Mathieu Aymerich came from the online Day 1 as the biggest qualified stack. After taking a beat against Marcel André Péroval, he was left with almost nothing. He did double those up with an ace high after dodging an unbelievable amount of outs, but fell to Alex Barbosa, who called his 250K button all-in from the big blind.
Aymerich: 
Barbosa: 
Board: 
Marcel André Péroval followed him. His 450K went in with 
, but he couldn’t pull the upset against Joël Giguère’s 
Aymerich cashed $1,440, and Péroval got $1,740. Next pay jump is at 12 players.
