With more than half of the flight in the books, the end of the late registration and re-entry period is in sight. Players have until 6:30pm to (re-)enter Day 1A. At this stage, the total number of entries might still tick up, but, judging by the lack of new players in the last level, it will not go too far beyond the current total of 124 entries.
The field is still playing very deep poker. The chip average provides nearly 87 big blinds, and many are playing with far more than that.
Samuel Pouliot has overtaken John Pentefountas for the chip lead. But all the players who found a spot on the leaderboard are still in contention with above-average stacks.
Here is a look at the action from level 7: