The players have now returned from the second break of the night and there are currently 97 players remaining out of 141 entries (including 22 re-entries). This brings the total entries over the three starting flights to 546 and there remains more than one more left to go in the late registration and re-entry period. The prize pool for this event will be outstanding!

With the chip average now at 43,600, Laurence Louie, a regular visitor to Playground during the numerous events that take place each year, is now playing a stack of 129,175 chips (258 BB’s) and is the new chip leader. he is followed in second place by Omid Shahbazian with 119,125 chips (238 BB’s).

Here are the current leaders: