Fabian Wolf and Christof Birnbacher Lead Battle of Malta Main Event Flights as Wai Tang, Stephen Kennedy and Robert Schiller Win Side Events on Day 3

There was barely a spare seat in the house at Casino Malta on Day 3 of the 2026 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition, as huge numbers gathered for two starting flights of the €1,500,000 guaranteed Main Event, while the penultimate flight of the €450 Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty and three side events were also completed, as chips flew in all directions.

Fabian Wolf of Germany (729,000) led 78 qualifiers from Day 1c of the Main Event, while Austrian Christof Birnbacher (683,000) was at the front of 13 qualifiers from Day 1d.

A total of 47 players qualified from Day 1c of the Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty, led by Henrik Veldhoen of Austria (461,000), while Wai Tang, Stephen Kennedy and Robert Schiller secured wins in the Sviten Special, Bounty Hunter Days Crazy Pineapple and Dark Knight NLH events respectively.

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Fabian Wolf and Christof Birnbacher Lead 91 Qualifiers from Days 1c-1d of the €600 Main Event

A huge total of 520 entries was recorded for Day 1c, and 78 players qualified, led by Wolf (729,000), with Alvaro Sahertain of the Netherlands (704,000) and American Jacobo Montoya (697,000) completing the podium places. Those players also secured a package to the Battle of Malta in May 2027 worth €1,500.

Defending champion Candido Cappiello (502,000) found a top-ten stack, and 2026 Summer Edition runner-up Stavros Passias (340,000) also bagged.

End of Main Event Day 1c Chip Counts

The full counts of the Day 1c qualifiers are detailed below.

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Fabian Wolf	Germany	729,000
2	Alvaro Sahertian	Netherlands	704,000
3	Jacobo Montoya	United States	697,000
4	Traianos-Alexandros Ntavoutis	Greece	608,000
5	Shervin Ghassemlou	United Kingdom	602,000
6	Dirk Schneider	Germany	567,000
7	Candido Cappiello	Italy	502,000
8	Danil Tretiak	Ukraine	500,000
9	Georgios Ampatzidis	Greece	471,000
10	Valentina Galeandro	Italy	457,000
11	Daniele Grasso	Italy	445,000
12	Yoram Ohana	Israel	437,000
13	Mario Moran	Spain	427,000
14	Merel Merdzhanov	Bulgaria	405,000
15	Kristian Dahl	Norway	403,000
16	Kaido Kuusemae	Estonia	390,000
17	Dimitrios Katsikas	Greece	380,000
18	Vincent Smith	Ireland	379,000
19	Giorgo Morreale	Italy	368,000
20	Giovanni Nava	Italy	365,000
21	Jeremy Bametz	France	360,000
22	Amer-Ali Dagdelen	Romania	340,000
23	Stavros Passias	Greece	340,000
24	Raoul Van Wersch	Netherlands	336,000
25	Victor Pinna	Spain	329,000
26	Imero Sendar	Netherlands	315,000
27	Dyon Vlaar	Netherlands	311,000
28	Georgios Karakousis	Greece	307,000
29	Paul-Vlad Craciunas	Romania	299,000
30	Cristian-Mugurel Tamas	Romania	299,000
31	Tibor Varga	Hungary	299,000
32	Maros Kral	Slovakia	283,000
33	Simon Forster	Malta	277,000
34	Tom Meiners	Germany	274,000
35	Josip Jakopec	Croatia	249,000
36	Andreas Christodoulou	Cyprus	246,000
37	Eirik Bjoerbaek	Norway	236,000
38	Robert Mcadam	United Kingdom	233,000
39	Haris Zambas	Cyprus	231,000
40	Jaime Diaz	Spain	225,000
41	Michele D’Amico	Italy	211,000
42	Edison Salobehaj	Albania	209,000
43	Massimo Caratelli	Italy	208,000
44	Szymon Kuczerski	Poland	207,000
45	Claus Spieckermann	Germany	204,000
46	Claudio Mueller	Switzerland	202,000
47	Ariel Reidman	Israel	198,000
48	Andre Matthes	Germany	195,000
49	Davide Muccini	Italy	188,000
50	Donato De Bonis	Italy	187,000
51	27022033	Croatia	186,000
52	Sebastian Dabrowski	Poland	180,000
53	Anastasios Vardalis	Greece	178,000
54	Adrian Vogt	Switzerland	159,000
55	Leon Narinsakchai	United Kingdom	155,000
56	Doron Lahav	Israel	138,000
57	Efsttathios Kavoukis	Greece	137,000
58	Iounut Decher	Romania	133,000
59	Kamil Stanislawski	Poland	122,000
60	Alexandru Popa	Romania	121,000
61	Cristian-Florin Vornicu	Romania	121,000
62	Luka Sabo	Croatia	120,000
63	Raimondo Marcello	Italy	118,000
64	Marck Moret	Netherlands	108,000
65	Niccolo Messeri	Italy	103,000
66	Orestis Kanakopoulos	Greece	102,000
67	Alessio Piso	Italy	98,000
68	Igor Trajkovski	Macedonia	97,000
69	Simone Montanari	Italy	95,000
70	Vikrum Mehta	United Kingdom	89,000
71	Dimitrios Kilintaris	Greece	86,000
72	Francesco Caramazza	Italy	84,000
73	Konstantinos Parasis	Greece	83,000
74	Emmanouil Chalkiotis	Greece	72,000
75	Clement Bonnant	France	68,000
76	Artemios Fournaris	Greece	67,000
77	Ovidiu-Dorin Barna	Romania	50,000
78	Stephen Devine	United Kingdom	48,000

End of Main Event Day 1d Chip Counts

A total of 168 entries were gathered for Day 1d, with 13 players securing Day 2 qualification, led by Birnbacher (683,000), who streaked ahead of Jamie Thomson of Canada (484,000) and Gaspard Querillacq of France (381,000).

Birnbacher also secured the chip leader bonus package worth €1,500 to the Battle of Malta May 2027, with the full counts below.

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Christof Birnbacher	Austria	683,000
2	Jamie Thomson	Canada	484,000
3	Gaspard Querillacq	France	381,000
4	Alex Iannello	Italy	364,000
5	Matheo Fabre	France	245,000
6	Niculina Borcos	Netherlands	244,000
7	Lin Chen	China	237,000
8	Marco Deidda	Italy	223,000
9	Yordan Domuvchiyski	Bulgaria	161,000
10	Garrett Boyle	Ireland	140,000
11	Peter Habelitz	Germany	80,000
12	Mario Fiordelisi	Italy	73,000
13	Giovanni Stefanelli	Italy	57,000

Main Event Overall Top Ten Counts After Day 1d

With five starting flights still to come, a total of 144 players have qualified from 1,168 entries thus far, and the overall top ten counts after the completion of Day 1d are as follows:

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Angelo Patane	Italy	769,000
2	Fabian Wolf	Germany	729,000
3	Alvaro Sahertian	Netherlands	704,000
4	Jacobo Montoya	United States	697,000
5	Christof Birnbacher	Austria	683,000
6	Dimitrios Stampoultzis	Greece	681,000
7	Traianos-Alexandros Ntavoutis	Greece	608,000
8	Shervin Ghassemlou	United Kingdom	602,000
9	Sami Pulliainen	Finland	568,000
10	Dirk Schneider	Germany	567,000

Henrik Veldhoen Leads 47 Qualifiers from €450 Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty Day 1c

The penultimate flight of the Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty obtained a massive total of 314 entries, and Henrik Veldhoen of Austria (461,000) led 47 qualifiers, which included Tobias Benes (350,000), Andreas Putz (347,000) and Ugo Gasparini (235,000).

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Henrik Veldhoen	Austria	461,000
2	Vasileios Tsaknis	Greece	460,000
3	Ihor Popyk	Ukraine	454,000
4	Marek Ohnisko	Czech Republic	429,000
5	Mauricio Rodrigues Da Silva Junior	Brazil	429,000
6	Genzo Vlaemynck	Belgium	420,000
7	Helder Correia	Portugal	364,000
8	Jakub Szczotka	Poland	361,000
9	Tobias Benes	Austria	350,000
10	Andreas Putz	Germany	347,000
11	Shai Arbel	Israel	312,000
12	Hans Werge	Malta	255,000
13	Andreas Andriopoulos	Greece	253,000
14	Antonio Costanzo	Italy	252,000
15	Anargyros Loizos	Greece	244,000
16	Ugo Gasparini	Italy	235,000
17	Kieron Coward	United Kingdom	223,000
18	Oliver Mihajlovski	Macedonia	213,000
19	Malcolm McKinlay	United Kingdom	205,000
20	Manuel Reuter	Germany	201,000
21	Eduard Burd	Israel	199,000
22	Fabio Meloni	Italy	195,000
23	Mario Crastullo	Italy	171,000
24	Patrick Roksvaag	Norway	168,000
25	Kyriakos Papastefanou	Greece	155,000
26	Yoav Ktorza	France	150,000
27	Virginijus Lapenas	Lithuania	142,000
28	Ioannis Gantsidis	Greece	126,000
29	Mikael Samuelsen	Norway	125,000
30	Matthew Hill	United Kingdom	117,000
31	Antonino Cariniti	Italy	116,000
32	Anders Helland	Norway	116,000
33	Nuno Cabete	Portugal	107,000
34	Tor Nesse	Norway	106,000
35	Artur Spiewak	Germany	106,000
36	Mohammed Rahman	United Kingdom	105,000
37	Dario Quattrucci	Italy	104,000
38	Jose Briseno Jr	United States	96,000
39	Krzysztof Bialecki	Poland	87,000
40	Peter Thomas	Germany	79,000
41	Theodoros Ampelikiotis	Greece	70,000
42	Athanasios Skapetis	Greece	68,000
43	Giacomo Staropoli	Italy	66,000
44	Seth Holmstrom	United States	64,000
45	Marios Almpanopoulos	Greece	53,000
46	Karl Cooper	United Kingdom	49,000
47	Georgios Kostakis	Greece	23,000

The prize pool now stands at €229,313, with the final starting flight set to kick off at 11.30 a.m. on October 30, while Day 2 gets underway at 7 p.m. on the same date, where bounties will come into play.

Wai Tang Wins €300 Sviten Special by PLO Masters (€6,150)

The €300 Sviten Special attracted 97 entries, creating a €24,163 prize pool, and Wai Tang of the United Kingdom took the trophy and a €6,150 payday after overcoming Argo Garamaga of Estonia in the final duel, with the full results below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Wai Tang	United Kingdom	€6,150
2	Argo Garamaga	Estonia	€4,250
3	Carlo Braccini	Italy	€2,900
4	Mika Hautakangas	Sweden	€2,300
5	Timo Brammer	Germany	€1,860
6	Salvatore Zito	Belgium	€1,450
7	Jeraint Hazan	United Kingdom	€1,150
8	Daniel Stensrud	Norway	€890
9	Jon Kyte	Norway	€675
10	Jesper Kennheder	Sweden	€550
11	Simen Lampe	Norway	€550
12	Arne Devik	Norway	€480
13	Marcin Matula	Poland	€480
14	Harald Redl	Austria	€480

Stephen Kennedy Wins €175 Bounty Hunter Days Crazy Pineapple (€2,755)

The €175 Bounty Hunter Days Crazy Pineapple recorded a huge total of 226 entries, and Brit Stephen Kennedy was the last player standing, lifting the trophy and banking €2,755 after he defeated Ryan Goffe heads-up.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Stephen Kennedy	United Kingdom	€2,755
2	Ryan Goffe	United Kingdom	€2,165
3	Linus Englund	Sweden	€2,150
4	Aschraf Khader	Germany	€2,070
5	Suk Yee Ng	Netherlands	€1,750
6	Christian Kempf	Switzerland	€1,610
7	Stephen Dwyer	Ireland	€1,590
8	Wayne McGregor	United States	€540
9	Alexis Bosman	Belgium	€440
10	Chelsie Glynn	United Kingdom	€380
11	Michael Bludau	Germany	€380
12	Jose Sanchez Guerrero	Spain	€340
13	Grzegorz Skarzynski	Poland	€340
14	Remco Stoeltjes	Netherlands	€300
15	Emmanouil Konstantopoulos	Greece	€300
16	Aleksandr Olickij	Lithuania	€280
17	Bernhard Brida	Austria	€280
18	Shaun Percival	United Kingdom	€240
19	Michael James-Cardi	United Kingdom	€240
20	Victor Segura Azanon	Spain	€240
21	Jorg-Volker Gruneke	Germany	€220
22	Anastasios Mouratidis	Greece	€220
23	Bohdan Sobol	Ukraine	€220
24	Jorge Martinez Agudo	Spain	€200
25	Garry Woods	United Kingdom	€200
26	Amanda Stock	United Kingdom	€200
27	Anthony Thornhill	United Kingdom	€200
28	Jakob Gerrijts	Netherlands	€180
29	Erik Van Hulst	Netherlands	€180
30	Servatius Keerssemeeckers	Netherlands	€180
31	Mike Maas	Germany	€180

Robert Schiller Wins €130 Dark Night NLH (€5,645)

The daily €130 Dark Night NLH event also attracted a significant field of 275 entries to create a €28,435 prize pool. The spoils went to Germany’s Robert Schiller, who defeated Freddy Rolland of Norway to secure the trophy and a €5,645 payday, with the full results below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Robert Schiller	Germany	€5,645
2	Freddy Rolland	Norway	€3,800
3	Thomas Weber	Germany	€2,780
4	Michail Tastanis	Greece	€2,240
5	Eirik Mallesvik	Norway	€1,760
6	Grigorios Archontakis	Greece	€1,320
7	David Harris	United Kingdom	€980
8	Alexander Jesinek	Czech Republic	€750
9	Torsten Mayer	Germany	€600
10	Michael Clayton	United Kingdom	€520
11	Georgios Garnelis	Greece	€520
12	Nizar Abu Daoud	Israel	€460
13	Marcel Hoppe	Germany	€460
14	Konstantinos Basinas	Greece	€400
15	Herli Olop	Estonia	€400
16	Christos Kleisiaris	Greece	€340
17	Guy Cox	United Kingdom	€340
18	Morgan Aagaard	Norway	€300
19	Tomi Arponen	Finland	€300
20	Taago Tamm	Estonia	€300
21	Robert Parmback	Sweden	€260
22	Emmanouil Livanos	Greece	€260
23	Marko Keskel	Estonia	€260
24	Perica Maric	Croatia	€240
25	Jerome Green	United Kingdom	€240
26	Bogdan-Alexandru Georgescu	Romania	€240
27	Theodoros Ampelikiotis	Greece	€240
28	Scott Ledingham	United Kingdom	€220
29	Dimitrios Karagkounis	Greece	€220
30	Jakub Fiala	Czech Republic	€220
31	Fernando Troisi	Italy	€220
32	Piotr Wiktor	Poland	€200
33	Yoav Ktorza	France	€200
34	Aristeidis Markantonakis	Greece	€200
35	Artur Gjoka	Albania	€200
36	Gleb Cherevati	Hungary	€200
37	Thomas Didden	Germany	€200
38	Nikolaos Skremmydas	Greece	€200
39	Russell Fulford	United Kingdom	€200

Battle of Malta Schedule – Friday, October 30

Another packed schedule of events awaits on the fourth day of the festival, with two more starting flights of the Main Event set to take place, along with the final starting flight and final day of the Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty.

A number of side events are also on offer, including the €175 PLO 4/5 Card, and the €130 Dark Knight NLH, with the full daily schedule detailed below.

Date	Time	Event
Oct 30	11:00	€70 Satellite One Shot to BOM
	11:30	€450 Mystery Siege of Malta Day 1E
	13:00	€600 BOM €1,500,000 GTD Day 1E
	17:00	€175 Pot Limit Omaha 4-5 Round Each
	18:00	€130 Dark Knight NLH
	19:00	Mystery Siege of Malta Day 2 Final
	20:00	€300 BOM €1,500,000 GTD Day 1F
	21:00	€70 Satellite Accumulator to BOM

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