Approaching the end of Level 4 in the Grand Prix KO Main Event Day 1, and Brazil's Luiz Pinheiro is leading the way. He sits with 239,894 chips from the 100,000 starting stack.

Also above starting stack includes partypoker Ambassadors Day Kotoviezy, Joao Simao, Jeff Gross and Jamie Staples. Meanwhile, Monika Zukowicz is languishing at the bottom of the counts.

There are currently 298/315 players remaining with over an hour left of late registration.