Picking up the action on a completed board of 
, Adrian Mateos pushed all in and Ognjen Sekularac made the call for the last of his chips. Mateos turned over 
for a set of threes and Sekularac mucked his cards. Mateos is closing in on the eight-figure mark but Simon Higgins is already there with over 10 million chips.
The players are about to head on another 15-minute break and late registration will be closed once the action resumes.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and the big blind checked to Jonathan Duhamel who bet 80,000 from under the gun. The big blind check-raised to 255,000 and Duhamel shoved all in. His opponent quickly called off his stack of around 1,000,000 and the cards were on their backs.
Duhamel flipped over 
and his opponent in trouble with 
. The turn was the 
and the 
on the river changed nothing as Duhamel held on to eliminate his opponent. It's been an all-in party at most of the tables as players are looking to get their chips in the middle as quickly as possible for the late registration period closes after this level.
Simon Higgins has emerged as the current chip leader but there are plenty of big names near the top of the leaderboard as well. Justin Bonomo, Sylvain Loosli, Steve O'Dwyer, and Benjamin Pollak all have a healthy amount of chips in front of them.
Level: 12
Blinds: 15,000/35,000
Ante: 35,000
On a board reading 
, Ben Yu and Vladimir Troyanovskiy were heads-up in the pot. Yu checked to Troyanovskiy who bet 250,000 into a pot of around 400,000. Yu called and the completed the board.
Yu checked again and Troyanovskiy moved all in, putting Yu to the test for his remaining 450,000. Yu thought for a minute and made the call, quickly turning over 
. Troyanovskiy tabled 
for two pair and sent Yu to the rail.
Some more names to make their way into the mix include Ben Tollerene, Mike Leah, Cary Katz, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier. There are now 85 players remaining of the 162 total entries.
Level: 11
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Mid-way through the second level of the day, Adrian Mateos is still leading the pack after increasing his stack to 6,700,000. Joseph Cheong is still close behind with nearly 5,000,000 and Justin Bonomo is starting to climb the leaderboard as well.
Some new entries in the past 30 minutes include Leon Tsoukernik, Manig Loeser, and Ben Yu. The field is now at 140 entries with over 2 hours to go in late registration.
Level: 10
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
In a three-bet pot between Steve O'Dwyer in middle position and Guillaume Diaz in the small blind, the dealer spread the flop of 
. Diaz led out for 180,000 and O'Dwyer called to see the 
land on the turn.
Diaz checked this time and O'Dwyer fired in a bet of 450,000 which Diaz called. The river brought the 
and Diaz checked again. O'Dwyer moved all in for 1,155,000 which sent Diaz into the tank. He thought for well over five minutes but eventually decided to lay his hand down.
The field is now up to 113 entries with players like Erik Seidel, Ryan Riess, Benjamin Pollak, and partypoker pro Joao Simao taking a seat.
The day just got underway about 20 minutes ago and the field has already grown to over 100 entries, easily reaching the guarantee of $1,000,000. Some of the big names to take their seat in the early going include Martin Jacobson, Jonathan Duhamel, David Peters, Darren Elias, and Michael Addamo.
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