After 12 levels of play, some players have managed to collect an impressive pile of bounties and quite a bit of chips. Réjean Grenier sits behind a wall of stacks, and his 251,000 chips are second only to Nikola Isaev, who’s working with 269,000.

Jonathan Bussières, who was a huge chip leader earlier, dropped down considerably after a big upset, but climbed back up the leaderboard after calling two all-in bets with . He was facing and , a dream showdown for his hand!

Here’s the top 5 at the break:

The Bounty Event, despite allocation a third of the buy-in money to bounties, present a very sexy prize pool. Almost $9K awaits the champion of this 178-player battlefield, with 4-figure amounts to the top 8 bounty hunters and prizes for 23 players!

Here is the breakdown:

The last couple of levels has seen many short stacks bite the dust, as wealthier players keep putting the pressure on them, hunting for their bounties. The tournament is now unfolding on 10 tables and at this point there is no knowing when the action will slow down.

Here are a few photographs from level 9:

Brendon Tennant was getting a little short on chips when he decided to roll the dice with Manfred. He was holding a very good hand considering the 6-Max action and his opponent’s volatility, because Manfred Gunther is not one to wait for a premium to make some moves!

Tennant:
Gunther: 

Board:

The river, true to its reputation, drowned the leading hand. Gunther is now that much better equipped to deal with Jonathan Bussières, who is building a scary stack on that table.

Gregory Ducharme has been doing well in this Power Weekend, and keeps impressing. He leads the 178-player field at the first break with 89K. Nick Frascarelli follows with 78K.

The prizes will be announced very soon, and they should be quite tasty.

We missed the exact action, but when we came to the table, 3 players were all-in and observing the overly relevant river that had just dropped.

Charles Laboissonnière:
Mike Fraser:
Hadi Ghattas:

Board:

Fraser won the main pot with a rivered straight. That same card gave Laboissonière a top pair, and poor Ghattas went from ahead on the turn – although facing a ton of outs against – to 3rd of 3 and losing both pots.