There are still 217 players in the action on Day 1a with just 12 minutes left until the players’ second break of the day. During the break we’ll find the chip leaders and publish the first leaderboard of the event.

It’s still early in Day 1a, but during the first break we found that although there were quite a few players who had doubled or even tripled their starting stack of 20K in tournament chips, Isham Yamani had taken the chip lead, having built his stack to an impressive 92K during the first 4 levels of play.

The other news, now that the break has ended is that the final number in this flight grew to 391 entries, which represents a solid start to the four starting flights for Event 1.

There are so many players seated we’ll never be able to photograph them all, but here are a few more shots of the early action in Day 1a of The Wild $150. Late registration ends at the end of the break following this blind level (level 4).

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Here are some photos of the action early in Day 1a.

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Day 1a is approaching the end of level 2 and there are already 356 players seated with over an hour left for late registration (2 more 30-minute levels plus the break following level 4). As usual, when the Tournament Hall is almost full there is a palpable buzz in the room as players are both excited to get started – but they’re also settling in for a long day.

Opening announcements have been made and the TD has issued the traditional command: “Dealers, shuffle up and deal”. And with that, the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic is underway.

Day 1a of The Wild $150 is starting off strong with 275 players seated as the first flight of the tournament begins and still more than 2 hours available for late registration. The published capacity for today’s daytime flight is 400 players, and it wouldn’t be a surprise for us to approach that number by the time registration ends.

Good luck!