The 2024 Battle of Malta Main Event just hit its magically 5,000th entry for a new gold standard and the largest in Malta poker history for this level of buy-in. The new record will continue to grow with tomorrow’s turbo Day 1i €600 opening flight expected to attract another 1,000 entries. Today’s Day 1g alone with 1,759 entries would already be a success elsewhere, but the Battle of Malta wanted to break its own record and here we are!

We will update the final chip counts from Day 1g and Day 1i in the morning with play expected to go on for approximately four more hours. Starting tomorrow, we will be posting more hands from the Main Event with the intensity of reporting of hands increasing even more during Day 3 and Day 4.

Meanwhile, a massive congrats to all of the players and staff for making this event a massive success. Jonathan and I both wish all the players (especially our friends, but officially play no favorites) the best of luck to find a bag and advance to the final table on Day 5 on Wednesday.