Event #1: $365 No-Limit Hold'em

Players in Event #1 are now taking their first break of the day.

Registration in this first event remains open until the start of Level 9, which will be around 3:30 p.m. Once registration closes a prize pool will be finalized and announced.

There are currently 132 players registered with just over three hours of registration remaining. The tournament needs just two more players to surpass last year's opening event at Tahoe, which drew 133 players.

Howard "Tahoe" Andrew and Timothy Little are two gold ring winners to be spotted early in the tournament. Andrew won two gold bracelets in the 1976 World Series of Poker.

Just prior to the break, two-time gold ring winner, Mark Bonsack was eliminated from the tournament.