The late registration and re-entry period has finally come to a close in day 1M and the total number of entries reached 291 (including a whopping 71 re-entries). With one in seven advancing on to Day 2, 42 players will bag their stacks and be in the money, trying to spin it up and make the final table and ultimately take home the championship title.

With the 291 entries the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool has now been well surpassed. In addition to the Day 1M flight, there are also 110 entries at the moment in the last starting flight, Day 1N, with still another full hour to go in the late registration period.