The 2018 Battle of Malta Main Event attracted a record breaking 3,816 entries from 55 countries to create a €1.8 million prize pool! The tournament, which had more than double the entries of any previous live tournament held in Malta, took 6 days to complete after Julien Stropoli was the last man standing on October 30th.
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It wasnt a big tournament, but it wasnt a small wither. The number of participants was high enough, probably due to low buy in. Wonder how the brm member did in this tournament. We can also see, that there was a deal, between the last five players.
Posted by Mober: It wasnt a big tournament, but it wasnt a small wither. The number of participants was high enough, probably due to low buy in.
That and the fact they basically threw the registration package after you on the onlne satellites if you were just a little bit interested to participate...
I think this is a rather unusual event .... when two Frenchmen in the final play out the main prize .... there are not so many French players at all .... and here two are challenging the victory at once .... of course the venue greatly influenced this .... France is very close to Malta .... very very close
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Many congratulations to Julien Stropoli on winning this event. I can only imagine the feeling the following day, when you realise the sheer magnitude of what you have done and the great sense of personal achievement that brings
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Biggest Ever Battle of Malta was a major tournament with excellent prizes. 1st place won less than 10% of the total prizes and that's very good for all players who have finished In The Money. If it was an Pokerstars online tournament then 1st place wins approximately between 15.7 and 18% but is not the case and i think online poker prizes need to be changed, because for 1st is too much money. Congratulations to all players of the final table.
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lot of players,but not such a big wins at final table,because we have deal with 5 players and thats we have 5 players with over 100K on account!nice tournament at great place and too bad that we dont have any informations from BRM players!
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Massive well done to Julien Stropoli for being crowned champion of the 2018 Battle of Malta main event and scooping over €150,000! That is a good amount of money. It takes an enormous amount of dedication and perseverance to maneuver through a field of 3,816 players.
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To me personally it is fantastic tournament because you play in Malta very beautiful country and play for 6 days of course.if you not out in first day and it is two in one situation- you have great holidays and also play live poker
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Congratulations to the winner Julien Stropoli for having won the main event of the battle of Malta and having taken a nice € 1.8 million pot ... the truth is there were some nice prizes although I saw other better ones but good they all brought good money prizes
Posted by Gerimantas: To me personally it is fantastic tournament because you play in Malta very beautiful country and play for 6 days of course.if you not out in first day and it is two in one situation- you have great holidays and also play live poker
Not in November - you're not. Rain and max. 20 degrees in Celsius is not a weather made for swimming and chilling on the beach.
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Posted by bowie1984:
Posted by Gerimantas: To me personally it is fantastic tournament because you play in Malta very beautiful country and play for 6 days of course.if you not out in first day and it is two in one situation- you have great holidays and also play live poker
Not in November - you're not. Rain and max. 20 degrees in Celsius is not a weather made for swimming and chilling on the beach.
maybe gerimantas missed up malta with carribeans and that weather is great in whole year !ofcourse is better then in rest of europe,to have higher temperatures,but I also have 20 and more in this month!weather is crazy in last two,three years