There is one hour left in the 3-days-and-9-flights starting session for Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee). There have been 3,617 entrants, and 319 players have already made it thru to tomorrow’s Day 2.

There are still 108 players in this final field who are battling to join those survivors.

As the blinds increase to 1,000-2,000 with a 200 ante, here is a look at the chipleaders and a couple of notables who are still in the field:

1.  Ricardo Velasco  –  199,500  (99 bb)
2.  Neri Sanchez  –  188,000  (94 bb)
3.  Vic Shkurka  –  176,000  (88 bb)

Ebony Kenney  –  100,500  (50 bb)
Adam “Roothlus” Levy  –  49,500  (24 bb)

The Day 1H field for Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee) started with 525 players at 3:00 pm, and there were 57 who made it thru to reach Day 2.

There are now 319 players who have passed thru to Day 2, plus however many survive the final starting field that is currently in action. (We predict about 70 or so to make it thru this last field of the day.)

Day 2 will begin with blinds at 1,500-3,000 and a 300 ante. Here are the official chip counts from Flight 1H:

1.  Nicholas Mahabee  –  227,900
2.  Daniel Buzgon  –  214,800
3.  Jessica Rosado  –  197,900
4.  Mark Shulla  –  195,700
5.  Bryan Green  –  183,500
6.  Justin Levy  –  168,500
7.  Gaston Miculitzki  –  161,500
8.  Rhys Dale  –  152,300
9.  Steve Frantz  –  139,800
10.  Kevin Modecki  –  138,700
11.  Mark Gaudino  –  137,400
12.  Joseph Urgo  –  130,000
13.  Orlando Serrano  –  126,700
14.  David Jackson  –  125,100
15.  Omar Yates  –  124,000
16.  Sascha Walter  –  123,600
17.  Brent Palumbo  –  121,600
18.  Robert Dixon  –  120,600
19.  Steven Bennett  –  110,800
20.  Farid Jordan Dhanani  –  107,200
21.  Stewart Gillespie  –  103,800
22.  Todd Jacobson  –  99,000
23.  Jonathan Sanchez  –  98,200
24.  Dan Danna  –  97,200
25.  Joseph Klima  –  96,900
26.  Jermaine Parker  –  84,700
27.  Gary Petigrow  –  81,000
28.  Robert Poggio  –  73,300
29.  Joel Furney  –  69,800
30.  Emerson Bielen  –  69,200
31.  Zach Carfagno  –  64,000
32.  Mark Bernstein  –  63,200
33.  Kristopher Stupicic  –  63,100
34.  Carlos Ponce  –  62,300
35.  Matthew Waxman  –  62,300
36.  Victor Gordon  –  61,100
37.  Marilyn Finberg  –  59,400
38.  Taylor Fortini  –  58,300
39.  William James  –  56,500
40.  Ed Vasconcezos  –  56,100
41.  Richard Koss  –  55,400
42.  Karaminder Dhillon  –  54,000
43.  Michael Delk  –  52,800
44.  Earl Keith Hackworth  –  52,300
45.  Justin Zaki  –  51,500
46.  Daniel Simon  –  50,500
47.  Gustavo Anzueto  –  47,500
48.  Glenn Rivera  –  41,500
49.  Daniel Rosenbaum  –  40,600
50.  Alex Donofrio  –  40,300
51.  Nicholas Dennis  –  39,600
52.  Richard Tulchin  –  38,500
53.  Emily Fager  –  36,600
54.  Alexander Carfagno  –  36,300
55.  Sherif Vuich  –  29,600
56.  Robert Lewis  –  22,300
57.  Thomas Mertzluffi  –  22,200
58.  Grayson Nichols  –  21,700
59.  Neetalion Gonzalez  –  16,100

Flight I of Event 6 was the largest starting field yet, with 679 entrants. After two breaks, the field has whittled down to about 225 players, for an average chip stack around 30,000 (37 big blinds).

There have been 319 survivors so far from the other eight starting flights, and there will probably be about 70 or so to make it thru from this flight.

So we expect nearly 400 survivors to reach Day 2, and the final 216 will finish in the money.

The official numbers are in, and Event 6 attracted 3,617 entrants for a total prizepool of $361,700. That’s an amazing amount for a tournament with just a $125 buy-in.

Here’s the official prizepool:

1st:  $57,976
2nd:  $40,880
3rd:  $29,775
4th:  $21,270
5th:  $14,685
6th:  $11,310
7th:  $8,610
8th:  $6,310
9th:  $4,525
10th-12th:  $3,472
13th-15th:  $2,713
16th-18th:  $2,279
19th-27th:  $1,917
28th-36th:  $1,628
37th-45th:  $1,374
46th-54th:  $1,194
55th-63rd:  $1,049
64th-72nd:  $940
73rd-81st:  $832
82nd-90th:  $760
91st-99th:  $687
100th-108th:  $579
109th-117th:  $543
118th-126th:  $506
127th-135th:  $470
136th-144th:  $434
145th-162nd:  $398
163rd-180th:  $362
181st-198th:  $326
199th-216th:  $289

The Day 1G field for Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee) started with 325 players, and there were 37 who made it thru the day to reach Day 2.

There are now 260 players who have passed thru to Day 2, plus however many survive the two fields currently in action.

Day 2 will begin with blinds at 1,500-3,000 and a 300 ante. Here are the official chip counts (including a couple of DNRs — Did Not Report).

1.  Sebastien Soares  –  254,300
2.  Ely Levy  –  227,400
3.  José Cedeño  –  169,100
4.  Richard Semanper  –  165,300
5.  John DePersio  –  163,000
6.  James Petrillo  –  128,800
7.  Michael Rocco  –  115,400
8.  Martin Mills  –  113,300
9.  Shawn Lytle  –  104,700
10. Ben Brown  –  103,600
11.  Bryan Saxe  –  93,300
12.  Larry Bass  –  90,200
13.  John Sarver  –  83,300
14.  Mario James  –  76,000
15.  Dustin Dobrilovic  –  72,500
16.  Steve Cardarelli  –  68,100
17.  Omar White  –  66,000
18.  John-Carl Vinsant  –  64,200
19.  Jeff Tuchklaper  –  63,700
20.  Charlotte Holland  –  62,300
21.  Jeff Yeh  –  59,800
22.  Alejandro Ramos Cintron  –  57,600
23.  Genachte Daniel  –  54,000
24.  Jose Pulido  –  50,600
25.  Mayan Shih  –  49,700
26.  Av Lockwood  –  45,900
27.  Bill Mullins  –  44,400
28.  James Jones  –  43,400
29.  Stephen League  –  36,300
30.  Larry Peterson  –  25,900
31.  Tom Walter  –  17,700
32.  Byron Brown  –  8,900
33.  Matthew Friendly  –  DNR
34.  Rich Kanke  –  DNR
35.  David Lee  –  DNR
36.  Jordan Redavid  –  DNR
37.  Mike Weirich  –  DNR

Day 1H of Event 6 began at 3:00 pm with 525 players, which was the largest field so far until the 7:00 pm Day 1I crushed it with (unofficially) 679 players.

After the third and final break, there are 77 players remaining in the Day 1H field, with an average chip stack around 68,000 (34 big blinds).

Here are the chip counts for a couple of notables in the field:

1.  Matt Waxman  –  102,000  (51 bb)
2.  Justin Zaki  –  64,000  (32 bb)
3.  Daniel Buzgon  –  57,000  (28 bb)

And a little praise for the casino’s tableside service here in the tournament room:

Table side hummus and cucumbers at the hard rock. They’ve stepped it up this year.

— Justin Zaki (@Justin_Zaki) August 15, 2013

After four levels of play, registration is now closed for Day 1I of Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee).

Unofficially, there are 679 players in the field, which would create a total field size of 3,617 and a prizepool of $361,700. Those numbers are unofficial until the casino cage verifies all the numbers and releases the official prizepool information.

With the blinds increasing to 150-300 with a 25 ante, here is a look at the top of the leaderboard, along with some of the notables in the field, some of whom just registered and got a fresh 10K starting stack:

T-1.  Matt Sloan  –  48,000  (160 bb)
T-1.  Ali Toqi  –  48,000  (160 bb)
3.  Carlos Dorca  –  47,000  (156 bb)
4.  Neri Sanchez  –  46,500  (155 bb)
5.  Arthur Rodriguez  –  46,000  (153 bb)
6.  Lynette Robinson  –  45,000  (150 bb)

Ylon Schwartz  –  36,000  (120 bb)
David Tuthill  –  30,000  (100 bb)
Adam “Roothlus” Levy  –  15,000  (50 bb)
Marsha Wolak  –  15,000  (50 bb)
Alex Bolotin  –  10,000  (33 bb)
Barry Hutter  –  10,000  (33 bb)
Doug Lee  –  10,000  (33 bb)
Stu Paterson  –  10,000  (33 bb)
Danny Suied  –  10,000  (33 bb)

Stay tuned for the official prizepool information to be posted later tonight.

The field size for the last starting flight of Event 6 continues to grow. There are already 477 entrants, and registration remains open for another hour yet.

That makes the total field size for this $125 buy-in event 3,416 entrants, which means the prizepool is $341,600 and still climbing. Hard to deny that this is one of the highest-value $125 buy-in tournaments you’ll ever find.

The field for Day 1H of Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em, $150K Guarantee) has reached their second break, and the field of 525 players has dwindled down to 162.

The average chip stack is about 32,500, and here’s a look at the top of the leaderboard, along with a couple of notables in the field:

1.  Bryan Green  –  101,500  (126 bb)
2.  Zvi Shiff  –  86,000  (107 bb)
T-3.  Stan Silverman  –  85,000  (106 bb)
T-3.  Matt Waxman  –  85,000  (106 bb)
5.  Steve Frantz  –  77,000  (96 bb)

Justin Zaki  –  36,000  (45 bb)
Jena Delk  –  20,000  (25 bb)
Daniel Buzgon  –  8,250  (10 bb)

Matt Waxman, a WPT champion, busted a player shortly after play resumed, which is what catapulted him up among the chipleaders.

After a flop of , Waxman bet 2,100 from the small blind, the UTG player moved all in for about 18,000, and a third player folded from middle position.

Waxman called with for a pair of tens, and his opponent turned over for an open-ended straight draw with two overcards.

The turn was the , giving her a higher pair of queens, but the on the river gave Waxman trip tens to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.