With four levels in the books, the players have now headed off on the second 20-minute break of the day.
The board currently reads 728 entries. Add that to the 286 from yesterday and they are well over 1,000 already, making the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event field the biggest in this event's 12-year history.
The previous record was set in 2009 when Dutchman Pieter de Korver bested a field of 935 to capture the title.
Vanessa Selbst is well on her way to a deep run here, pushing her stack past the six-figure mark with some aggressive play moments ago.
Heads-up in the big blind against a player in early position, she led 3,300 into a pot of about 7,000 on an flop. Selbst's opponent called and the turn was revealed.
Selbst sat playing with her chips for a good two minutes before announcing she was all in, having her opponent well covered. He folded within 60 seconds, and she raked in the chips to move above 100,000.
Dubin, Ireland's Chris Dowling busted one player who thought it might be a good idea to five-bet shove . Considering Dowling had aces, it really wasn't.
Dowling's won too many small pots to count since and he's now up to 80,000 in chips and a spot near the top of the leader board.
Neither high roller Chance Kornuth nor Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree have had much going today, and after one dance between the two moments ago, they both sit just above the starting-stack mark.
Kornuth opened with a 700-chip bet under the gun and Boeree called. Both blinds came along and they went four-handed to a flop. It checked around to the turn where the small blind checked and the big blind led for 1,200. Chance and Liv called and the small blind relented.
Finally, on the river that put two pair on the board, the big blind checked. Kornuth bet 3,000 and Boeree was the only caller.
Kornuth turned over the and took the pot thanks to his kicker, with Boeree showing the .
Frenchman Jonathan Khalifa has been on the right end of a series of set ups, and now sits among the leaders on over 100,000.
Khalifa flopped two sets, getting it in against two pair and holding both times. Then, when one opponent made a set against him, he found a straight.
Since building the big stack early, he's continued to chip up and has the air of invincibility around him heading deep into the second half of the day.
A lot of players are in the tournament, but slowly but surely we're losing some too! These are some of the most recognizable names that have already parted ways with their 30,000-chip stack.
Donnie "DP" Peters and Rich Ryan recap the Monster WPT Tournament of Champions, talk California legislation, take a look at the changes announced for the 2016 WSOP, and discuss the opening of the EPT Grand Final.
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flop. Selbst's opponent called and the 
turn was revealed.
. Considering Dowling had aces, it really wasn't.
flop. It checked around to the 
turn where the small blind checked and the big blind led for 1,200. Chance and Liv called and the small blind relented.
river that put two pair on the board, the big blind checked. Kornuth bet 3,000 and Boeree was the only caller.
and took the pot thanks to his kicker, with Boeree showing the 
.
