With the help of 27 re-entries, Day 1A has taken in 177 total entries, and 126 players remain in contention. The early levels were relatively calm, but once the players returned from their first break of the afternoon, the action shifted into another gear. Three-bets are becoming more and more standard, as the gap between the big and small stacks in the field begins to widen. Ara Asatoorian, the chip leader following the first break, still controls one of the largest stacks in play, but a number of players are closing in on him quickly.

As play enters the late stages of level 7, there is less than one hour of late registration and re-entries for this flight. For anyone who misses out or would prefer to start with a clean slate, the next flight, Day 1B, gets underway at 5:00pm.

Here is a look at the action from level 6: