Mario Savard is in a league of his own, following the first break of the day. Thanks to his stack of more than quadruple the current chip average Savard has a massive lead over the field.

The action picked up as the first break approached, as new players and re-entries helped fill in the ranks. The late registration and re-entry period is now closed, but there was time for this event to take in 20 re-entries for a total of 90 entries. The huge turnout easily surpassed the prize pool guarantee of $5,000 and will see to it that the top 12 players make the money this afternoon and divvy up the $8,730 prize pool between them.

The chip average is good for 36 big blinds in level 7, leaving plenty of breathing room for most in the field.

Here are the top stacks at the first break of the day.