The late registration and re-entry period is now closed. The total number of entries on Day 1A reached 128 before the buzzer sounded to indicate the start of the tenth level of play. There are still 77 players in contention, fighting for the 12.8 million in chips in play.

John Pentefountas remains the chip leader, with a stack of 188 big blinds. Matthew Wilkins has been on a tear since his arrival after the first break and now controls the second largest stack in play.

An average stack is enough for about 64 big blinds in level 10, so nearly everyone in the field will get to enjoy deep-stack play until the end of this starting flight.