Day 1a is over with 13 players left and Alex Polkovsky was the player with the biggest bag at the end of the night. He bagged up more than 500k, about 150k ahead of 2nd place Mo Alamelhuda. Brad German rounds out the top three, all of whom have at least 300k in their bags.

Full stacks are below, and listed under the Chip Counts tab.

They are down to 16 left now after Ross Wilson hit the rail in 17th place. That leaves them three players off the end of the night with 10 minutes left to play in Level 16.

The remaining 17 players took a break following Level 15 and they are now back at the felt for Level 16 with 25 minutes remaining. The bags for Day 1a will come out after four more people are eliminated.

There are just over 10 minutes to play in Level 15 and the field is down to 17 after Michael Malm, winner of last night's Little Bounty, was the first to bust from the final two tables, while Weston Pring was among the players who exited to get them down to the final two.

There are about 25 minutes remaining in Level 15 now with the field down to 21. Michelle Valencia was among the recent exits from the game while Mo Alamelhuda, Mario Gauthier, Cody Goulet, Lee Clark, Weston Pring, Rob Lothian, Ross Wilson, Johnny Dalphond, Alex Polkovsy, Damiel O'Leary, and Benny Sarnelli are among the players still alive.

They are down to 24 players left in the Day 1a action now with about 20 minutes to play in Level 14. That puts them 11 eliminations away from the end of the night.

Players will be back from their break in about 5 minutes with just 27 players left. That puts them 14 off the end of the night. 

I looks like Rafael Nitafan is the current leader with about 200k in front of him while Brad German has about 165k for second. Patrick Michaud is playing 126k while Mo Alamelhuda is on 112k to start Level 13.

They are down to 28 players left with 5 minutes to play in Level 12. That puts then 15 off the bags coming out as they prepare for the next break following this level. It's still looking likely that the bags will come out before the next break following Level 16.

They are down to 31 players left in 1a as Level 12 begins. That puts them 18 eliminations away from the end of the night. There will be another break following this level and it seems likely that the bags will come out sometime before the break following Level 16 though it could go later than that.

They are down to just four tables left now with 36 entries remaining with a bit more than 20 minutes to play in Level 11.

Level 11 has just kicked off and the field is down to 40 players left now. They have about an hour to play before the next break, and I'll have a look around at the stacks while they are away from the tables.

The numbers are confirmed at 99 entries for today's flight. That confirms 13 bags at the end of the evening and just a reminder that there is no hard stop on tonight's action -- play will continue until there are 13 players left, regardless of how late that is. This structure is set up to ensure that everyone coming back for Day 2 action on Sunday is already guaranteed at least a min-cash from the game.

Level 10 has just begun with 46 players left in Day 1a action. They'll break down to the final five tables shortly after the next elimination, and 1a play will continue until there are 13 players left alive.

The 1a players are back from their dinner break now with 99 entries on the board. That number still needs confirmation, but if it holds it will mean the bags come out with 13 players left later tonight with $37,620 into the prize pool from 1a entries.

Meanwhile, I had a look around on dinner to find a few big stacks:

The 1a players are just moments from the dinner break with entries set to close when they return to action following dinner. There are 90 entries in the game to start the dinner break, but it's likely there will be a rebuy or two before play gets underway again.

Level 8 has just begun with 86 entries on the board. That puts the prizes at $32,680 with $17,200 of that in bounties and $15,480 reserved for prizes. There are still 50 players at the felt, and there is just over an hour left until the entries for Day 1a close. Players will have another chance at a Mystery bag tomorrow on Day 1b.

Level 7 has just begun and they are up to 80 entries. That puts the combined prizes at $30,400 with $16k of that reserved for bounties. 

They are up to 71 entries now for combined prizes of $26,980. Bash Ramahi and Ryan Comely are among the new faces I've spotted recently in the crowd.

The combined prize pool is now over $25k with 66 entries on the board. That puts $11,800 into the prize pool with the other $13,200 waiting in the bounty pool. Entries are still open for today's flight for a bit more than 2 hours and there will be another fight tomorrow before the Day 2 field is set.

Level 5 is about 10 minutes away as players are on their first break of Day 1a right now following the end of Level 4. The field is up to 58 entries for prizes of $22,040 ($11,600 in bounties, $10,440 in prizes). Gusto Katievo still looks to be the big one out there with about 125k at the break, and among the other players I spotted heading out for the break were Lee Clark, Cody Goulet, Mario Gauthier, Ed Zurawell, and Gerald Chung, who was one of the final tablists from the Little Bounty last night. Chung is usually here for the Seniors game (he's won it w few times here on the PPT) but had to work late yesterday so was unable to get into the 50+ game before entries closed. He did jump into the evening game, however, and bagged a 7th place finish for his efforts.

It looks like KKPoker rep Gusto Katievo is an early leader today. He is sitting with a pretty big stack of 100k+ right now. There are just under 10 minutes to play in Level 4 with the first break scheduled after this level. Once they return from the break, there are four more levels of poker plus the dinner break before the entry desk shuts down for today's event.

The combined prize pool is now more than $20k at the start of Level 4. There are now 55 entries on the board with $11k in bounties and $9,900 in the prize pool.

Ive just had a walk around the room to see who is here and it looks like there are a few familiar faces out there. Among them are Mo Alamelhuda, Ron Lauzon, Dale "Souply" Campbell, Gary Rooprai, Weston Pring, George Broumas, Tony Comely, Ross Wilson, Benny Sarnelli, and the winner of last night's Little Bounty game, Mike Malm.

There are about five minutes to play in Level 2 now as I've arrived a bit late to the show today. There are 44 entries on the board right now with 43 players still in action. That puts the combined prizes at $16,720 with $8,800 of that reserved for the bounty pool right now.

Friday's focus is Day 1a of the Mystery Bounty. The action gets underway at 2 pm with 25k starting stacks. They'll play 30-minute levels on Day 1 and have 8 levels of late entry. That should put the final entries at around 7 pm.

This will be my main focus for Friday's action until they bag up at 12.5% remaining.