The final satellite for the Main Event began at 11am today and had a cap of 500 players put on it, which is reached pretty quickly. The cap was necessary due to the huge demand for seats into Day 1g of the Main Event, which began with 640 players and has new players entering at a steady rate.

They are down to 200 left in that satellite, which will produce 50 seats, most of whom will jump straight into Day 1g, which looks set to smash well past the 1,000 mark.

In total, the Main Event satellites at this edition of the Battle of Malta have generated 324 seats. For stats junkies, here’s the breakdown:

• Satellite 1 (Tue): 251 entries, 25 seats won
• Satellite 2 (Tue):182 entries, 18 seats won
• Satellite 3 (Wed): 256 entries, 25 seats won
• Satellite 4 (Wed): 424 entries, 42 seats won
• Satellite 5 (Thu): 508 entries, 50 seats won
• Satellite 6 (Thu): 459 entries, 45 seats won
• Satellite 7 (Fri): 409 entries, 40 seats won
• Satellite 8 (Fri): 299 entries 29 seats won
• Satellite 9 (Fri): 500 entries, 50 seats won