Play has just resumed in level 10, with 174 players left in contention. The tenth level of play brought about the end of the late registration and re-entry period, as well as the final rush of players trying to get in on the action. The late additions brought the total number of entries up to 260, including 49 re-entries. The huge turnout for this event has built a prize pool of more than double the guaranteed amount of $100,000. The prize pool breakdown will be released shortly.

Eric Afriat has maintained his lead over the field, as the first player to break the 600,000-chip mark. There are many other big stacks in the field, however, no player has been able to approach Afriat since play began this morning at 11:00am.