Day 2 of the Main Event ended with 18 players left, and leading the way is Hugo Fontaine, who just recently took the chip lead away from Jordan Miraglia in a hand that had table 62 buzzing.

After betting the flop, Jordan lead the turn with a bet of 125,000 and showing on the board. Hugo moved all-in for just about 750,000 total, and found a quick call from Jordan, who was in very bad shape, as his were far behind the of Hugo. The river brought the , and as this was a blank, Hugo scooped the biggest pot of the tournament thus far, worth just over 1,800,000.

Full player-reported chip counts, as well as the new seating assignment for tomorrow, can be found here.

Day 3 is scheduled at 12pm tomorrow, Monday March 9th, and depending on how the day progressing, might play down until there is a winner. Be sure to stay tuned in to our blog to get all the up to date news, as well as photos form the day.

Hugo Fontaine is the chip leader after Day 2

With the recent eliminations of Eric Afriat and Frederic Pierre, the Main Event has been reduced to its two final 9-handed tables. Almost a full level remains before the conclusion of Day 2, and after that players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 3, which is scheduled for 12pm tomorrow.

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Table – Seat [attr sort=asc],Name

Table 62 – Seat 1,Quyen Dao
Table 62 – Seat 2,Serge Pouliot
Table 62 – Seat 3,Nicolas Belcourt
Table 62 – Seat 4,Hugo Fontaine
Table 62 – Seat 5,Rodney Ramalho
Table 62 – Seat 6,Levon Dedeyan
Table 62 – Seat 7,Jordan Miraglia
Table 62 – Seat 8,Michael Moor
Table 62 – Seat 9,Jason Duval
Table 66 – Seat 1,Norman Doucette
Table 66 – Seat 2,Levi Stevens
Table 66 – Seat 3,Anthony Khoury
Table 66 – Seat 4,Nicolas Bastien
Table 66 – Seat 5,Daniel Charette
Table 66 – Seat 6,Sergio Vigano
Table 66 – Seat 7,Daniel Hamelin
Table 66 – Seat 8,Michael Antimisiaris
Table 66 – Seat 9,Shawn Martell
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Level 21 photos:

Here are the full chip counts of the remaining 20 players in the Main Event. Jordan Miraglia is currently in the lead, but Hugo Fontaine, a regular local who won his seat via the February monthly TLB tournament, has recently climbed the leaderboard and is sitting in second place at the moment.

Click (or tap) on a column header to sort the table.

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Table – Seat,Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]

Table 60 – Seat 1,Norman Doucette,”675,000″
Table 60 – Seat 2,Nicolas Belcourt,”906,000″
Table 60 – Seat 3,Serge Pouliot,”1,020,000″
Table 60 – Seat 4,Michael Noor,”493,000″
Table 60 – Seat 5,Seat Empty,
Table 60 – Seat 6,Jordan Miraglia,”1,770,000″
Table 60 – Seat 7,Seat Empty,
Table 60 – Seat 8,Eric Afriat,”289,000″
Table 60 – Seat 9,Sergo Vigano,”626,000″
Table 62 – Seat 1,Jason Duval,”614,000″
Table 62 – Seat 2,Hugo Fontaine,”1,230,000″
Table 62 – Seat 3,Seat Empty,
Table 62 – Seat 4,Shawn A Martell,”580,000″
Table 62 – Seat 5,Rodney Ramalho,”904,000″
Table 62 – Seat 6,Seat Empty,
Table 62 – Seat 7,Frederic Pierre,”197,000″
Table 62 – Seat 8,Seat Empty,
Table 62 – Seat 9,Daniel Hamelin,”992,000″
Table 66 – Seat 1,Seat Empty,
Table 66 – Seat 2,Daniel Charette,”698,000″
Table 66 – Seat 3,Quyen Dao,”784,000″
Table 66 – Seat 4,Anthony Khoury,”570,000″
Table 66 – Seat 5,Nicolas Bastien,”359,000″
Table 66 – Seat 6,Michael Antimisiaris,”555,000″
Table 66 – Seat 7,Levon Dedeyan,”1,197,000″
Table 66 – Seat 8,Levi Stevens,”374,000″
Table 66 – Seat 9,Seat Empty,
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There was a full tournament re-draw when the Main Event reached 27 players. Here is the new arrangement of the players on the three tables in play. The next re-draw will be at 18 players remaining.

The Main Event is a few minutes into it’s 21st round, and play will continue through until the end of level 23. We’ve almost reached our final 3 tables, as only 28 players remain, and there is a full seating redraw scheduled at 27 players.

In the last half-level, two players have managed to bring their stacks up to the 7-figures, as both Levon Dedeyan and Jordan Miraglia are sitting atop just over 1-million in chips each.

Here are full chip counts for the remaining 39 players who went to the most recent break.

The Main Event is down to 5 tables, as only 42 players remain. A few of the shorter stacks around the bubble have made their exits, and action has opened up a bit now that this milestone event in the tournament has passed. The day is far from over however, as there are still 4 more 60-minute levels scheduled today after the completion of level 19.

There was a double elimination on separate tables while play was hand-for-hand, and this means that Jean Louis Forino and Lukas Pasek will be sharing the prize for 54th place, and taking home $1,115 each.

Eric Afriat is certainly one of the most experienced and successful live tournament players in the field, and for much of the day he had been among the chip leaders. However, following a table change to Table 60, – the table with by far the most total chips in the tournament – he eventually lost most of his stack, until he posted his big blind with just 68K behind.