Players are on a slightly extended break of 20 minutes while tournament staff chips up and races off the blue 500 tournament chips. The top 5 chip leaders at this point:
- Mohamad Mahbouba – 775K
- Philippe Mercier – 675K
- Louis-Philippe Martin – 530K
- Adam El Bied – 520K
- Christos Zavouris – 520K
In addition to these chip leaders there are about 8-10 other players with stacks over 400K. With 139 players still alive, there’s still a lot of time for new leaders to emerge before the tournament reaches the 27 players it will stop at tonight.