Today's Day 1b field keeps growing and growing and is now at 920 players. Combined with the 246 players to join the other opening day yesterday, the record-breaking total field size of the event is now at 1,166.
Players can still late-register for the rest of today and also can choose to do so tomorrow before the first cards are dealt.
Kassouf has been chatting up a storm the last few blind levels every time he is in a pot. Despite this, the chips are mostly heading away from his stack instead of to his stack.
In a recent hand Kassouf opened the action before calling a three-bet from his opponent for 2,600 in total. After the flop appeared of 
he shared with his opponent that if he had ace-king he was good. Kassouf folded after his opponent fired out a bet to bring his chip stack down to 5,900. With blinds about to go up, Kassouf will have less than 12 big blinds left in his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,900
3,950
|
3,950 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
45,000
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
41,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
||
|
36,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
31,700 | |
|
19,500 | |
|
||
|
6,550
23,450
|
23,450 |
Ari Engel coolered an opponent in a battle of the blinds, picking up kings against the big blind's queens. The board ran out safe for Engel and he collected his opponent's stack of about 17,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Local player Vítězslav Čech lost more than 20 percent of his 102,000 chip stack he had at least break. He just got most of that back in a recent hand where he led out for 1,200 from under the gun. It folded around until the player in the big blind called to see a flop.
Čech's opponent checked the 
, before raising the action to 4,500 after Čech bet 1,500. After the 
appeared on the turn, Čech's opponent led out for 5,000. Čech asked how much his opponent had left behind, and saw it was for around 13,000 and subsequently called.
The 
completed the board on the river. Čech's stack grew to 95,000 after he took down the pot when his opponent checked before folding to a bet of 5,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Luca Pagano was in the small blind and facing a bet of 7,100 when we arrived at his table. The board read 
, and Pagano decided to look up his middle-position foe. That player turned over his cards, but they were no good against Pagano's 
and quickly swept up by the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
|
||
Players will go on a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6 is in the books in a little less than an hour. This will represent the last break of the night with players coming back afterwards to play two more 75 minute blind levels. Those surviving until after Level 8 will bag and tag their chips and come back tomorrow for Day 2 at noon local time.
William Kassouf jammed for about 11 big blinds from late position and received a call. Kassouf turned over 
and stated, "Nine high like a boss." His opponent was well ahead after he turned over 
.
The 
flop was of very little help to Kassouf other than giving him some backdoor outs. The on the turn gave Kassouf a little more hope, however, when the 
completed the board, he hit the rail, picked up his belongings and shared, "Today was not my day."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Farrell was facing a bet of 7,000 with the board reading 
with more than 10,000 in the pot. Farrell tanked a bit before calling with for top set. His opponent rivered the nut flush holding bring Farrell's stack down to about 42,000.
Also on the same table as Farrell is Team PokerStars SportsStar Fatima Moreira de Melo with 31,700.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
31,700
6,300
|
6,300 |
|
|
||
