With the Main Event Day 1e approaching its dinner break, here’s a glance at what’s going on around the room.

Battle of Malta Main Event Day 1e

• Current Level: 9
• Players Left/Entries: 524/890
• Who’s Out: Steven Watts, Martin Tsvetanov, Sascha Manns
• Who’s Still In: Gabriele Re, Vasileios Zisis, Natalie Bromley, Mario Eder, Steve Tucker

Its creeping towards the 1,000 mark and may well get there, with still two levels and a 75-minute dinner break before the registration desk closes for the flight.  The prize pool has now organically reached €1m and the guarantee of €1.5m is the next target to broach!

The previous two winners of the Battle of Malta are both playing today, Vasileios Zisis and Gabriele Re. Also in today’s field is a former colleague of mine from my Blue Square days, Steve Tucker, who was head of the sports-desk in that company, which no longer exists, but was the first online bookie to open in the UK, back at the end of the 20th century.

Mystery Siege of Malta Day 1d

The Mystery Siege of Malta Day 1d is approaching the end of of the flight with 69 left in, but they will play on until they reach 53 players. When play resumes for Day two, it has been revealed that the top mystery bounty will be €40,000 and the next biggest will be €20,000.

• Current Level: 19
• Players Left/Entries: 69/354
• Who’s Out: Soner Vanelderen, Daragh Davey
• Who’s In: Daniel Maunders, Shaun Decesare

Winamax 6-Max Day 1b

The Winamax sponsored 6-Max event is up to 100 entries now today, with just under half of then still in. Marc Hunter, from London is still in, however Main Event chip leader Humberto Galindo has recently exited. Late registration closes in less than an hour.

• Current Level: 9
• Players Left/Entries: 46/100
• Who’s Out: Ian Herbert, Humberto Galindo
• Who’s Still In: Marc Hunter, James Paris

Pot Limit Omaha

The PLO is on its dinner break now and is a smaller field than yesterday, due to being capped at 5 tables. Registration is still open and seats are available.

• Current Level: Dinner Break
• Players Left/Entries: 26/37
• Who’s Out: Pangiotis Petrou, Pangiotis Petrou (2nd bullet)
• Who’s Still In: Soner Vanelderen, Jaan Vaabel

“So as I was saying, a flush beats a straight and try not to purse your lips when you’re bluffing”