The first hour of play has passed with some 36 total entries of which 34 players remained and the only two contenders to run out of chips were Rudy Edenata and Guillaume Burette. However, they both already re-entered and several other players joined during the first 15-minute break to increase the field size further.
Notables to have already entered the fray beyond are Jester Intia, Christian Cloutier, Alexis Lim, Aleksei Zhukov, Henrik Tollefsen, Moses Saquing, Alexis Cruz, Emmanuel Segismundo, John Matsuda and Ronald Haverkamp.
They are now competing at 1,000-2,000 / 2,000 and this level will last 120 minutes before the late registration closed at the end of the following break.