The Wild $150 is now in level 25, and the field is down to it’s final 5 tables. There are still 4 more 40-minute levels to complete tonight before the remaining players bag and tag their chips onto Day 3, where we will be crowning a champion.

Francis Dery (2,300,000) has taken over the chip lead for the time being, and has quite the lead over the rest of the players. Not far behind is Jean-Francois Marin (1,550,000) in second, and Stephan Belisle (1,525,000) in third.

Players will go on break in around half an hour, and at this point we will bring you an update on all the remaining chip counts.

Photographs from levels 23 and 24:

With the players on a short break, we took this time to do some chip counts. Three players have managed to breach the 1-million chip mark, with many others not far behind. Here is a look at the top 15 stacks:

1. Jean-Francois Marin – 1,052,000
2. Harry Strul – 1,040,000
3. Christian Burcea – 1,020,000
4. Tomaz Kalinowski – 880,000
5. Simon Pier Belair-Grondin – 829,000
6. Ian Robillard – 776,000
7. Mino Dall Osto – 747,000
8. Fadi Haddad – 741,000
9. Vo Victor Ly – 729,000
10. Jonathan D’Souza – 715,000
11. Martin Dej – 654,000
12. Steve Toulch – 587,000
13. Louis Alexandre Cabana – 577,000
14. Frederic Charest – 570,000
15. Stephan Belisle – 540,000

The Day 2 of the Wild $150 is now mid-way through level 21. Since the bubble has burst, we’ve seen a number of players hit the rail, while others are starting to accumulate some massive stacks.

Fadi Haddad (640,000) is currently leading the field, but he is closely followed by Francis Dery (590,000), Jean Louis Forino (580,000) and Benoit Poirier (575,000). We will be bringing a more detailed update on the leaderboard during the break following level 22.

Photographs from level 20:

Patrick Mailloux got his money in good on the bubble, as he committed his remaining 20 big blinds by calling a preflop open-shove from a big stack opponent. The rest of the players on the table folded, and the cards were turned over.

Patrick’s was the better preflop hand, as he was up against , however he was rivered on the board to get knocked out in 154th place, 1 shy of the money.

With that elimination, The Wild $150 is now in the money! The players are enjoying a 20-minute break, as the tournament staff race off the T500 chips out of play.

Congratulations to those who made the money!

Level 19 photographs:

We are just about to enter hand-for-hand play here in Day 2 of the Wild $150, as the field is nearing the 153-player mark, which is how many players will cash in this event. There are many short stacks scattered around the field, and some players are hoping to passively squeeze into the money, while others are taking advantage of this situation to chip up by playing more aggressively. We can expect to see a slew of eliminations once the bubble has burst.

Photographs taken in levels 17 and 18: