Danut Chisu Hits Seven-Figure Mark in Battle of Malta Main Event as Uri Netanel Wins Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty

The fourth day of the 2026 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition saw hordes of players descend on Casino Malta thirsty for poker action, with two further flights of the Main Event completed, while Uri Netanel of Israel was crowned as the Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty champion, banking €46,670 inclusive of bounties.

In addition, side event trophies were awarded to Javier Santana and Alexandru Popa in the €330 Pot Limit Omaha and €130 Dark Knight NLH.

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Danut Chisu Hits Seven-Figures in Battle of Malta Main Event Day 1e

Day 1e attracted a massive 941 entries, and 142 players were expected to progress, but a double bubble saw Luca Piso and Stefan Drusca eliminated during hand-for-hand play, reducing the field to 141.

Danut Chisu of Romania (1,136,000) topped the standings, and is the only player to hit seven figures thus far. Chisu is a seasoned player with over $1.7 million in live tournament winnings, according to TheHendonMob.

Chisu was followed by Lukas Timko of Czechia (951,000) and Italian Michelangelo Longo (936,000), who was responsible for knocking Drusca out on the bubble.

In Day 1f, a total of 325 entries were logged, which meant 24 players qualified. We are awaiting the counts of the qualifiers, which will be provided as soon as possible, but we can confirm they included Andrej Desset, Maroun Sily and Andreas Vlachos.

End of Day 1e Main Event Chip Counts

The full counts of the 141 qualifiers from Day 1e are below.

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Danut Chisu	Romania	1,136,000
2	Lukas Timko	Czech Republic	951,000
3	Michelangelo Longo	Italy	936,000
4	Alessio Montagno	Italy	932,000
5	Patryk Kucharski	Poland	896,000
6	Enrico Olivieri	Italy	776,000
7	Bohdan Sobol	Ukraine	752,000
8	Danilo Bartone	Italy	742,000
9	Antonino Leotta	Italy	696,000
10	Norbert Kerepesi	Hungary	679,000
11	Alessandro Pinelli	Italy	616,000
12	Alexandru Caba	Romania	593,000
13	Franco Scaccia	Italy	561,000
14	Jiri Horak	Czech Republic	555,000
15	Vincenzo Nicoletti	Italy	554,000
16	Georgios Efthymiadis	Greece	553,000
17	Andrew Fleming	United Kingdom	531,000
18	Ron Jeda	Israel	531,000
19	Georgios Katsakos	Greece	529,000
20	Cristian-Marius Campan	Romania	507,000
21	Matteo Ricco	Italy	473,000
22	Tal Barasofsky	Israel	465,000
23	Antonio Giunta	Italy	463,000
24	Evgeni Arkov	Bulgaria	420,000
25	Luca Quilichini	Italy	417,000
26	David Keuftedjian	United States	388,000
27	Julian Micallef	Malta	388,000
28	Antoni Batlle	Spain	383,000
29	Giuliana Celestini	Italy	371,000
30	Santo Sidoti	Italy	369,000
31	Ryan Gerstenberg	United States	367,000
32	Marcell Gottshalk	United Kingdom	364,000
33	Patrik Kovsac	Hungary	362,000
34	Roi Dadon	Israel	359,000
35	Adrian-Lucian Duca	Romania	359,000
36	Thomas Weber	Germany	357,000
37	Michael Breen	United Kingdom	348,000
38	Leonardo Tomei	Italy	315,000
39	Gabriele Chiariello	Italy	313,000
40	Andrew Quinn	United Kingdom	310,000
41	Meir Chen	Israel	305,000
42	Piotr Wasilewski	Poland	301,000
43	Lukasz Cybulski	Poland	297,000
44	Shaked Peso	Israel	293,000
45	Moshe Vaizman	Israel	281,000
46	Grigoli Liklikadze	Georgia	268,000
47	Sranislav Lastovicka	Czech Republic	267,000
48	Florian Keller	Germany	265,000
49	Piotr Wiktor	Poland	263,000
50	Michal Kokocha	Poland	262,000
51	Davids Akopjancs	Latvia	261,000
52	Emmanouil Asgoudakis	Greece	260,000
53	Tvrtko Cupic	Croatia	254,000
54	Mariusz Czech	Poland	246,000
55	Daniel Daw	United Kingdom	241,000
56	Selamiri Blloshmi	United Kingdom	237,000
57	Adrian Ziemichod	Poland	236,000
58	Gabriella Fabian	Hungary	235,000
59	Raul Cifuentes	Spain	226,000
60	Giuseppe Catanzaro	Italy	223,000
61	Rolf Johansson	Sweden	221,000
62	Lorian-Mihai Bellu	Romania	219,000
63	Marius-Catalin Stancescu	Romania	219,000
64	Gino Tolone	Italy	219,000
65	Salvatore Patti	Italy	218,000
66	David Torgeman	Israel	218,000
67	Rijad Ahmic	Sweden	217,000
68	Francesco Natale	Italy	217,000
69	Alan Czyzewski	Poland	210,000
70	Basilio Sangiorgi	Italy	209,000
71	Claudio Rocha	Portugal	208,000
72	Davide Dimartina	Italy	207,000
73	Grzegorz Fast	Poland	206,000
74	Tereza Vernerova	Czech Republic	206,000
75	Marco Herman	Netherlands	200,000
76	Marco Domingo	Spain	195,000
77	Paul Webb	United Kingdom	194,000
78	Michal Goral	Poland	192,000
79	Itai Laufer	Israel	189,000
80	Lewis Brook	United Kingdom	185,000
81	Thomas Ter Bruggen	Netherlands	184,000
82	Antuen Agalliu	Albania	183,000
83	Pinchas Yechezkel	Israel	177,000
84	Kamil Lempe	Poland	173,000
85	Nigel Stentiford	United Kingdom	167,000
86	Aitor Villarejo Reguera	Spain	167,000
87	Eldar Fishelson	Israel	161,000
88	Jessi Pelasgi	Italy	160,000
89	Lampros Vlachos	Greece	151,000
90	Michael Shimanovich	Israel	150,000
91	Liutauras Armanavicius	Lithuania	148,000
92	Rami Bakhar	Israel	146,000
93	Rinaldo Aquino	Germany	144,000
94	Francesco Serra	Italy	143,000
95	Sam Acheampong	United Kingdom	141,000
96	Georgios Kostakis	Greece	141,000
97	Achilleas Nomidis	Greece	138,000
98	Roman Bartak	Czech Republic	137,000
99	Konstantinos Stroulis	Greece	135,000
100	Simon Goldthorpe	Israel	133,000
101	Gleb Cherevati	Hungary	127,000
102	Georgios Mylonas	Greece	127,000
103	Jonas Hafa	Germany	126,000
104	Ainer Kollamots	Estonia	123,000
105	Hendrick Kramer	Netherlands	120,000
106	Daniel Palsson	Iceland	120,000
107	Sebastian Trela	Poland	120,000
108	Joe Pearson	United Kingdom	114,000
109	Georgios Phiniotis	Cyprus	113,000
110	Fabrizio Sales	Italy	108,000
111	Luca Catalin	Romania	103,000
112	Alexander Fleime	Norway	103,000
113	Salvatore Reale	Italy	101,000
114	Tom Roernes	Norway	101,000
115	Giuseppe Denaro	Italy	99,000
116	Mark Mckenzie	United Kingdom	97,000
117	Anthony Counsell	United Kingdom	90,000
118	Antonio La Rana	Italy	89,000
119	Michael Lewis	United Kingdom	87,000
120	Atilla Markovci	Ukraine	85,000
121	Alari Raid	Estonia	84,000
122	Magnus Roennbrant	Sweden	84,000
123	Rune Moerk	Norway	83,000
124	Piotr Kucharski	Poland	82,000
125	Amir Assal	Israel	81,000
126	Daniel Eves	United Kingdom	81,000
127	Gianluca Grimaldi	Italy	77,000
128	Nils Mallon	Germany	77,000
129	Ilija Savevski	North Macedonia	75,000
130	Salvatore Agliozzo	Italy	74,000
131	Tamer Halabi	Israel	70,000
132	Dan Nistor	Romania	70,000
133	Marcello Bona	Italy	65,000
134	Michael Abaev	Israel	61,000
135	Liran Levinovitz	Israel	61,000
136	Heiko Raisch	Germany	58,000
137	Jan Hirsch	Sweden	47,000
138	Uwe Matthias	Germany	47,000
139	Massimilano Lucchetti	Italy	38,000
140	Drazen Koros	Croatia	31,000
141	Raffaele Rispoli	Italy	29,000

Overall Top Ten Main Event Counts After Day 1e

A total of 438 players have qualified for Day 2 from 2,496 entries thus far, with three starting flights still to come.

The overall top ten counts after the completion of Day 1e are as follows:

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Danut Chisu	Romania	1,136,000
2	Lukas Timko	Czech Republic	951,000
3	Michelangelo Longo	Italy	936,000
4	Alessio Montagno	Italy	932,000
5	Patryk Kucharski	Poland	896,000
6	Enrico Olivieri	Italy	776,000
7	Angelo Patane	Italy	769,000
8	Bohdan Sobol	Ukraine	752,000
9	Danilo Bartone	Italy	742,000
10	Fabian Wolf	Germany	729,000

Uri Netanel Wins €450 Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty (€46,670)

The €450 Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty attracted a massive total of 1,059 entries, and bounty fever gripped the room when the envelopes came into play in Day 2.

A total of 156 players qualified to secure a €320 minimum cash, with a single €20,000 envelope and four €10,000 envelopes being the biggest bounties available.

James Macpherson and Aleksandr Olickij split the €20,000 bounty, while Bogdan Martynczuk claimed two €10,000 bounties, with Filippos Kasiodokostas and Uri Netanel claiming the remaining five-figure prizes.

Netanel went onto to lift the trophy, after a three-way deal was cut with Noe Lopes of Portugal and Manuel Janas of Germany that saw the players bank €24,700, €24,050 and €23,750 respectively.

The full results for the event, inclusive of bounties, are listed below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Uri Netanel	Israel	*€46,670
2	Noe Lopes	Portugal	*€28,610
3	Manuel Janas	Germany	*€31,510
4	Daniele Degennaro	Italy	€23,000
5	Jeremie Dubois	France	€8,650
6	Jacob Alfi	Israel	€8,800
7	Dennis Haarberg	Norway	€4,730
8	Jakub Szczotka	Poland	€6,200
9	Kieron Coward	United Kingdom	€2,640
10	Filippos Kasidokostas	Greece	€20,100
11	Anders Helland	Norway	€7,400
12	Andreas Johansson	Germany	€14,660
13	Helder Correia	Portugal	€3,160
14	Ivan Popsavov	Bulgaria	€2,460
15	Giuseppe Segreto	Italy	€1,760
16	Simone Oddo	Italy	€3,480
17	Hans Werge	Malta	€8,780
18	Bogdan Martynczuk	Poland	€30,780
19	James Macpherson	United Kingdom	€12,580
20	Dimitrios Kleitsogiannis	Greece	€12,280
21	Anastasios Vardalis	Greece	€2,180
22	Yoav Ktorza	Israel	€1,380
23	Philip Pearson	United Kingdom	€1,880
24	Lucas Mednes	United States	€980
25	Ihor Popyk	Ukraine	€6,380
26	Gang Wang	China	€1,480
27	Nicholas Rose	United Kingdom	€5,980
28	Tomasz Grabowski	Poland	€2,040
29	Krzysztof Bialecki	Poland	€840
30	Antonio Costanzo	Italy	€1,840
31	Bo Berggren Cole	Sweden	€1,040
32	Patrice Brandt	Germany	€6,120
33	Nikolaos Mastrantonas	Greece	€920
34	James Malatynski	United Kingdom	€920
35	Vasileios Tsaknis	Greece	€1,320
36	Andreas Putz	Germany	€920
37	Stuart Bell	United Kingdom	€720
38	Mario Crastullo	Italy	€5,720
39	Tayfun Rodoplu	Turkey	€720
40	Dimitrios Anastasakis	Greece	€820
41	Virginijus Lapenas	Lithuania	€1,620
42	Marek Ohnisko	Czech Republic	€1,820
43	Vidmantas Beliauskas	Lithuania	€1,120
44	Lars Stokke	Norway	€1,320
45	Nathan Grossmann	Belgium	€820
46	Paul Shearing	United Kingdom	€620
47	Anargyros Loizos	Greece	€820
48	Athanasios Skapetis	Greece	€620
49	Kyriakos Papastefanou	Greece	€1,120
50	Mike Sprenger	Germany	€620
51	Stephan Kramer	Germany	€820
52	Eirik Bjoerbaek	Norway	€1,620
53	Henrik Veldhoen	Germany	€1,120
54	Pedro Araujo	Portugal	€620
55	Marios Almpanopoulos	Greece	€620
56	Philipp Doehling	Germany	€520
57	Malcolm Mckinlay	United Kingdom	€520
58	Mauricio Rodrigues Da Silva Junior	Brazil	€1,120
59	Oliver Mihajlovski	North Macedonia	€6,020
60	Artemios Fournaris	Greece	€520
61	Fotios Ntamaris	Greece	€520
62	Marco Mercuri	Italy	€1,020
63	Afshin Alikhani	Norway	€520
64	Doron Lahav	Israel	€1,520
65	Paul-Vlad Craciunas	Romania	€520
66	Alexis Roger	France	€520
67	Nico Scheer	Germany	€520
68	Costantino Giannuzzi	Italy	€520
69	Antoan Katsarov	Bulgaria	€520
70	Ugo Gasparini	Italy	€520
71	Fabio Meloni	Italy	€520
72	Oscar Hugberg	Sweden	€640
73	Nicolae Siscanu	Romania	€440
74	Filippo Bechini	Italy	€1,640
75	Adrian Vogt	Switzerland	€440
76	Volker Bauer	Germany	€440
77	Jan Fiala	Czech Republic	€440
78	Matteo Lepredoro	Italy	€440
79	Scott Ledingham	United Kingdom	€440
80	Dean Hemmings	United Kingdom	€940
81	Georgios Papakonstantinou	Greece	€440
82	Davor Bozilovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	€440
83	Shai Arbel	Israel	€440
84	Andrea Dominici	Italy	€1,440
85	Tomas Dailidonis	Lithuania	€440
86	Lukman Islam	Bangladesh	€440
87	Patrick Roksvaag	Norway	€940
88	Francisco Gordillo Moreno	Spain	€440
89	Nuno Cabete	Portugal	€440
90	Richard Koppel	Estonia	€6,140
91	Simone Montanari	Italy	€640
92	David Lisher	United Kingdom	€440
93	Arnaud Boudet	France	€440
94	Tobias Benes	Austria	€440
95	Omri Mechetner	Israel	€1,640
96	Alexandros Fiotakis	Greece	€400
97	Simon Cooke	United Kingdom	€400
98	Iraklis Manikaros	Greece	€400
99	Roberto Agus	Italy	€400
100	Aleksandr Olickij	Lithuania	€10,400
101	Tsvi Cohen	Israel	€400
102	Ioannis Gantsidis	Greece	€400
103	Andres Frey	Spain	€400
104	Petros Taki	Cyprus	€400
105	Michail Tastanis	Greece	€400
106	Scott Majorino	Switzerland	€400
107	Guiseppe Palmisano	Italy	€400
108	Dario Quattrucci	Italy	€400
109	Sorge Noel	Canada	€400
110	Genzo Vlaemynck	Belgium	€400
111	Peter Thomas	Germany	€400
112	Gil Preter	Israel	€400
113	Matthew Hill	United Kingdom	€400
114	Christof Birnbacher	Austria	€400
115	Jonas Lindholm	Sweden	€400
116	Bartosz Wesolek	Poland	€400
117	Maksims Azarjancs	Latvia	€400
118	Mitchell Jones	United Kingdom	€400
119	Leonardo Tononi	Italy	€400
120	Michal Janczarski	Poland	€1,360
121	Minh Diep	Italy	€360
122	Artur Gjoka	Albania	€360
123	Richard Arnott	United Kingdom	€360
124	Alexis Bosman	Belgium	€360
125	Maciej Kala	Poland	€360
126	Eirik Mallesvik	Norway	€360
127	Antonino Cariniti	Italy	€360
128	Giacomo Staropoli	Italy	€360
129	Andreas Andriopoulos	Greece	€360
130	Tvrtko Cupic	Croatia	€360
131	Jorge Palomino Rebolleda	Spain	€360
132	Artur Spiewak	Germany	€360
133	Dimitrios Sarris	Greece	€360
134	Manuel Reuter	Germany	€360
135	Daniel Jackson	United Kingdom	€360
136	Jose Briseno Jr	United States	€360
137	Simone Pucci	Italy	€360
138	Seth Holmstrom	United States	€360
139	Jakub Skurzynski	Poland	€360
140	Eduard Burd	Israel	€360
141	Francois Grossmann	Belgium	€360
142	Karl Cooper	United Kingdom	€360
143	Joseph Sheppard	United Kingdom	€360
144	Mikael Samuelsen	Norway	€320
145	Mohammed Rahman	United Kingdom	€320
146	Tobiasz Wejman	Poland	€320
147	Tor Nesse	Norway	€320
148	Andreas Vlachos	Greece	€320
149	Mehmet Kilinc	Malta	€320
150	Georgios Kostakis	Greece	€320
151	Achilleas Chairetis	Greece	€320
152	Lin Chen	China	€320
153	Ignazio Ciccarello	Italy	€320
154	Michele D’Amico	Italy	€320
155	Theodoros Ampelikiotis	Greece	€320
156	Rotem Sahar	Germany	€320

(*Denotes ICM deal)

Javier Santana Wins €330 Pot Limit Omaha 4/5 Card (€10,150)

The Pot Limit Omaha 4/5 Card event obtained 235 entries to create a chunky €66,270 prize pool, and the trophy went to Javier Santana of Spain, after a three-way deal was agreed with Svetozar Marinov of Bulgaria and Magnuss Nilsson of Sweden, which banked all players a five-figure payday.

The full results are detailed below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Javier Santana	Spain	*€10,150
2	Svetozar Marinov	Bulgaria	*€10,000
3	Magnus Nilsson	Sweden	*€10,000
4	Adam Szabo	Hungary	€5,400
5	Jostein Bjerkli	Norway	€4,260
6	Jan Wojtkielewicz	Poland	€3,240
7	Sascha Manns	Germany	€2,360
8	Jens Nilsson	Sweden	€1,720
9	Andreas Birkeland	Norway	€1,440
10	Paiman Sakhi	Norway	€1,220
11	Velin Velinov	Bulgaria	€1,220
12	Dieter Good	Switzerland	€1,080
13	Kieran Devine	United Kingdom	€1,080
14	Rafail Papadopoulos	Greece	€980
15	Marek Rous	Czech Republic	€980
16	Attila Zab	Hungary	€880
17	Anastasios Mouratidis	Greece	€880
18	Eran Grafi	Israel	€780
19	Nikolai Dauner	Germany	€780
20	Athanasios Kechagias	Greece	€780
21	Asi Gunnar	Estonia	€720
22	Bawan Rizgar	Norway	€720
23	Roberto Marchionni	Italy	€720
24	Elad Yakov	Israel	€640
25	Martin Bader	United Kingdom	€640
26	Stian Asbjornsen	Norway	€640
27	Piotr Tuczynski	Poland	€640
28	Christopher Cooper	United Kingdom	€580
29	Martin Frank	Switzerland	€580
30	Martin Bartos	Slovakia	€580
31	Joakim Wickstrom	Sweden	€580

(*Denotes ICM deal)

Alexandru Popa Wins €130 Dark Knight NLH (€11,340)

The daily Dark Knight side event recorded an astonishing total of 572 entries, creating a massive €59,145 prize pool.

A total of 87 places were paid, and Alexandru Popa of Romania was the last player standing, banking €11,340 after he defeated Algerian Jeevitha Scarozza heads-up, with the full results detailed below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Alexandru Popa	Romania	€11,340
2	Jeevitha Scarozza	Algeria	€7,050
3	Davide Dimino	Italy	€5,050
4	Ottavio Ferrazzano	United Kingdom	€3,900
5	Vincent Smith	Ireland	€3,080
6	Jose Rodriguez	Spain	€2,410
7	Georgios Rozakos	Greece	€1,780
8	Brett Harris	United Kingdom	€1,220
9	Meelis Kuldkepp	Estonia	€955
10	Ville Nieminen	Finland	€790
11	Flavio Deni	Italy	€790
12	Luca Del Duca	Italy	€660
13	Kevin Hox	Belgium	€660
14	Marek Cozik	Czech Republic	€580
15	Darren Hill	United Kingdom	€580
16	Kevin Nugent	United Kingdom	€520
17	Gilles Todaro	Italy	€520
18	Gintarsa Naglius	Lithuania	€460
19	Charalampos Leontakis	Greece	€460
20	Paul Schuetz	Germany	€460
21	Genzo Vlaemynck	Belgium	€400
22	Russell Brooks	United Kingdom	€400
23	Robert Doran	United Kingdom	€400
24	Morgan Aagaard	Norway	€350
25	Uwe Speer	Germany	€350
26	Petr Ryznar	Czech Republic	€350
27	Arnt Andersen	Norway	€350
28	Paul Grummitt	United Kingdom	€300
29	Meike Nielsen	Germany	€300
30	Josh Binaiev	Israel	€300
31	Martin Lohmann	Germany	€300

Battle of Malta Schedule – Saturday, October 31

Another huge schedule of events awaits on Day 5, with two out of the final three Main Event starting flights set to be completed, as well as side event offerings in the form of the €330 Bounty Hunter Days Bounty and €330 Pot Limit Omaha events, with the full daily schedule detailed below.

Date	Time	Event
Oct 31	11:00	€70 Satellite One Shot to BOM
	13:00	€600 BOM €1,500,000 GTD Day 1G
	15:00	€330 Bounty Hunter Days Bounty
	17:00	€330 Pot Limit Omaha €5,000 GTD
	20:00	€300 BOM €1,500,000 GTD Day 1H
	21:00	€70 NLH Satellite Accumulator to High Roller

Full live coverage of the event will recommence at 1 p.m. for Day 1g 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.