The first Flight of The Festival Series' marquee event has been in play since the start of play today at the Portomaso Casino in Malta. Currently, a field of 69 total entrants has been assembled, and only 29 remain. The field size could grow as registration remains open for another 10 minutes. Here are the top 10 counts. Pablo Molina (pictured) has the third biggest stack in play.
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Lars Allan Lindqwist | 386,000 |
| 2 | Pavle Pecelj | 284,000 |
| 3 | Pablo Villena Molina | 233,000 |
| 4 | Jari-Pekka Rattya | 188,500 |
| 5 | Sturla Hiller | 166,500 |
| 6 | Richard Koppel | 155,000 |
| 7 | Matthew Micallef | 155,000 |
| 8 | Takuma Terada | 148,000 |
| 9 | Kiril Bakalov | 133,000 |
| 10 | Claudio Benedikt Muller | 124,000 |
