First Trophies Are In as Battle of Malta Begins Its €1.5M Main Event Chase

*Includes bounty winnings.

The tournament drew 108 entries and created €25,056 in prizes, with Jackson beating Mark Vella heads-up. 

This was the largest tournament in the Road to BoM schedule, which ran from October 23-26 before the Autumn Edition officially began.

The first flights for the Main Event is where the festival stopped being a warm-up. Day 1A attracted 300 entries on Wednesday, and because the flight played until 15% remained, 45 players had chips to bag at the end of the night.

The tournament has nine starting flights spread across October 28-November 1, mixing full-price €600 flights with €300 versions that provide half the starting stack. Day 2 doesn't begin until Sunday evening, so the current leaderboard is mostly a sketch of what could eventually become a field of several thousand entries.

There is also some history already lurking in the surviving field. Dimitrios Anastasakis, who won the Autumn Main Event in 2022, advanced with 354,000 and has at least given himself the chance to chase a second title.

The €450 tournament guarantees €150,000, with €200 from each entry allocated to the bounty portion. Those mystery envelopes only become active once Day 2 begins, leaving the early flights focused on reaching the part where the knockouts become more interesting.

The final opportunity to qualify comes on October 30, with Day 2 beginning later that evening.