Late registration has finally closed and the total number of entries was able to climb to 44 players (including 10 re-entries), making for a nice prize pool (the prize pool will be posted in a short time).

Looking around the room, two players who are good friends of each other are neck and neck for the lead, Ryan Garonce on table 20 is in the lead with 117,100 chips, followed closely by Brian Morgan on table 28, sitting on 116,200, only a few chips behind Garonce, The battle for second and third is also tight with Mathieu Arseneau in third with 74,400, and Arthur W. right behind in fourth with 73,200.

Others still in contention include: Goran “Go-Go” Brestovac, Danielle Bracy, Ron G., Michael Chouinard, Sam Chiniara, Patrick P., Simon Tremblay, Mathyeu Provost, just to name a few.

Recent bustouts include: Ivan Driard, Leo Hackenbroch, Jason Hallee, and Chris Arvanitis.