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During the 1st break the largest stacks were identified and we can reveal that the player with largest pile of chips at this early stage is Italian Marco Rubano, on 174,300. The next largest stack is that of Montenegrin Urtjon Harusha, who has 110,800. The only other player to have built a six-figure chip stack so far is Czech Josef Gulas, on 101,000.

The top three in the chip counts at the end of the day will all receive €1,500 packages to the 2026 Battle of Malta Spring Edition. Will Rubanu still be up there at the end of play, or will he even make it through to Day 2? Its early days in the flight and there’s still a lot of action to come before the top three chip leaders will be determined.

Maqrco Rubano, Early Chip Leader of Day 1a of Main Event