Day 2 has come to an end, and 33 players will be back tomorrow for the third and final day of Event 1.

Chip stacks and seating draws will be made available first thing in the morning, but our two chip leaders are neck to neck with over 2M each.

Our chip leader is Simon Pier Belair-Grondin, with 2.35M, and just behind him is Mehdi Alami, with 2.25M.

Good luck to the remaining players!

Level 26 has just begun, which means that if we do not fall down to 27 players in the next 30 minutes, the tournament will be paused until tomorrow night.

Here are some photos from level 25:

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The tournament floor has just announced that Day 2 will end when either the field drops down to 27 players, or we reach the end of level 26. With the clock showing 12 minutes left to level 24, Day 2 is set to end within the next 1h12.

Three players have already breached the million chip mark, each sitting on just below 1.1M. With the tournament average at 510K, all three have a good chance at making it very deep in this event!

The three players are:

• 1.07M – Angelo Simard
• 1.05M – Kevin Cote
• 1M – Matthieu Tanguay

The players are going on a short 10 minute break, which is likely to be the last one of the night. We are just 34 eliminations away from the completion of Day 2, and the surviving 27 players will be back here tomorrow night at 7pm to compete for the 35,250$ first prize. The 61 remaining players are guaranteed a payday of at least 490$.

Here are some photos from level 23:

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We are just past the half-way mark of level 22, and we are down to under 80 players left. Here is an estimate of the top few stacks:

• 1.1M – Mohamad Mahbouba
• 950K Tanveer Dhanjal
• 800K – Derek Sproul
• 750K David Guay
• 750K Yohann Malo-Brumet
• 725K – Phannasophea Muong
• 675K – Vincent Martin-Bouthillette
• 650K – Philippe Mercier

Level 20 has just been completed, and we are down to 114 players left. Action tonight will play out until 27 players remain, unless the tournament floor rules otherwise. Next player eliminated will receive 275$ for his or her deep run.

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:

1. Mohamad Mahbouba – 775K
2. Philippe Mercier – 675K
3. Louis-Philippe Martin – 530K
4. Adam El Bied – 520K
5. 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.

The players are enjoying another break, while the tournament staff chips up the ‘500’ blue chips.

Here are a few photos taken just before the bubble burst in level 19:

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The money bubble for Event 1 was reached without a great deal of fanfare and although the pace slowed a little bit, it didn’t slow to a crawl as is often the case.

So all the players left in the tournament are in the money and quite a few of the shorter stacks are taking the opportunity to min-cash and move on to the next event.

Congratulations to all of the players remaining in the tournament!