Jôle Simard

Players are currently resuming play after taking their last break of the day. Updating the leaderboard, we confirmed that Yannick Lamarre-Delooz is our actual chip leader, as a result of the hand described in our last post. Nassim Kabbara is right up there with him, only a few chips behind.

Here is a list of our 6-figure club members:

This huge hand started with Michael M raising the 1K blind from an early position to 4.5K. Mark Larsen, who had 11,700 left, sent them into the pot. Yannick Lamarre-Delooz, seemingly trying to isolate Larsen, pushed 45K forward, putting Michael to the test.

Michael sized his opponent for a while, and decided to make the call, keeping about 40K behind. As the dealer was finishing to sort out the pots, Yannick announced all-in before the flop was revealed. Michael calmly waited for the first 3 community cards to open. . He made the call, and all 3 players tabled their hand:

Yannick Lamarre-Delooz:
Michael M:
Mark Larsen:

Michael was looking good, but 2 more cards were to come. ! Yannick had improved on the turn, and made the kill on the river, sending 2 players to the rail and earning a huge pot. He is now sitting on about 200K, more than 4 times the average. You can see him below, moments after the hand, messaging his friends about his feat or simply switching his soundtrack to a victory song.

After 8 levels of play, Brandon Kitchen has built a very nice arsenal. He is sitting on 150,500 chips, enough to strike fear in his opponents whenever he plays a hand. He is followed by Pinto S (111,000), and another handful of players are approaching 6 figures. Some of their photos are posted below.

Play resumes at 400/800/a800.

Walking around the tables in the past level, we could see many all-in cards being thrown on the felts. With blinds having reached 300/600/a600, it is the time chosen by many short-stacked players to make it or break it. We have lost 40 players in the last hour, and eliminations should consequently slow down a bit at some point before the upcoming break.

Stay tuned for the leaderboard!

Going into level 6, the field has dropped under the 200-player mark.

He are some photographs from levels 4-5:

After 2 hours of play, Joel Palmer has managed to accumulate 68,500 chips. The closest stacks are in the low 50s, meaning he is now comfortably sitting on top.

The registration period is now closed, and 243 players have taken part in this 5th of 6 flights. It is by far our biggest participation so far. Tonight, we should see the guarantee being reached in the first level of play, and after that every player coming in will be extra gravy on the prize pool.