Day 1f of the Battle of Malta Main Event is now in play at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel in St Julians. Yesterday’s afternoon starting flight ended up with 940 participants, 141 of whom will be returning on Sunday evening once the last of the Day 1s has concluded.

When play commenced there were already over 640 players seated eager to begin their campaigns for a place in Day 2. This flight will be the major focus of our blog coverage today and rightly so, as its shaping up to be the mother-of-all flights at this edition of the Battle of Malta.

Already registered and doing battle are several familiar faces, such as Greek Fotios Ntamaris, the ninth place finisher in this year’s Spring Edition of the Battle of Malta. Also installed in the traps early today is a player who’s legendary status is currently trending on social media, the UK’s Paul Romain. Fingers crossed he has a better start to the day than he did in yesterday’s Redtooth event, where he had to settle for a very early bath.

Fotios Ntamaris