Players are off a short break, and will play for 1 more level before bagging their chips onto Day 3, scheduled tomorrow at noon. Here is an update on the leaderboard entering level 19:

Hand-for-hand was announced just moments ago, and in the first hand we saw an elimination, meaning that the 81 remaining players are now guaranteed a cash prize of at least $5,860! With this important hurdle now out of the way, players can now think about their next milestone goals: qualify for Day 3, make it through to Day 4, find their way to the elusive final table, come back on Day 5 and win the event!

Congratulations to all the players who have cashed in this year’s edition of the WPT Montreal!

Photographs from levels 17 and 18:

The 101 players left in the WPT Montreal are just returning to the tables after their 45-minute dinner break, during which they enjoyed a free buffet and got a chance to stretch their legs and generally re-arm for the final stint today.

During the break we updated a lot of the chip counts we’ve been tracking today and in the process put together a new leaderboard. It’s quite fascinating, because except for Harpreet Gill in 1st place, the rest of the top 10 are all new entrants on the list. That’s not to say there aren’t still dangers below – the tier just below the top 10 includes many of the most experienced players still in the event!

Updated/Dernière mise à jour: 2015/11/18 18:28

Photos taken during level 16

The field in Day 2 of the WPT Montreal continues to dwindle, if anything things have moved a little more quickly than expected. Some recent eliminations:

• Yann Dion
• Marc André Ladouceur
• Bill Kontaratos
• Francis Trudeau
• Steve Kerr
• Dean Murphy
• Sheraz Nasir

Marc Etienne Mclaughlin is proving once again to be a master chip accumulator – but even his huge stack pales in comparison to the stack that Harpreet Gill has been able to grow and grow throughout the day.

During the most recent break we updated the chip counts for the leaders but also almost everyone else we’re tracking today.

The chip leaders in the tournament to this point – Harpreet Gill and Marc-Etienne McLaughlin – have amassed truly gaudy stacks, but there is a small army of players who are seemingly using those impressive counts as stalking horses and quietly putting together plenty of chips to make a deep run in the event.

Included in this group are some of the biggest names in the event: Tim Reilly (290K), Liv Boeree (260K+), Carter Swidler (270K+), Gregoire Denis (320K+), and Trevor Delaney (370K+).

Players will take their second break of the day in just minutes, and during the break tournament staff will remove the black T100 chips from play while we get updated counts.

Recent Eliminations

• Jeff Gross
• Jonathan Duhamel
• TJ Ulmer
• Harley Stoffmaker

Our friends at WPT Live Updates will have full hand details posted shortly, but with Marc-Etienne McLaughlin’s hole tabled on a board reading , it’s clear that Marco Caza may have beat Marc-Etienne’s tptk but couldn’t beat his rivered nut flush. Marc-Etienne is now playing just a little fewer than 500K in chips. For his part, Marco has lost a lot but still has a more than playable stack.

The players have taken their first break of the day and we took the opportunity to get some precise chip counts for the runners left in the event as we get deeper into Day 2 and the super-small stacks have been eliminated (or grown).

In addition to the top 5 shown here, if you to the “Live” counts page you’ll see several more counts – and if there’s someone specific you’d like to see, just let us know via Twitter and we’ll do our best.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Harpreet Singh	Gill	355,000
Abdallah	Aljboul	335,000
Brian	Altman	331,300
Marco	Caza	330,000
Michael	Tieu	303,100