ScratchyR headed into the first break with the chip lead with 53,224 in chips. The only other player over the 50,000 chip mark early was Sweden's Eric "takter79" Olofsson with 52,481.
The field has grown to 744 players with 729 remaining. Thus far there have been 33 players who lost all their chips with 18 of them choosing to rebuy and another 15 opting to call it a day.
Spain's Lucas "duchasp4rati" Blanco, who resides in the United Kingdom, was among the early players to rebuy in today's event. He recently lost most of his stack with blinds at 50/100 after Slowplay0815 raised from late position to 100 before he called from the small blind and another player tagged along from the big blind.
Flop:
The action checked on the flop to Slowplay0815 who led for 225. Blanco called and the player from the small blind folded.
Blanco checked again when the hit the turn. His opponent bet 562 and Blanco raised the action to 2,436. His opponent called and the appeared on the river. Blanco bet his remaining 12,364 stack which covered his opponent who called. Blanco turned over for trip threes, however, his opponent had him beat when he turned over for a full house.
Blanco had a few chips left after the hand, but quickly relinquished them before rebuying back into the event.
Top ranked online poker tournament player in the world according to the PocketFives Worldwide Rankings in Niklas "lena900" Åstedt and Brazil's Luiz "PheresAA" Feres are among the players to join the field.
The field in today's Event #1: $80,000 Super XL Opening Event has been growing fast with now 571 players in action. So far there have been no eliminations with those who lost all their chips early opting to rebuy.
The action folded around to Natalie "888NatalieH" in the small blind who raised to 150 and got a call from "enacherbrt" from the big blind.
Both players checked on a flop before Hof check-called a bet of 150 from her opponent after the appeared on the turn. Hof then fired out for 450 when the completed the board on the river and her opponent called. The chips went to Hof's opponent after Hof showed which was no match for the held by her opponent who hit top-pair on the river.
hit the turn. His opponent bet 562 and Blanco raised the action to 2,436. His opponent called and the 
appeared on the river. Blanco bet his remaining 12,364 stack which covered his opponent who called. Blanco turned over 
for trip threes, however, his opponent had him beat when he turned over 
for a full house.
flop before Hof check-called a bet of 150 from her opponent after the 
appeared on the turn. Hof then fired out for 450 when the 
completed the board on the river and her opponent called. The chips went to Hof's opponent after Hof showed 
which was no match for the 
held by her opponent who hit top-pair on the river.