Shortly after doubling table-opponent Sebastien Fortier for 1,015,000 chips, Ruben has just bounced back up the leaderboard by winning a little over 1 million chips, without even seeing a flop.

Daniel Le opened to 175,000 from middle position, and Ruben replied with a 3bet to 405,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way, and Daniel announced a raise up to 975,000. Ruben glanced over at the dealer, and quietly announced all-in, forcing Daniel into the tank.

Daniel assessed the situation, and concluded that a fold was his best play at the moment, forfeiting over 1/3 of his chips to a very dangerous opponent. Daniel now holds a little over 1.5 million, while Ruben is just shy of 3 million – putting him slightly behind current chip leader Said Michailidis.

The first orbit on the final table of the $100K Gtd has just passed, and action was rather tame to start the night. Philippe Drouin earned himself a decent pot when he called a 3bet preflop with  and flopped a set, but otherwise most pots were kept fairly small.

On the last hand of this first orbit, Daniel Le min-raised from early position, and was put to a decision when Siamak 3bet all-in for just over 1-million. He finally made the call, and the two were off to the races.

Daniel:
Siamak:

Siamak was unable to find help on a board, and turned out to be the first casualty of this final table.

10th place: Siamak – $1,110.00

Action was fast and furious here in the last few hands here in Day 2 of the $100K Gtd, and with 4 quick eliminations, we have now reached the final table of 10 players. We will publish the chip counts of the remaining players in a few short moments.

13th place: Emmanuel Gordon – $870
12th place: Chrishan Sivasundaram – $1,100
12th place: Dario Musto – $1,100
10th place: Roger Thibault – $1,100

Day 2 is coming close to reaching it’s objective, which is to play down until the final table of 10 players is reached.

Since the field has dropped to its two final tables, we’ve lost four players: Michael Plante (18th), Michael Truaisch (17th), James Ghislain Collin (16th) and Sebastien Allain (15th). Once 4 more eliminations occur, the remaining 10 players will bag their chips for Day 3, which takes place tomorrow night.

The final 14 players have guaranteed themselves a payday of at least $870, but all of them have their eyes on the big prize – $28,000!

18th place: Michael Plante – $730
17th place: Michael Truaisch – $730
16th place: James Ghislain Collin – $730
15th place: Sebastien Allain – $870

Only 18 remain here in the $100K Gtd, and the elusive final table is getting closer and closer for the players still in the tournament. The field is now down to its two final tables, and once 8 more players hit the rail, the final 10 players will bag and tag their chips for the final chapter, which takes place tomorrow night.

Here are the final two tables:

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):

Another table just broke in the $100K Gtd, and the field is now down to 27 players spread across three 9-handed tables. Here are the players still in the race for the massive $28,000 first place prize money: