The tournament is in level 13 and the field has dropped to 62 players. The top 10% will bag and move on to day 2, and with 191 entries this evening, that means 20 will return on Sunday and will all be in the money.
The players just returned from their second break of the evening and the lead has changed; the new chip leader is Francis Carriere with 148,500. He is followed really closely by Simon Tabah who has 143,200. Richard Tossings, who led at the last break, ran into some bad luck and lost his stack. Just as you can go from hero to zero really fast, the short stacks also know that with a couple of well timed double ups, you can also catapult into the lead really fast as well. This therefore is still anybody’s game.
Some of the recent bustouts include: Mohammed Naceri, Ali Dali, Scott Shein, Mario Savard, Eric Ranger, Anick Murray, Gaetan Laperriere, Nicolas Cyr and Juliane Didone.
Here are the leaders and their chip stacks:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Francis | Carriere | 148,500 |
| Simon | Tabah | 143,200 |
| Anick | Murray | 121,800 |
| Eric | Ranger | 119,200 |
| David | Introligator | 108,400 |
Francis Carriere:
Simon Tabah:
