With two levels left tonight some players will start to take their stacks to great heights as the differential between theirs and short stacks plays more and more in the big stack’s favour. One player – Patrick St-Michel – has already amassed over 400K today and there are about 10 players hovering around the 200K mark that we’ll monitor as Day 1c draws to a close.

Day 1c is almost at the end of level 11 and there are still 265 players remaining. In ten minutes the blinds will go up to 800/1,600/a200 for the second-last level of the night. The current chip average is 69.1K.

We did a tour of the room during the dinner break and found some of the larger stacks that players have built so far.

• Robert Leboeuf – 185K
• Nicholas Soller – 150K
• Dan Szul – 150K
• Patrick Goyette – 135K
• Patrick St-Michel – 120K
• Patrick Dragon – 120K
• Chris Moneymaker – 110K

Remember you can follow live chip counts here.

The players have reached the end of level 8 which means that it’s time for a 45 minute long dinner break. There are 389 players left and when they return from the break blinds will be 400/800/a100. The chip average is 47.2K on a total of 18.3M in play.

Registration has closed for Day 1c and after all of the alternates were seated, the total number of players today is 610! We’ll publish full prize poll info and payouts soon – stay tuned.

The NFL season is now in full swing, and football fans love to support their team whenever they can. Here are a selection of football jerseys in the tournament today.

Colts +1

Dallas Cowboys +1

Patriots +1

Saints +1

Colts +1

Eagles +1

Eagles +1

Players are back from their first break of the day and are now playing in level 4 (blinds 100/200/a25). Tournament staff is starting to work through the alternates list and so far there are 523 players in the event. Of those who started, 488 are still playing today.