In addition to the Main Event, yesterday also featured Day 1 of the two-day PPC Malta €2,200 High Roller. A total of 28 players got into the action with at least two more players in Cristiano Blanco and Dario Quattrucci getting into the mix before late registration closes at the start of Day 2 at 1 p.m. A total of 13 of those entries hit the rail on Day 1.
Raoul Van Wersch bagged the overnight chip lead with a massive 255 big blind stack of 152,800. Also bagging top five chip stacks were Stefano Mazzaferro (119,800), Giovanni Salvatore (98,200), Joseph Grech (91,600), and Antonio Buonanno (72,000).
The final prize pool and payouts will be announced shortly after the action begins. Blinds will be 300/600 with a big blind ante to start and increase slowly at every 40 minutes.
The partypokerTV Twitch channel will be streaming a feature table and eventually the final table from beginning to end on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
| Raoul Van Wersch | 152,800 | 255 |
| Stefano Mazzaferro | 119,800 | 200 |
| Giovanni Salvatore | 98,200 | 164 |
| Joseph Grech | 91,600 | 153 |
| Antonio Buonanno | 72,000 | 120 |
| Antonio Asaro | 57,600 | 96 |
| Nicolas Valyssieres | 53,900 | 90 |
| Stephen Kehoe | 45,500 | 76 |
| Alessandro Pichierri | 34,600 | 58 |
| Davide Testori | 32,700 | 55 |
| Tom Delaine | 25,500 | 43 |
| Euan Mcnicholas | 24,200 | 40 |
| Jack Oliver | 12,000 | 20 |
| Eros Nastasi | 11,600 | 19 |
| Jonathan Pastore | 7,600 | 13 |