As the timer winds down on the thirteenth level of play, only three tables remain on Day 1C.

Although the chip average still provides roughly 50 big blinds, most of the remaining players are getting by with far less than that. Three players – Francois Semaan, Charles Gagnon and Vladimir Avetisian – are playing stacks of far more than double the current average, giving them control of a huge proportion of the chips in play. Whether or not they will use these chips to dictate the pace of play as they head down the home stretch or simply go into lockdown until the chips go in the bag remains to be seen.