With the second break now in progress, we took this time to bring an update on the chip counts of the final 15 players, listed below.

The two short stacks on table 23 just collided, as Nick Nickoletopoulos and Marc Bourgeois both found their sub 10bb stacks in the center in a heads-up battle.

Nick:
Marc:

Nick came from behind and found a straight on the board, and with the slight chip advantage in the hand he eliminated his table mate in 16th place.

When play folded around to Brenda Blackburn’s small blind, she slid forward a raise to 70,000. Jean Crete, with only 108,000 chips in front of him in the big blind, announced his all-in. After some deliberation, Brenda realized she had no choice but to commit the extra chips, even with the weak hand she was holding.

Jean:
Brenda:

Brenda managed to catch just enough on the board to sent her opponent to the rail in 17th place, chipping her up to over 1 million in chips.

After Brenda Blackburn opened the action to 60,000 from the cutoff, Michael Monteleone 3bet his last 143,000 from the big blind and found a call.

Michael:
Brenda:

Board:

Michael failed to connect with the board, thus ending his run in 18th place for a payout of $575.

The PG100 is down to just 2 final tables, with 18 players still in the race for the $10,000 top prize. All players are now guaranteed $575, with the final 9 set to take home at least a 4 figure payday.

Carl Gagne-Lizotte is still the current chip leader with around 1,400,000. He had given away some of his chips since the last break, but managed to turn a flush to eliminate Pierre Lauze in a recent hand to propel him back atop the leaderboard.

The final table will be formed once the field reaches the 10 remaining players.

Final 2 Tables

Photographs from level 23:

After a wild first few levels of play, action has slowed down considerably as we near the final 2 tables of the tournament. The money jumps are starting to get interesting and some interesting payouts are just around the corner.

In a recent hand, Catalin-Aurel Niculescu opened to 50,000 from early position and decided to call off another 200,000 once Brenda Blackburn 3bet all-in from the big blind.

Catalin:
Brenda:

Brenda found a full double after as her Big Slick held for the win on a board, putting a solid dent into her opponents stack.