It’s too early for many players to have spun up huge stacks, but during the first break of the day we did find two players that already had more than 3x the starting stack. These front-runners were Stephen Shepherd (61K) and Craig Daniel Gingras (69K) – though of course it remains to be seen if these two can turn early success into a deep run.
At the end of the break, registration closed in the tournament – no more entries or re-entries are possible. The tournament desk is currently making the final confirmation of the numbers, but with 16 re-entries and 115 entries, the total number of entries on this final starting day was 131 – which means the total number of entries over the 4 Day 1s rose to 353 – well past the number needed to surpass the guarantee.