The tournament staff just finished racing off the T1,000 chips, which gave us enough time to bring a complete update on the leaderboard of the remaining 20 players. Emmanuel Gordon still has a stranglehold lead going into level 26, and is the only player over the 2-million chip mark. Said Michalaidis has been putting his tournament experience into play and has climbed the leaderboard in recent levels, sitting in a comfortable second place in chips at the moment.
Here are the full counts of the final 20 players, as play enters level 26 (20K/40K/a5K):
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel | Gordon | 2,020,000 |
| Said | Michailidis | 1,300,000 |
| Sebastien | Allain | 1,105,000 |
| Michael | Truaisch | 1,095,000 |
| Philippe | Drouin | 1,085,000 |
| Sebastien | Fortier | 1,045,000 |
| Siamak | S | 1,035,000 |
| Nicholas | Beaulne | 890,000 |
| Roger | Thibault | 840,000 |
| Chrishan | Sivasundaram | 815,000 |
| Francois | Bernier | 770,000 |
| Ruben | Perceval | 760,000 |
| Daniel | Le | 755,000 |
| Dario | Musto | 715,000 |
| James Ghislain | Collin | 685,000 |
| Shane | St-John | 660,000 |
| Xavier | Chayer-St-Germain | 495,000 |
| Michael | Plante | 465,000 |
| Sean David | Mc Nally | 460,000 |
| Jean | Paquet | 390,000 |
