The High Roller is up to 41 entries (40 players, 2 re-entry) as play enters level 7. Ryan Yu was eliminated shortly after the first break but is back in action now on his second bullet, as is Pascal Lefrancois, who just recently re-entered. Dean Murphy was also eliminated since the last break.

Caitlin Hall is the current chip leader after 6 levels of play, having more than doubled her 100K starting stack up to 230.1K. She is closely followed by Michael Addamo, who returns from the break with 227.4K, while Alexander Turyansky and Roberto Romanello also sit above 200K. Below are the top counts in play:

Photographs from levels 4-5-6:

The High Roller is back from the first break of the night, and through 3 levels of play Francois Billard has climbed into the lead. He won a pig pot in a hand that crippled Ari Engel during the first level of the day, and although he has lost some chips since, his 165,000 stack is still the biggest in the field. Below are the top counts entering level 4.

Registration has climbed up to 35 entries, with late reg still open until the second level of Day 2. The $500,000 guarantee has not yet been reached, however with several more levels left for inscriptions, and with unlimited re-entries permitted, we can expect the final number of entries to creep above the guarantee.

So far we have seen two eliminations: Ari Engel and Justin Ligeri.

Photographs from levels 1-2-3:

Justin Ligeri button-raised 2,000 in an unopened pot, and November-Niner Vojtech Ruzicka 3-bet to 7,000 from the small blind. Justin, who had been quite active in the last few orbits, replied with a 4-bet to 25,000 and quickly slid the rest in when Vojtech 5-bet all-in.

Justin:
Vojtech:

The two watched as the dealer rung out a , and Vojtech added a little over 60,000 to his near starting stack while eliminating the first player from the field.

Vojtech is fresh from a High Roller win at the partypoker Millions in Nottingham just 2 weeks ago, where he bested a field of 110 players to pocket a cool £284,210 ($505,200CAD).

The partypoker LIVE High Roller event was a late addition to the schedule, but the word seems to have spread and even with registration open during the entire Day 1 (and into Day 2), there are already 11 players seated with more arriving regularly.

It’s already an all-star field as well, with local legends Jonathan Duhamel and Pascal Lefrancois in the field, as well as partypoker’s Kristen Bicknell, Cate Hall, Ankush Mandavia, and Ari Engel.

Players started with a 100K stack and will play through 10 45-minute levels today.

Good luck to everyone playing today!