Level 9 has begun with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200 as players are resuming from another five-minute break. The guaranteed prize pool of $30,000 has officially been surpassed as 106 entries have been recorded for a total prize pool of $31,800 and counting. Registration will remain open for at least another 75 minutes, and that number is expected to continue climbing throughout the remainder of the late registration period.

"lenny54" remains atop the counts, having increased their stack to 238,000 while already amassing $262 in bounties.