With about half the field now eliminated, the average chip stack is sitting at 48,000. Two players on the same table are fighting it out for the lead, Marc Bourgeois is in the number one spot with 151,200, followed closely by Albert Nguyen in second place, slightly behind, with 148,100. The two players will surely keep trying to chip up against the smaller stacks, and who knows if they end up clashing with each other, but there is certainly potential for a monster stack as they both have triple the average right now.

Closely behind the two leaders are Michael Malouin and Raphael Tran dinh, who were the two leaders at the 1st break. The competition is intense and there is also some pressure on the smaller stacks in play, who most probably will be shoving away, hoping to double up and have a decent stack to bag at the end of the night.

Some recent eliminations include: Sebastien Fortier, Christian Rho, Larry Hamel, Natalia Nogina, Mina Gerges, Eric Ranger, Nick Soller and Philippe Belley.