In a hand that produced a huge pot, Denis Cyr took out Peter Johnson Messer. The last of the chips went in on the river, which had filled Denis Cyr nicely.

Denis Cyr:
Peter Johnson Messer:

Board:

With this pot that we estimated to be larger than 350K, Denis is now a serious contender for the biggest bag of the day.

Tonight will be held another Mega Overlay Satellite, and it is your last chance to earn a seat in one of tomorrow’s flights for a fraction of the cost. Yesterday’s Mega Overlay Satellite produced 26 seats, 10 of which were added by the house! And yes, tonight’s tournament will provide the same added value.

The last few hands of the flight are now being played, after which players will bag their chips. The qualifiers and their stack will be added to the Playground 500 combined results, which can be found here.

At the third and last break, it is Thomas Fortin who sits on top of the leaderboard. He came out of nowhere, and we have been monitoring his stack for no more than 1 level. His 429,500 chips are well ahead of anyone. Karim Abdelhamid is next with 309K.

Here is a top 7, made up of players with more than 200K:

Dave Jeannot-Cyr, who made a name for himself in the past year and a half in Playground Events, went in with his last 20K pre-flop, and was called by Danny Lauzon from the small blind.

Dave Jeannot-Cyr:
Danny Lauzon:

Board:

Todd Desbiens, who ran his re-entry stack into the top ten, has just lost a good chunk to Martin Peltier. Desbiens made a 78,500 call on the river.

Todd Desbiens:
Martin Peltier:

Board:

Making a good read is satisfying, but making a bad one and coming from behind is just as profitable. Walter Asatoorian raised Kris Klimosko all-in on a flop that could not be farther than his hole cards.

Walter Asatoorian:
Kris Klimosko:

Board:

Asatoorian transformed his 6.26% into a full double-up.