Day 1a is on its first break of the 2024 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event. We will start updating the biggest stacks from around the room on the second break of the day.

The field grew to 193 entries and could reach 200 entries by the time the action resumes in 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, Kenny Burke, who we reported earlier was short on chips after losing a hand to Simone Picchianti, lost his stack and was among the more than dozen players to lose their first bullet in the Main Event before the first break.