At the end of level ten, the field is up to 146 entries and six tables remain in play with around 46 players remaining. They are on a short ten-minute break and once the action resumes, the late registration for this flight will have closed.
In the final hand of the level, Braam van Huyssteen was all-in for 48,000 with the A♥J♣ and needed some help, as Craig Samuel had the K♦K♣.
The ace came on the A♣5♥2♣3♥7♠ runout and van Huyssteen survived.
There have been rapid changes on table 18 as Adam Gamsy rose to the top of the leaderboard. SM busted, re-entered and got the same table with Darren Kramer following suit.
The late registration period will close soon and some of the players may be tempted to give it a shot with 15 to 20 big blinds.
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Aidan Jacobs raised to 4,000 with the Q♥Q♣ and NT got his last few chips in with the A♥Q♠. The 7♠6♣4♥10♠5♥ board spelled the end for NT, but he can still jump back in with 20 big blinds.
Gavin Sardini check-jammed the J♥6♥2♦ flop and Djordje Stojic eventually called all-in from the next seat for the 24,500 he had behind.
Djordje Stojic: A♦K♦ 
Gavin Sardini: Q♠J♦
"Back doors," another player at the table remarked and the 4♦ turn indeed gave Stojic a flush draw. Instead, it was the K♣ that fell on the river and knocked down Sardini's stack.
Marina Vechirskaya raised to 8,000 with the A♦K♥ and Maureen Bloechlinger jammed for 41,000 in the cutoff holding the 7♥7♦. Hadar Goren folded the 6♦6♣ behind and Vechirskaya called.
The 9♠5♠3♣A♠5♣ board gave Vechirskaya the superior pair and Bloechlinger was eliminated during the final level of the late registration period.
Caleb October had been nursing a short stack for an extended period and ultimately got them in against the hyper aggressive Jaco Mouton. It was bad news for October with the 10♥10♦ as Mouton had a monster this time with the A♣A♠.
The 7♥6♠5♥8♣K♥ runout brought no help and October was knocked out at the end of November ... err the end of the registration period for Day 1c.
The 30-minute level Day 1d has kicked off with four tables and among those seated are Wesley Blom, Ben, Joe Rahme, Clive Kikia, Jon Persent, Justin Cohen, and Sean Bloom to name all but a few.
On the K♥4♠3♥J♥ turn, Howard Lipman bet 5,000 out of the big blind. The raise to 16,000 by Cliton Taliwanth followed and Lipman reluctantly folded.
Taliwanth showed his A♣Q♣ with the words "I got a bit naughty there ... I will play normal now."
"What is normal?" Lipman grinned back.
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