Another break is underway in the $200 + $20 Freeze as the staff is racing off the T500 chips. Gerson Jr Foisy returns to the felts as the chip leader in level 17, holding just over 400K in chips, and he is closely followed by Tanvir Ahmed and Daniel Johnston. With 22 players scheduled to be paid, the money bubble is just around the corner.

Below are the top counts in play during this fourth break of the night.

The field in the $200 + $20 Freeze is down to just 40 players, evenly split across the 4 final tables. Daniel Johnston continues to top the field, having increased his holdings up above 300K now. We will publish an update on the leaderboard during the break following level 16.

Final 4 tables:

Photographs from level 13-14-15:

With the players on a short break following level 12, we took this time to bring an update on the leaderboard. 10 players have managed to breach the 100K mark so far, with Daniel Johnston leading the pack. Below are the top 10 counts in play as level 13 begins.

Photographs from levels 11-12:

In the last hand of level 11, Joel Giguere was faced with 3 limps before he looked down at a premium hand in the big blind. He raised the 2K blind up to 9K, finding a quick call from the utg limper before the player in middle position slid forward his 58.7K stack. When action came back around to Joel, he paused for a moment before announcing all-in himself for roughly 95K. Holding only 30.5K total, the player in utg moved into the tank for a full minute before tossing his last chips into the pot.

Joel tabled , and wound up with the nut hand on a board, besting (utg) and (mp). He now holds around 185K and is near the top of the leaderboard here in level 12. A short break is coming up in a few minutes, during which we will bring an update on the top counts in play.

The 216-strong field has been cut in half through 9 1/2 levels of play, with 11 tables still currently open.

Photographs from levels 9-10:

The second break of the night has just been completed, and 132 players are back in their seats to resume play in level 9. Simon Tremblay currently leads the field with a stack of 90,100, but he is accompanied by a handful of others who are inches behind.

Below are the top 5 counts in play at the start of level 9: