CoinPoker has locked in the dates for the biggest online festival on its 2026 calendar. The Battle of Malta Online Series carries a $30 million guarantee spread across 23 days of play, running from July 12 through August 3, with a $10 million chunk of that loaded into the closing weekend alone.
The crypto room published the full schedule this week, and it reads like a marathon rather than a sprint: 77 trophy events, three separate Main Events sized for very different bankrolls, and 100 packages to the live Battle of Malta in Malta this autumn. For grinders across Asia who often find themselves locked out of dollar-based sites by payment headaches, a fully crypto-funded series like this one is one of the few global online festivals that stays genuinely within reach.
Three Main Events, three price points
Rather than funnel everyone into a single buy-in, CoinPoker built a tiered ladder. The flagship $565 Battle of Malta Main Event headlines with a $2.5 million guarantee. Below it sit the $55 Main Challenger ($500,000 guaranteed) and the $11 Main Crusader ($100,000 guaranteed). All three run multiple Day 1 flights before converging on Day 2 finales on August 3, so a player can take as many shots at a deep run as their schedule and roll allow.
The headline single-event prize comes earlier: the $215 CoinMillion carries a flat $1,000,000 guarantee and kicks the series off on July 12, with Day 1 survivors bagging through to a July 13 finish. Pair that with 77 trophy events — each handing out a physical Battle of Malta trophy plus a digital award for the winner’s cabinet — and there is something to fire almost every night of the run.
Crypto rails, a seat on the island
The hook that sets this series apart from the usual online grind is the path it opens to live poker. Throughout the festival CoinPoker will award 100 packages to the Battle of Malta Autumn 2026 live event, each worth $2,500 and covering travel budget, accommodation and a €600 Main Event ticket. Satellites feed those seats from low stakes, which means a small online score can turn into a flight to the Mediterranean.
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The series opens July 12. The number worth circling is that $10 million final weekend — if the early flights run as hot as CoinPoker is banking on, the overlays and late surges there will tell us whether $30 million guaranteed was ambitious or just about right.