Last Call to Join Us at an Amazing the Festival Malta!

Everything is ready in Portomaso Casino for The Festival Malta that starts in just a couple of hours. In the span of 8 days from May 15th to 21st The Festival will host more than 50 different events and PokerPro.cc Team will be media partner of the festival!

We will be playing and reporting from Portomaso Casino and for sure we will have a great time with many of you. Find one of us on the poker felt and we will buy you a drink!

Out of all the events, most of the eyes may be on the juicy €550 Main Event with an amazing structure and massive payouts, but there will be so many more things going at the festival that literally everyone will find something suitable for their pocket and interest as the buy-ins are ranging from €120 to €1,100, and satellites are starting at just €40. Don’t believe us? Check out and download full schedule as PDF here.

The Main Event takes place from May 16-21 and features five opening flights from Tuesday to Friday. Two more days will be needed to crown a new winner with Ignacio Menedez being the current defending champion after defeating a field of 609 players at The Festival in Nottingham, which generated an already healthy prize pool of £236,292 and organizers expect to at least double this amount in Malta.

No Limit Hold’em is a great game but playing exclusively this format can get a bit stale after some time and The Festival knows this very well that’s why there’s a plethora of different poker tournaments to choose from. From Pot Limit Omaha to H.O.R.S.E., 8-game, Open-Face Chinese, Shortdeck, Ladies only  tournament, Senior +49 event, and even Sviten Special plus many more.

Don’t particularly fancy tournaments? Say no more as cash games will be running 24/7 during the series, or you can join one of the many Cash Game Challenges. And if you want to take a break from playing poker, The Festival will feature Roulette, Blackjack and Sports Betting tournaments! If you want to know how to play these types of tournaments, check out the rules here.

The Festival Malta Highlights

• €250 Pokerlistings Championship: May 14-17
• €1100 PLO High Roller: May 17 (Depends on the number of players, might be a 2-Day event)
• €550 MAIN EVENT: Main 16-21
• €125 Roulette Tournament: May 16
• €125 Blackjack Tournament: May 17
• €125 Match Visions Slots Tournament: May 18
• €250 H.O.R.S.E Deepstack: May 18
• €1,100 HighRoller: May 18 (Depends on the number of players, might be a 2-Day event)
• €250 The Hendon Mob Championship: May 19-20
• €125 The Festival Queens hosted by Laura Cornelius: May 19
• €250 Texas Mystery Bounty: May 20-21
• €1,100 OFC High Roller: May 21
• €250 49+ Seniors: May 21

Malta Activities

Poker is not the only reason to join us in Malta as organizers will provide daily activitieson the Rock. Activities away from the tables are a very important social aspect of festivals like this as it provides full experience to poker players, who can enjoy in amazing adventures with like-minded people, and this is exactly what The Festival endeavours to deliver.  This will turn and ordinary event into a fantastic one!

The VIP activities for all hospitality packages will include daily activities spread out over the entire week, from morning to night. Doesn’t matter if you are more of a yoga person, Roulette rumbler, if you like to dine in an exquisite Michelin restaurant, or just jump into sea for a refreshing swim, The Festival got you covered!

“The Festival Series is more than just an ordinary poker festival,” said The Festival Founder Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk. “As we do for all of our events, we are planning to roll out the red carpet for our guests with many amazing activities. Our goal is to deliver a full casino event experience that players will remember for the rest of their lives.”

Blackjack, Roulette, and Sportsbook Tournaments

During the festival you won’t be able to attend poker tournaments only, you can also participate in Blackjack, Roulette, and Sportsbook tournaments, each with its own set of rules. Let’s have a quick look at each of them.

Blackjack Tournament Rules

When playing Blackjack tournaments, you are playing against other players and not against the casino. All players will start with the same number of chips and the player who has the most chips at the end of the round wins and plays against the other table winners.

Usually, six or seven players play at the table and by playing multiple rounds, many players can join the tournament. It’s important to keep in mind how many chips your opponents have in order to know how to play and how much to bet.

Blackjack tournament is a game of skill and the winner of the final round will receive the biggest share of the prize, while other finalists will receive a smaller fraction.

Sportsbook Tournament Rules

As the name suggests this tournament is all about predicting different sports events and matches. The format may vary a bit but usually, you predict about 15 matches in sports like soccer or ice hockey in both 1×2 market and O/U specified number of goals.

Each correct prediction will give a different set of points, depending on how many of your opponents have correct results or if a huge underdog wins. Your aim is to gather more points than all other participating players.

Roulette Tournament Rules

Roulette players in the tournament are playing against other participants and not against the house. Chips will not have a direct monetary value, but a fictitious, usually quite larger value, due to the prevention of smaller stacks losing immediately.

The goal is to be the last man standing at the table or having the biggest chip stack. Everyone receives 250 chips and if you run out of money during the re-entry period, the player has the option to re-entry. Players must place at least one bet per spin and the table winners after two rounds (30+30 spins) will advance to Day 2. Player with the biggest stack after two new rounds wins the tournament.