The last hour has seen 15 players bite the dust, leaving only 31 at the tables. Khaled Baalbaki has escaped from the leading pack, with a very strong 120K stack. Returning from break, blinds are now 800/1.6K/a1.6K, which should speed up the pace some more.
As a reminder, play will continue until 8 players are left, at which point they will bag their chips and come back on Friday at 12:00pm for Day 2. Here is the new leaderboard, led by Baalbaki:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Khaled | Baalbaki | 120,000 |
| Scott | Aylward | 89,000 |
| Gary J. | Biggar | 86,500 |
| Rong | Xu | 82,500 |
| Peter | Zelmer | 80,500 |
