The €530 + 70 Battle of Malta Main Event came to a close yesterday. Tereza Vernerova of the Czech Republic had already entered the final table with a clear lead and ultimately secured the victory, taking home €162,635 in prize money.
With 5,368 entries, the Main Event’s prize pool totaled €2,413,281, clearly surpassing the $1.5 million guarantee. The winner was originally set to receive a bonus of €227,835. The final eight players returned to the final table yesterday at Casino Malta. Tereza Vernerova held a chip lead of more than 2:1 over second-place Ofer Tadmor. But at the start of the final day, things didn’t go so smoothly for the Czech player at first. Her lead melted away after she lost a few smaller pots. After the dinner break, however, Vernerova returned refreshed and doubled her stack with a pair of kings, for example.
With three players remaining, they agreed to an ICM deal. At that point, Ofer Tadmor had the largest chip stack and received €175,000, while €22,635 was reserved for the eventual winner. In heads-up play, Vernerova doubled her stack in the first hand against Tadmor, thereby regaining the lead. In the final hand, Tadmor held 
and Vernerova held 
. The board ran 
, securing the victory for the Czech player
She received €140,000 from the ICM deal as well as €22,635 for first place, for a total of €162,635. Vernerova is the first female winner of the BoM Main Event in history. She was very nervous on final day because she had never played at such a big final table before
| Place | Player | Country | Prize Money |
| 1 | Tereza Vernerova | Czech Republic | €162,630* |
| 2 | Ofer Tadmor | Israel | €175,000* |
| 3 | James Malatynski | United Kingdom | €124,000* |
| 4 | Lulei Hu | China | €62,150 |
| 5 | Marios Kapiris | Greece | €43,400 |
| 6 | Rosario Saddemi | Italy | €32,000 |
| 7 | Ivane Khazaradze | Georgia | €25,150 |
| 8 | Marco Lopez Coronado | Spain | €21,150 |
For more information, visit the Battle of Malta website.