Battle of Malta Day 3 Live: Ho No! Maria Busts Out

Written by:
Nagesh Rath
Published on:
Nov/06/2015
Battle of Malta Day 3 Live: Ho No!  Maria Busts Out

Our Day 3 coverage of Battle of Malta will be appearing below. 

Check Out Day Two Action of BOM2015 Here

Check Out Day One Action of BOM2015 Here

BREAKING NEWS: Total entrants were 1805 after 7 pm

November 6 - 8:30 pm -

Big name pro Fatima Moreira de Melo is participating in this year's Battle of Malta after completing a stint here at the EPT Malta. 

"I heard how great the Battle of Malta was and PokerListings.com invited me back," Moreira de Melo said of her return after playing in the European Poker Tour event just last month.

In case you were wondering, Moreira de Melo is a player of Portuguese descent (hence the name) who was born in Holland and played for the Dutch field hockey team.  And, yes, she is wearing a USA sweatshirt.

climbing.  This year's event is already the biggest poker tournament in Malta history.

November 6 - 8:30 pm -

William Hung of American Idol fan still playing.

November 6 - 8:30 pm -

Big name pro Fatima Moreira de Melo is participating in this year's Battle of Malta after completing a stint here at the EPT Malta. 

"I heard how great the Battle of Malta was and PokerListings.com invited me back," Moreira de Melo said of her return after playing in the European Poker Tour event just last month.

In case you were wondering, Moreira de Melo is a player of Portuguese descent (hence the name) who was born in Holland and played for the Dutch field hockey team.  And, yes, she is wearing a USA sweatshirt.

November 6 - 7:30 pm -

Officially 1803 players registered so far.  Registration continues.  We await notice on when registration has closed so stay tuned for the final tally.

November 6 - 7:30 pm -

PokerListings.com had an opportunity to interview Norwegian singing sensation Tone Damli.  Check out that interview below.
The 27-year-old performer has only been playing poker for a year but she managed to get some experience under her belt before touching down here at the Battle of Malta. This summer Damli made it deep in the Colossus event at the World Series of Poker that drew over 22,000 players. Damli made the top five per cent of that event, recording her second live poker cash.
Damli says she gets a similar rush when she's performing for a big crowd but that poker is more nerve-racking because she's way more comfortable behind the mic than behind a stack of chips.
Nerves aside, the Norwegian says she loves poker and since she's hooked up with Betsson as a sponsor it's safe to say we'll be seeing more of her at the poker table.

November 6 6:45 pm -

Sad news as our hostess with the mostess Maria Ho has just busted out.

"Now I can focus on partying some more," she stated.

November 6 5:45 pm -

Last hour the prize pool was at €840k but that number continues to climb.  We here at Gambling911.com believe it will ultimately hit €1 million as registation continues into the next hour.

November 6 5:45 pm -

How is this for an enticement to come visit Malta while you all are starting to freeze your butts off up north.

or what about this?

November 6 4:45 pm -

Humberto Brenes, Sofia Lövgren, American Idol William Hung and Everest Poker pro Fabrice Soulier all back for more while singer Kim Herold has opted to take part in the PLO Knight's Crusade.

Humberto Brenes smiles for the Gambling911.com cameras during Thursday night cocktail party

Battle of Malta hostess Maria Ho is back for more and was still all in by 5 pm.

November 6 4:45 pm -

We have just received the most updated number of registrants and it has hit 1725 so far.  This number will continue to climb so stay tuned as this is the final day of registration.  2000 is in reach but the 2015 Battle of Malta has now exceeded expectations as 1700 was the target number.

November 6 2:45 pm -

Last night was the first of many parties slated for this year's Battle of Malta.  This one was held in an exclusive open atrium space of the fabulous Hilton Hotel, reserved only for guests of BOM2015 and included full private access to the hotel pool. 888 Poker put on a fabulous show.

The Swedes are in the house. 


Battle of Malta organizer Ivonne Montealegre with Gambling911.com founder Chris Costigan

November 6 2:30 pm -

As first reported by Gambling911.com, a chartered flight has come in from Tel Aviv for players to take part in this year's Battle of Malta.  We can now confirm that 150 players were on this flight - the official number.  WOW!!!

November 6 2 pm -

The Battle of Malta has been voted the Best Low Buy-in Tournament in the world.

November 6 2 pm - Confirmation

Mario Ho has just confirmed to Gambling911.com that William Hung will be playing today with a rebuy after busting out late last night.

November 6 1:45 pm - Record Broken Before Day 3 Even Begins

Battle of Malta has beaten the 1,447 mark based on the 900+ players from Day 1a and 1b plus those already registered to play Day 1c.  It is widely estimated that the third day should exceed the two previous days combined but we here at Gambling911.com would say 1700 is a safe minimum. This is officially the biggest poker tournament ever held in Malta.  Congrats PokerListings.com and all those involved!

November 6 1:45 am - The Silence Before The Storm

November 6 11 am -

A little birdie tells us that a flight chartered from Tel Aviv was set to land this am with a few dozen poker players to take part in this year's Battle of Malta.  Stay tuned. 

November 6 10:45 am - Hung's Heart is Achy Breaky But Not Broken Friday -

Heeeeeeeeee’s back and better than ever.  William Hung, one of the original American Idol stars, is taking part in this year’s Battle of Malta and he’s outlasting some of the best poker pros in the world.

As of late Thursday evening, Hung was still hanging in there, but while we were partying it up at the PokerListings.com cocktail party for guests of this event, Hung ultimately bowed out during the very late night hours. 

Hung stood up at the end with a classy, "Nice hand, goodbye everyone."

Secretly, Gambling911.com waited for this moment so that we could feature the headling "Hung Over" only to have our friends and organizers of this event, PokerListings.com, beat us to the punch.  frown

As promised – PokerListings.com has posted the official video of William Hung’s “Achy Breaky Heart”, sure to be a huge hit on Billboard.

It’s a cover of Miley Cyrus’s dad’s 80’s smash and a much better version we believe (you decide below as we have posted both videos)

More importantly, check out William Hung below.

- Nagesh Rath for Gambling911.com

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