After 16 levels of play, there are only 34 players remaining on Day 1A, and there is a new chip leader.
Alexandre Lajoie went from having a relatively small stack to the top of the leaderboard in less than two levels of play. The hot streak put him in great position to qualify for Day 2 with ease, as he now has over 76 big blinds in his possession, and the end of play for the day is only six eliminations away. Former chip leader Samuel Pouliot navigated a rough patch that put a dent in his stack and recovered to become one of only four players in this flight with a seven-figure stack.
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandre | Lajoie | 1,525,000 |
| Yvon | Marceau | 1,305,000 |
| Amin | Mirshahi | 1,235,000 |
| Samuel | Pouliot | 1,085,000 |
| Richard | Chabot | 910,000 |
| Arnold | Yaxley | 880,000 |
| Marco | Sirois | 860,000 |
| Guillermo | Mendoza | 775,000 |
| Michel | St-Francois | 790,000 |