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The field is slowly but steadily shrinking as we enter the late stages of Day 1C.

As expected, the pace of play slowed down following the end of the re-entry period, leaving 99 runners in contention at this point. The first ten levels of play passed by faster than most players anticipated, and the realization that only one hour remains is likely to spur more than a few players into action; expect to see many in the field adopt a “boom-or-bust” approach to the final levels.

Here is an updated look at some of the remaining players:

Play has just resumed following the first break of the day in Day 1C, and 131 players remain in contention.

Thanks to the great turnout and fast action in the early levels, there are lots of chips in play, and many players were able to capitalize and run up some huge stacks. Many in the field managed to more than double-in some cases even triple-their starting stacks. Although the pace of play might slow somewhat, the deep stacks mean that the players have lots of possibilities at their disposal so expect to see some creative lines throughout the remaining levels of play.

The late registration and re-entry period has just ended on Day 1C of the Playground 200 but not before waves of players rushed to the cashier to (re-)enter, pushing the number of entries to 189 on the day, including 26 re-entries.

With 275 entries on Day 1A and 252 entries on Day 1B, today’s field brought the total number of entries in this event to 716, enough to exceed the prize pool guarantee by over 40 percent. Tonight’s Day 1D is likely to be more popular than the previous flights so there’s no telling how big the prize pool will get!

The players are approaching the first break of the afternoon, stay tuned for a leaderboard update.

The players sprinted out of the blocks on Day 1C. With nearly an hour played, there have already been 158 entries, including 13 re-entries.  Everyone is aware that the prize pool is set to go far beyond the $100,000 guarantee for this event, and the players are pulling out all the stops to make sure they bag as many chips as possible from this flight.

There remains roughly 30 minutes in the late registration and re-entry period so there’s still time to get in on this afternoon’s turbo action. In case you can’t make it to Playground in time for this flight, the fourth and final Day 1 will get underway this evening at 7:00pm.

Here’s a look at the field from the early levels of play:

Event #1 of the MILLIONS North America, the $200 + $20 Playground 200, has already proven to be a huge success. With only two of four starting flights in the books, the Playground 200 has gathered enough entries to surpass the $100,000 guarantee! The two remaining starting flights are sure to draw more large fields and push the prize pool to dizzying heights.

Kicking of today at 12:00pm, Day 1C is the turbo flight for this event so the blind levels will be shortened to 15 minutes, but players will begin with the usual starting stack of 25,000 in tournament chips and play 14 levels before bagging for tomorrow’s Day 2. The accelerated pace of today’s flight will likely lead to some wild action in the early levels while players can still take advantage of the unlimited re-entry option.

For anyone who already has chips bagged for Day 2, this afternoon presents a great opportunity to try to gather more ammunition because players may play additional Day 1s even if they have survived a previous Day 1 with chips. Players who qualify for Day 2 more than once will resume play on Day 2 with their largest qualifying stack; all other qualifying stacks will be forfeited.

The players are now making their way to their seats and the cards will be in the air soon. Good luck to all!