As predicted, players have turned up in droves for Day 1B of the $1,500 Opening Event, and the numbers are already stacking up nicely. The first break of the day has just wrapped up, and the entry tally for today alone has climbed to 319 entries.

That surge has pushed the overall total to 722 entries across the first two starting flights, with AUD $938,600 already collected toward the prize pool. With six more levels of late registration still to play, it now looks like a near certainty that the AUD $1,000,000 guarantee will be surpassed before the day is out.