Olivier Brossard has been on a tear in the last 2 levels, and has turned his less-than-average stack into the head of the pack in just a few orbits. He recently eliminated former leader Larry Jr Raymond to take over the chip lead deep in this multi-day event.
With a little over 2 million in chips, Olivier has now surpassed long-time chip-leader Karam Saleh, albeit only by a small margin. Karam is not far behind with around 1,800,000 in chips, and both players are far ahead of the rest of the field. Their combined stacks represent more than 25% of the chips in play.