As expected, the first six levels of play on Day 1E were action packed, as players brought a “boom-or-bust” approach during the late registration and re-entry period. The result was 32 re-entries, which helped put 2.5 million in chips in play. This flight took in a total of 125 entries, and 86 players are still in contention. Today’s turnout will allow 13 players to advance to Day 2, which will be held this evening at 7:00pm.

For the time, this flight is led by Dilo Hussein, who profited from a huge, multi-way preflop all in just prior to the break to multiply his stack. When play resumed in level 7, Hussein’s stack of 170 big blinds puts him miles ahead of most in the field, but this is a turbo flight, after all, so even what seems like an insurmountable lead at this point may prove to be fleeting.