Players are now back from break. With only 6 eliminations to go before min-cash is awarded, they are now undertaking the task of making the money.

David Brillon, after doubling up just before the break, is currently leading the pack. He is followed by Tina S, who was our chip leader at the start of Day 2.

Please see below our top 15 stacks:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
David	Brillon	443,000
Tina	S	413,000
Christian	Muset	397,000
Mark	Fitzpatrick	370,000
Sébastien	Proulx	356,000
Trevor	Delaney	326,000
Roger	Lamia	311,000
Jared	Henderson	304,000
Gaétan	Laperrière	303,000
Paul	Hamamji	298,000
David	Bonneau	254,000
Michel	Pouliot	234,000
Jason	Mandanici-Turcot	234,000
Daniel Joseph	Ross McCarthy	215,000
Devon	Morgan	208,000

We can across a hand that made Paul Hamamji a small fortune. He open-raised to 11K from an early position. That bet was called by Roger Lamia, and then re-raised to 35K by Maxime Laberge. Hamamji went on to place a 4-bet to 80K. When Lamia went out of the way, Laberge went all-in, and was quickly called by Hamamji, for an effective 165K.

Paul Hamamji:
Maxime Laberge:

Board:

Paul Hamamji successfully dodged Maxime Laberge’s 7 outs to shoot to the top of the leaderboard. He is now definitely top 3 with about 350K, possibly our chip leader. Maxime Laberge was left with just a few chips, and lost them a few hands later when his fell to Christophe Dissegna’s .

We are now 7 eliminations away from the money. Stay tuned!

Photographs from level 17:

Pirre-Luc Gaudreau, after an unfortunate turn of events, was left with 1,500 in chips, or half a big blind at the first level of the day. He then went on a tear, and now sits on about 85K! We will keep an eye on this one, for it might become one of those sweet chip-and-a-chair stories.

Meanwhile, Gianfranco Giordano pushed his stack forward after Sébastien Proulx got involved from the under-the-gun position. They were all-in pre-flop, and went to the board:

Gianfranco Giordano:
Sébastien Proulx:

Board:

Ouch! Proulx took out his opponent after hitting the reversed out to complete a straight!

Day 2 will soon move into level 16 (2nd level of the Day). As a reminder, levels in Day 2 are 40-minute long, allowing more time to our players, further reducing the luck factor. The field is already reduced to 59 players, having lost most of its short stacks.

Photographs from level 15:

This afternoon, we focus on Day 2 of the $550 Deepstack Event. 70 players merited a seat into today’s continuation. We will keep an eye on Roger Lamia, Tina S, Jean-Claude Salame and Luc Raymond, who all have over 200K to start the day with. The minimal prize is $1,100 (double the buy-in), and a very cool $42,500 is up top for the winner. Out of the 70 players that will play today, 30 will get paid. These 30 players will also enjoy a decent overlay, a very cool added value on their equity.

The last of our qualifiers are currently being directed to their respective seats, and play will begin very shortly. We will be publishing updates all day. Good luck all!

A total of 70 players have qualified for Day 2 in the $550 Deepstack tournament, and play will get underway on Sunday at 1:00pm with the players in the following seats. Also included are player-reported chip counts for the entire field.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Chip Count | Tapis
Dave	Jeanneau-Cyr	Table 61 - Seat 1	83,000
Donghai	Lu	Table 61 - Seat 2	130,000
Joel	Giguere	Table 61 - Seat 3	78,500
Steve	Toulch	Table 61 - Seat 4	42,000
Aleksandar	Copovic	Table 61 - Seat 5	79,500
Jason	Mandanici-Turcot	Table 61 - Seat 6	158,000
David	Brillon	Table 61 - Seat 7	30,000
Jared	Henderson	Table 61 - Seat 8	187,000
Jason	Fernandes	Table 61 - Seat 9	181,000
David	Bonneau	Table 62 - Seat 1	161,000
Stephane	Blouin-Verroeulst	Table 62 - Seat 2	19,000
Noy	U	Table 62 - Seat 3	46,500
Benoit	Lord	Table 62 - Seat 4	125,000
Andrew	Molotchko	Table 62 - Seat 5	54,500
Edward	Guergis	Table 62 - Seat 6	170,000
Danick	Landriault	Table 62 - Seat 7	92,000
Gianfranco	Giordano	Table 62 - Seat 8	95,000
Sebastien	Proulx	Table 62 - Seat 9	166,500
Devon	Morgan	Table 64 - Seat 1	180,000
Cristian	Muset	Table 64 - Seat 2	117,500
Jean Luc	Joseph	Table 64 - Seat 3	71,500
Ian	O'Shaugnessy	Table 64 - Seat 5	49,000
Maxime	Laberge	Table 64 - Seat 6	132,000
Sean	B	Table 64 - Seat 7	103,500
Sylvain	Lessard	Table 64 - Seat 8	127,500
Diana	Shamshoum	Table 64 - Seat 9	108,000
Michael	Bach	Table 65 - Seat 1	63,000
Roger	Lamia	Table 65 - Seat 2	259,000
Andrew	Boujaoude	Table 65 - Seat 3	64,000
Anita	Halfpenny	Table 65 - Seat 4	77,500
Alain	Neveu	Table 65 - Seat 5	117,000
Christophe	Dissegna	Table 65 - Seat 6	123,500
Paul	Hamamji	Table 65 - Seat 7	96,500
Steve	Horic	Table 65 - Seat 8	94,000
Lorne	Wechsler	Table 65 - Seat 9	46,500
Igor	Gamayunov	Table 66 - Seat 1	25,000
Arthur	W	Table 66 - Seat 2	116,500
Patrick	Boisvert	Table 66 - Seat 3	67,000
Charlie	Simard-Duguay	Table 66 - Seat 4	58,500
Luc	Raymond	Table 66 - Seat 5	212,000
Gil	Charles	Table 66 - Seat 6	50,500
Michael	Malouin	Table 66 - Seat 7	113,500
Mark	Fitzpatrick	Table 66 - Seat 8	122,500
Jeremy	Galin	Table 66 - Seat 9	157,000
Philippe	Plouffe	Table 68 - Seat 1	75,500
Joseph Dwayne	Shaw	Table 68 - Seat 2	83,000
Michel	Pouliot	Table 68 - Seat 3	139,500
Benjamin	Menache	Table 68 - Seat 4	51,500
Tina	S	Table 68 - Seat 5	256,000
Trevor	Delaney	Table 68 - Seat 6	155,000
Michael	Korovine	Table 68 - Seat 7	73,000
Isham	Yamani	Table 68 - Seat 8	43,000
Pierre	Gauthier	Table 68 - Seat 9	90,500
Prosper	Azoulay	Table 69 - Seat 1	35,500
Yan	Touchette	Table 69 - Seat 2	99,000
Daniel Joseph Ross	McCarthy	Table 69 - Seat 3	82,500
Charles-Alexandre	Bergeron	Table 69 - Seat 4	76,000
Tomas	Larivee Magni	Table 69 - Seat 5	65,500
John	Portelance	Table 69 - Seat 6	29,500
Ruben	Perceval	Table 69 - Seat 7	123,500
Jean-Claude	Salame	Table 69 - Seat 8	216,000
Pierre-Luc	Gaudreau	Table 69 - Seat 9	48,000
Michael	Lawson	Table 70 - Seat 1	134,500
Gaetan	Laperriere	Table 70 - Seat 2	156,000
Marc	Leroux	Table 70 - Seat 3	92,500
Alessandro	Fiorani	Table 70 - Seat 4	146,000
Alexander	Matveev	Table 70 - Seat 6	138,000
Victor	Artemenko	Table 70 - Seat 7	37,000
Sasan	Mehrabian	Table 70 - Seat 8	88,500
Alexandre	Henry	Table 70 - Seat 9	93,000