €340 Novibet Tag Team Event (€4,870)

The €340 Novibet Tag Team event gained 59 entries, creating a €16,638 prize pool, and Dominik Bencan of Croatia came out on top, defeating Marck Moret of the Netherlands heads-up, with the full results detailed below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Dominik Bencan	Croatia	€4,870
2	Marck Moret	Netherlands	€3,490
3	Andrew Fleming	United Kingdom	€2,270
4	Michael Geoertz	Germany	€1,710
5	Hideki Takafuji	Japan	€1,330
6	Marc Mehring	France	€1,030
7	Ian Holwill	United Kingdom	€820
8	Raymond MacHugh	United Kingdom	€640

Jakub Skurzynski Wins €130 Dark Knight NLH (€5,080)

The daily Dark Knight NLH event recorded 246 entries, creating a €25,436 prize pool, and Jakub Skurzynski of Poland defeated Kenneth Heindal of Norway heads-up to secure a €5,080 payday, with the full results below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Jakub Skurzynski	Poland	€5,080
2	Kenneth Heindal	Norway	€3,400
3	Einar Hersdal	Norway	€2,480
4	Michael Cauchi	Malta	€2,000
5	Gil Preter	Israel	€1,560
6	Reinis Jatnieks	Latvia	€1,180
7	Jan Verner	Czech Republic	€860
8	Matthew Thomas	United Kingdom	€640
9	Tony Harte	Ireland	€520
10	Athanasios Kostouros	Greece	€440
11	Gal Bonfil	Israel	€440
12	Wai Tang	United Kingdom	€400
13	Dermot Fennell	United Kingdom	€400
14	Mohamed Redouane	Morocco	€360
15	Jan Gompers	Germany	€360
16	Niklas Libergren	Denmark	€320
17	Michael Williams	United Kingdom	€320
18	Peter Kelly	United Kingdom	€280
19	Martin Roubal	Czech Republic	€280
20	Dennis Haarberg	Norway	€280
21	Marius-Marcel Popescu	Romania	€240
22	Benn Heys	United Kingdom	€240
23	Tomas Dusanek	Czech Republic	€240
24	Lee Cannizzaro	United Kingdom	€220
25	Lin Chen	China	€220
26	Vincenzo Meola	Italy	€220
27	Raimo Einberg	Estonia	€220
28	Michael Clayton	United Kingdom	€200
29	Hasan Mahmoud	Sweden	€200
30	Holger Friedrich	Germany	€200
31	Kevin Kelly	Ireland	€200
32	Joergen Moeller	Denmark	€180
33	Michel Chit	Lebanon	€180
34	Mario Moran	Spain	€180
35	Patrick Storan	Ireland	€180
36	Oliver Woodward	United Kingdom	€180
37	Ales Valenta	Czech Republic	€180
38	Josh Binaiev	Israel	€180
39	Alberto La Licata	Italy	€90
40	Luca Rotiroti	Italy	€90

Battle of Malta Schedule – Thursday, October 29

Another packed schedule of events awaits on the third day of the festival, with two more starting flights of the Main Event set to take place, along with Day 1c of the Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty.

A number of side events are also on offer, including the €300 Sviten by PLO Masters, the €170 Bounty Hunter Days Crazy Pineapple and the €130 Dark Knight NLH, and the full daily schedule is set out below.

Date	Time	Event
Oct 29	11:00	€70 Satellite One Shot to BOM
	13:00	€600 BOM €1,500,000 GTD Day 1C
	15:00	€450 Mystery Siege of Malta Day 1C
	17:00	€300 Sviten by PLO Masters
	18:00	€170 Bounty Hunter Days Crazy Pineapple
	20:00	€300 BOM €1,500,000 GTD Day 1D
	21:00	€70 Satellite Accumulator to BOM
	22:00	€130 Dark Knight NLH

Full live coverage of the event will recommence at 1 p.m. for Day 1c of the Main Event on the Battle of Malta blog, and look out for the daily recap of results and highlights on poker.pro in due course.