Not too long ago, Noy U was just a little bit short of a million. That was before his Ace-Queen hit the river against his opponent’s Jacks, for a 750K pot. Since then, he has been extremely active, leaning on the table and giving his fellow players a lot of trouble. He is now sitting on 1,969,000 chips. On his own table, the second biggest stack has less than 400K!

Meanwhile, on the other table, Trevor Delaney (title picture) made a very gutsy call against Michael Malouin. Malouin open-shoved the 20K big blind from the button to 501K, sending Delaney to the tank. Malouin was taunting him to call, saying it was only plastic (his trademark comment). He must have said it one time too many, because Delaney finally decided the raise was too suspicious to be that of a good hand (those were his words), and made the call with . Malouin turned over . The board came favorable to Delaney. He completed a flush on the turn, to earn the second spot on the leaderboard, on the last hand before the break.

Play now resumes at 12K/24K/a4K. Here are the full counts of our 13 finalists, taken during the break:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Noy	U	1,969,000
Trevor	Delaney	1,321,000
Cristian	Muset	818,000
Sébastien	Proulx	509,000
Edward	Guergis	481,000
Jeremy	Galin	455,000
Alexandre	Henry	393,000
Sylvain	Lessard	370,000
Devon	Morgan	366,000
Prosper	Azoulay	268,000
Mark	Fitzpatrick	191,000
Daniel Joseph	Ross McCarthy	109,000

There are now 15 players left in the $550 Deepstack, and some of them are close to a million chips. Here are some rough counts of our top 6 stacks with Noy U (title picture) on top:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Noy	U	900,000
Michael	Malouin	820,000
Sylvain	Lessard	700,000
Trevor	Delaney	650,000
Edward	Guergis	620,000
Devon	Morgan	600,000

18th: David Bonneau – $2,300
17th: David Brillon – $2,300
16th: Anita Halfpenny – $2,300

Play went on for quite a while at 19 players left. There were a few all-ins, but those who were called were won by the shortest stack. It was Alexander Matveev (title picture) who finally bit the dust, after surviving at least 2 all-ins himself. Remaining players are now sure to make at least $2,300.

Here is the new seating arrangement, with 18 players left:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Jason	Mandanici-Turcot	Table 66 - Seat 1
Sébastien	Proulx	Table 66 - Seat 2
Edward	Guergis	Table 66 - Seat 3
Jeremy	Galin	Table 66 - Seat 4
Michael	Malouin	Table 66 - Seat 5
Cristian	Muset	Table 66 - Seat 6
Trevor	Delaney	Table 66 - Seat 7
David	Brillon	Table 66 - Seat 8
Anita	Halfpenny	Table 66 - Seat 9
Steve	Toulch	Table 70 - Seat 1
Devon	Morgan	Table 70 - Seat 2
Alexandre	Henry	Table 70 - Seat 3
David	Bonneau	Table 70 - Seat 4
Sylvain	Lessard	Table 70 - Seat 5
Prosper	Azoulay	Table 70 - Seat 6
Noy	U	Table 70 - Seat 7
Daniel Joseph	Ross McCarthy	Table 70 - Seat 8
Mark	Fitzpatrick	Table 70 - Seat 9

30th: Michael Lawson – $1,100
29th: Jean-Claude Salame – $1,100
28th: Roger Lamia – $1,100
27th: Sasan Mehrabian – $1,300
26th: Benjamin Menache – $1,300
25th: Arthur W – $1,300
24th: Michel Pouliot – $1,600
23rd: Christophe Dissegna – $1,600
22nd: Aleksandar Copovic – $1,600
21st: Jared Henderson – $1,900
20th: Tina S.: $1,900
19th: Alexander Matveev: $1,900

The field in the $550 Deepstack is now down to 3 tables of 9 players each. Moments before the redraw, Alexandre Henry more than doubled his stack in a hand that could have been over a million chip. David Brillon opened the pot from mid-position to 18K, which was called by Cristian Muset. Alexandre Henry pushed his 104K stack to the middle, and after some deliberation, Brillon completed that bet, with over 500K behind. Muset, who had previously just called Brillon’s initial raise, went all-in, covering Brillon!

It took a while for Brillon to fold, but he found the strength to do it. He announced that he threw away Ace-King, and was pretty happy when he saw Muset’s . Henry went on to hit a set with his , to make the last 3 tables. A good fold by Brillon, who proved once again that he belongs!

Here is the seating chart of our 27 finalists, followed by some photos of the late field:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
David	Brillon	Table 62 - Seat 1
Christophe	Dissegna	Table 62 - Seat 2
Mark	Fitzpatrick	Table 62 - Seat 3
Michael	Malouin	Table 62 - Seat 4
Sylvain	Lessard	Table 62 - Seat 5
Arthur	W	Table 62 - Seat 6
Anita	Halfpenny	Table 62 - Seat 7
Tina	S	Table 62 - Seat 8
David	Bonneau	Table 62 - Seat 9
Steve	Toulch	Table 66 - Seat 1
Devon	Morgan	Table 66 - Seat 2
Benjamin	Menache	Table 66 - Seat 3
Jason	Mandanici-Turcot	Table 66 - Seat 4
Edward	Guergis	Table 66 - Seat 5
Alexander	Matveev	Table 66 - Seat 6
Alexandre	Henry	Table 66 - Seat 7
Aleksandar	Copovic	Table 66 - Seat 8
Michel	Pouliot	Table 66 - Seat 9
Sasan	Mehrabian	Table 70 - Seat 1
Jared	Henderson	Table 70 - Seat 2
Daniel Joseph	Ross McCarthy	Table 70 - Seat 3
Prosper	Azoulay	Table 70 - Seat 4
Noy	U	Table 70 - Seat 5
Sébastien	Proulx	Table 70 - Seat 6
Trevor	Delaney	Table 70 - Seat 7
Jeremy	Galin	Table 70 - Seat 8
Cristian	Muset	Table 70 - Seat 9

The recently passed eliminations were especially hard, as we were getting closer and closer to the money. Michael Korovine, who had recently built a stack, was one of those rough finishes, falling to Michael Malouin in a dramatic fashion.

Malouin limped in from an early position with , allowing for Michael to tag along at a cheap price with . The flop came , spelling action for our 2 protagonists. Bets escalated on that flop, until Korovine was all-in for an effective 135K. The dealer put the down on the turn, more than doubling Malouin’s outs. The sent Korovine to the rail, and Malouin could not contain a victory grunt.

Eliminations were quick to bring the field down to 30 players. Our official bubble boy is Yan Touchette, who committed his short stack with Ace-Queen, and had to walk away when Anita Halfpenny’s King-Jack hit a pair.

Players are now in the money. Congratulations!