The nine remaining players have now returned to Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel and they are currently opening their chip bags and preparing to commence play. Today we have a live stream of the final table, commentary hosted by Jason Glatzer, with guests. Its being broadcast on a 30-minute delay and can be found on the homepage of the Battle of Malta website and on YouTube and Facebook. There are both English and Italian language commentary versions available.
When play begins there will be 55 minutes left on the clock in level 38, with the blinds at 300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 big blind ante.