On the last hand before the most recent break, Jacques Pilon found a way to get maximum value with pocket rockets and leapfrog his way to the top of the leaderboard.

As the timer sounded to indicate the start of the break, there was a three-way, three-bet pot between brewing between Pilon, Hicham Hammoud and Danny Landry. Pilon, the first to act on the , decided to try to take it down then and there by moving all in for 68,100, more than double the pot. The overbet put Hammoud, the next to act, in a tough spot. After asking to see Landry’s stack and counting his own chips a few times, Hammoud, who had both players covered, decided to make the call. To his surprise, Landry quickly followed suit by calling off his stack, creating a three-way all in! Hands were tabled to reveal that Pilon was in the lead with his , comfortably ahead of Hammoud’s but threatened by Landry’s live draw with . The turn brought the , followed by the on the river. The aces stood and lifted Pilon to the top of the leaderboard.

The players have just returned from their second break of the day, and only 19 players remain in contention. Although Anish Sood held the chip lead for most of the last few levels, Jacques Pilon jumped to the top of the leaderboard thanks to a big, three-way pot on the last hand before the break.

Although things got off to a slow start this afternoon, players arrived steadily until the end of the late registration period. Thanks, in part, to the 16 re-entries, the prize pool was able to surpass today’s guarantee. The top eight finishers will cash this event, but everyone is eyeing the first-place prize of $1,741.

Here is the full prize list:

The tournament registration is now closed, but there was time for 63 entries to make their way into the field, enough to bring the prize pool well beyond its guarantee.

At the first break, several players were able to collect enough chips to put them ahead of the pack, but they all trail our current chip leader, Charles Audet.

Arriving at table 32, with blinds of 200/400, action folded to Rene Simoneau on the button who shoved his short stack of 2100. Jean-Pascal Gauthier smooth called in the sb and so did Rene Dorelien in the bb.

The flop came and action went check-check. The dealer turned the , Jean-Paul check-called a bet of 400.  The board paired on the river with the , and again Jean-Pascal checked and Pierre made what looked like a value bet, throwing in a small bet of 400. Jean-Pascal called and the hands were tabled: Jean-Pascal had smooth called the short stack shove holding and Rene mucked.

There are now 54 entries and 39 are still in the running.  Players still have plenty of time to join the action, late registration continues until 2:15pm so if you were thinking of some Wednesday afternoon poker, there are open seats waiting for you

With three levels of play complete in the 8-Max Re-entry, the action is heating up. The field has already drawn its first re-entry, thanks to a cooler in the second level when a flopped full house ran into quads. But the mood around the tables remains friendly and lively, as players continue to file in to the tournament hall and join the field. There is still over an hour left in the late registration and re-entry period, leaving plenty of time to get in on the action.

Here is a look at the field from the early levels: