The players have returned to their seats following their fourth break of the evening. The pace of the tournament slowed to a crawl prior to the break with more than two levels of hand for hand play.
The blinds crept up on the field, further reducing the number of blinds provided by an average stack to roughly 15. Jean-Francois M and Asa Asatoorian were the two players collecting the most chips prior to the hand-for-hand play and they are now at the top of the leaderboard.
Here are the largest stacks in play:
| First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Francois | M | 615,000 |
| Ara | Asatoorian | 345,000 |
| Richard | Sysko | 277,000 |
| Cedric | Quenneville-Renaud | 208,000 |