Best Maltese poker players
In spite of being such a small country, Maltese players have won nearly $3M in the live poker circuit. Mark Berman (WSOP Circuit and EPT champion), Thomas Lind (MPN Poker Tou and Unibet Open champion), and Charlo Azzopardi (WPT champion) are the best live poker players from Malta.
The results at online poker rooms are more impressive (thanks to a friendly environment to play): Maltese grinders have won almost 60 million dollars. Enrico "WhatisL0v3" or "Partyyycular" Camosci, Bjorn "kleath" Kleathersson, Pim "ForMatherRussia" de Goede are the Maltese poker players with most online poker profits.
Many grinders relocate to Malta to take advantage of many benefits like a high quality of like and a gambling regulation that welcomes them.
Maltese legal poker background
Malta has become famous for giving licenses to many online poker rooms around the world. The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) grants four types of permits, and poker rooms usually apply for a Class 3 or a Class 4 one, depending on the business scope. PokerStars, the largest online poker world, operates with a license from Malta.
In terms of taxes, a 5% Gaming Tax is charged to Maltese operators for poker players with fiscal residence in the country; there is no specific tax for poker players, though.
But, Malteses also like to gamble online. For them, the environment is also amiable (the Gaming Act legalizes gambling, although poker is not explicitly mentioned in the document), because virtually all poker rooms available worldwide offer their services to players living in Malta.
Best online poker rooms for Maltese players
PokerOK
- Rakeback: 10%-50% from the loyalty program VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5% with caps up to $50 (PLO games without cap);
- Fast-fold poker: Rush & Cash from NL2 to NL200;
- MTT grid: $25k private events played every 30 minutes, Good Game Series with $50M GTD
- Hold 'em action: Up to NL20k
- Omaha action: Up to PLO20k
- Spins: Not available;
- HU: Not available;
- Trackers support: No.
We consider the GG Poker Network one of the best sites to play online poker nowadays: in addition to our fantastic PVI rakeback deal, on PokerOK Malteses grinders will find enough tables to play at any poker format comfortably.
partypoker
- Rakeback: 20%-40% from the loyalty program + fastforward leaderboards + VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5% with caps up to $5;
- Fast-fold poker: fastforward, from NL2 to NL200;
- MTT grid: massive tournament series with millions of dollars guaranteed, including MILLIONS Online.
- Hold'em action: Up to NL20k;
- Omaha action: Up to PLO20k;
- Spins: Spins from $0,25 ($2,500 biggest prize) to $250 (biggest prize $1M)
- HU: Yes, up to 20k
- Trackers support: Not available.
partypoker is one of the oldest operators in the gambling industry. The poker site offers almost all poker formats (spins, HU, fast-fold poker, MTTs, etc.), and with our rakeback deal, grinders will see their profits boost every month.
| Deposit bonus | - |
| Rakeback | up to 50% |
PokerKing
- Rakeback: 10%-60% from the poker room + VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5% with caps up to $3;
- Fast-fold poker: from NL10 to NL200;
- MTT grid: Home of The Venom $6M GTD, over $3,8M GTD each week;
- Hold'em action: Up to NL10k (7-Day No Rathole);
- Omaha action: Up to PLO10k (7-Day No Rathole);
- Spins: Jackpots SnG from $2 ($5,000 biggest prize) to $40 ($100,000 biggest prize);
- HU: Only HU SnG up to $500 buy-in regular and hyper-turbo;
- Trackers support: Yes.
PokerKing and TigerGaming are the most famous US-facing poker sites. While PokerKing has better traffic and MTT events, TigerGaming has softer lineups, so we consider both sites to complement each other. Our grinders get a VIP welcome package that includes free datamining + free layouts + rakeback deal.
TigerGaming
- Rakeback: $1,000 first deposit bonus + reload bonuses + $15,000 cash race + VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5,5% with caps up to $5;
- Fast-fold poker: Not available;
- MTT grid: Almost $2M GTD every month;
- Hold'em action: Up to NL2k;
- Omaha action: Up to PLO1k;
- Spins: Windfall from $3 ($6,000 biggest prize) to $30 ($150,000 biggest prize);
- HU: Only HU SnG up to $200 buy-in regular and hyper-turbo;
- Trackers support: Yes, via hand converter.
PPPoker
- Rakeback: VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5%;
- Fast-fold poker: Not available;
- MTT grid: Small events;
- Hold 'em action: Up to NL2k;
- Omaha action: Up to PLO1k;
- Spins: Not available;
- HU: On request;
- Trackers support: Yes, via hand converter.
Our PPPoker deal includes bankroll guarantee + access to private clubs with soft action up to NL/PLO10k.
Summary
| PokerOK | partypoker | PokerKing | TigerGaming | PPPoker | |
| Rake | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5,50% | 5% |
| Rakeback | Up to 60% | Up to 60% | Up to 60% | Up to 40% | Up to 40% |
| Stakes | Up to NL/PLO 20k | Up to NL/PLO 20k | Up to NL/PLO 10k | Up to NL/PLO2k | Up to NL/PLO10k |
| Fast-fold Poker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Spins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| HU | No | Yes | Only HU SnG | Only HU SnG | No |
| Trackers Support | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Best Maltese-friendly poker site to play MTTs: partypoker;
Best Maltese-friendly poker site to play cash games: For high volume players we recommend PokerOK and partypoker; those looking for softer tables may take a look to PPPoker and TigerGaming;
Best Maltese-friendly poker site to play spins: partypoker;
Best Maltese-friendly poker site to play fast-fold poker: partypoker PokerOK.
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