The stack of David "JeanClaude1970" Peters took a huge hit after he got it in with pocket sevens and was outmatched against "jsdubois11" who held pocket jacks.
The board did not help Peters, and his stack is now about one-third of what he had when he recently late-registered. Meanwhile, "jsdubois11" doubled up to give him his biggest stack of the day.
Day 1a is now more than halfway in the books with 20 players remaining. Players have until the end of Level 6 to late-register for a fresh stack of 1 million chips.
"Phenom11218" just took the lead with over 3.4 million in chips. Not too far behind are Joao "Azor_Ahai" Neves Jr and "slim5hady69" who both held the chip lead earlier in the day.
Meanwhile, in the blink of an eye, "CanadianPharaoh" and "useless1985" have been eliminated from the tournament to bring the Day 1a field size down to 18 players.
Toby "jesusneedsaces" Joyce opened for 35,200 from late position before "tomcemm" three-bet to 88,000 from the button. The players in the blinds both folded before "jesusneedsaces" jammed all in for 542,190. "Tomcemm" went into his time bank before he folded the hand and give his opponent and uncontested pot.
The field just grew to 29 entrants. "BIGSHOT188" and "Ignent" entered the tournament for the first time, while "a.urli" opted to reenter for a fresh stack of 1 million chips.
David "JeanClaude1970" Peters temporarily hit the rail before he quickly reentered the tournament for a fresh stack of 1 million chips. The field has grown to 30 entrants with 21 players still competing.
The chip stack of "al3x53" has been low on chips all day long. After hanging around for awhile, his day just ended and the field is down to 20 players out of the original field size of 30 entrants.
Meanwhile, things got tighter near the top of the field and Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer is now among the chip leaders with over 2.8 million in chips.
Late registration just ended. Canada's "Skunk419" made it just at the buzzer as the final player to late register to bring the final Day 1a field size up to 31 entrants including two reentries.
