The first four levels have been completed and the field currently shows 64 entries of which 55 players remain. Among the early casualties were the likes of Boris Turcan, Jacob Finke, Michael Merrigan, Sing Leang Boun, and Zoran Stojanovic.
Notables in contention include PokerStars ambassador Barny Boatman, Andreas Froehli, Noel Hayes, Vangelis Kaimakamis, Martin “Franke” Von Zweigbergk, Sascha Manns, Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina and Dermot Flanagan. Out of those, Boatman is off to a flying start with some 80,000 in chips, with everyone having started on 20,000 in chips.