The players have just returned from the first break of the evening and the field keeps growing. There are now 186 entries with still almost 40 minutes left in the late registration period. We will know shortly if it passes the 200 mark, and once the floor announces the prize pool it will be posted here.

With the average stack sitting just under 40,000 chips, two players have managed to go north of 100,000. Jonathan Dsouza, a regular tournament and cash grinder here at Playground is in the lead, with a whopping 127,100 chips. Following closely is Shijaudin “Afghan Bruce Lee” Daud She with 122,600 chips.

Here is the first leaderboard of the evening: