A quartet of Brits have bought in late and one has busted already. Ben Dobson explained that he was going to have a day off and decided to register late so he didn't have to play poker for hours on end. His plan worked because he busted within a couple of hands.
Phil Laak on the other hand has managed to add 50 percent to his stack since sitting down and says "I can actually breathe now."
Popular French pro and all-round nice guy Arnaud Mattern is motoring up the chip counts right now, having added 10,000 chips to his stack since we last caught up with him.
The same can be said for Dwyte Pilgrim and Sunny Chattha who have 21,300 and 19,500 chips respectively.
Registration has closed in this event with 1,841 players parting company with $1,000. Those players have created a prize pool of $1,656,900 and it is to be shared among the top 198 finishers.
Reaching the money means a payout of at least $1,872 and anyone navigating their way through to the final table can look forward to receiving $22,484. The eventual champion takes the lion's share of the prize pool, some $306,634 in addition to the much sought after World Series of Poker bracelet.
For a full breakdown of the prize structure head to our payouts tab.
Ari Engel is crushing his table right now and has 25,500 chips stack in high towers in front of him. Engel is a regular on the World Series of Poker Circuit events and he tears them apart, too.
Eoghan O'Dea has made a remarkable recovery and is up to 23,400. After losing a key hands before the dinner break, O'Dea was left with 2,200 chips and has since turned them into 10 times as much!
Last, but not least, Chris Moorman and Greg Merson's plans to try and spin up their 10 big blind stacks have backfired as both are no longer competing for this tournament's prizes having bust during level seven.
Lauren Kling raised to 600 from early position, a raise that only the button decided call. Kling checked the flop and her opponent checked behind.
The was the turn card and Kling returned to the role of aggressor and bet 950. The button called. Kling then checked the arrival of the on the river, then called when facing a 1,650 bet.
"A pair of jacks," said the player on the button, but jacks weren't enough because Kling held for a pair of aces and is now up to 10,100 chips.
We are hearing a lot of "all in" and "seat open" calls from the dealers as the blinds have increased and the players are trying to find their timely double ups. The field is already at less than one-quarter of the total entrants for this event.
The action folded to a player in middle position and he raised to 850. Kara Scott was next to act and she reraised to 2,100 from the hijack seat. The cutoff, button and blinds passed, as did the initial raiser.
Scott now has 13,300 chips, which is slightly more than the current average.
Faraz Jaka has doubled his stack since we last clapped eyes on him, while Jared Hamby has seen his stack tumble, yet still has 7,600.
Jason Koon, Ami Barer and Craig McCorkell all appear to have busted. McCorkell had bought in late, span his 10 big blinds up to 12,000 chips, but his seat is now empty after running into and the WSOP bracelet winner is no longer in the hunt for a second piece of poker jewellery.
flop and her opponent checked behind.
was the turn card and Kling returned to the role of aggressor and bet 950. The button called. Kling then checked the arrival of the 
on the river, then called when facing a 1,650 bet.
for a pair of aces and is now up to 10,100 chips.
into 
and the WSOP bracelet winner is no longer in the hunt for a second piece of poker jewellery.
