Day 1A has just made the shift to nine-handed play, as only 38 players remain on Day 1A. This flight has maintained a fast pace right from the beginning, and the action shows no signs of slowing down.

Even though the chip average provides over 60 big blinds, the players are clearly trying to run up their stacks as high as possible to set up a deep run on Day 2 instead of simply coasting to the end of this starting flight. Longtime chip leader Maxime Duhamel is no longer miles ahead of the field but still has one of the larger stacks in play.

Here is a look at the action from level nine: