A few quick eliminations in succession have brought Event 5 to 14 players remaining – the bubble! Play is now hand for hand on the two remaining tables.

Recent eliminations: Ben Menache, Shaun Bowring, Patrick Braga, Philip Richard Elliot.

There are 18 players remaining in Event 5 and during the break we got full chip counts for the players remaining in the tournament. Remember that the tournament pays 13 players, so effectively the tournament has reached the bubble phase of the event.

Table 62

1. Sammy Lafleur – 182K
2. Jean-Philippe Piquette – 129K
3. Patrick Braga – 138K
4. Dustin Melanson – 228K
5. Francois Goulet – 230K
6. Alexandre Fortin – 119K
7. Tommy Boily – 83K
8. Seat Empty
9. Ben Menache – 88K
10. Isham Yamani – 77K

Table 66

1. Olivier Racine – 92K
2. Gregory Katayama – 142K
3. Philip Richard Elliot – 71K
4. Mike Fraser – 167K
5. John Paul Tabago – 85K
6. Seat Empty
7. John Power – 182K
8. Shaun Bowring – 31K
9. Charles-Eric Benoit – 259K
10. Gagandeep Singh – 182K

Event 5 has just lost the the player in 21st place, so the tournament is now down to two tables. There will be a redraw at 10 players remaining (final table).

Since starting this post we have also lost the player in 20th place, Rube Goldberg, so the tournament is down to 19 players.

Here are the players remaining:

Table 62

1. Sammy Lafleur
2. Jean-Philippe Piquette
3. Patrick Braga
4. Dustin Melanson
5. Francois Goulet
6. Alexandre Fortin
7. Tommy Boily
8. Stephane Richer
9. Ben Menache
10. Isham Yamani

Table 66

1. Olivier Racine
2. Gregory Katayama
3. Philip Richard Elliot
4. Mike Fraser
5. John Paul Tabago
6. Seat Empty
7. John Power
8. Shaun Bowring
9. Charles-Eric Benoit
10. Gagandeep Singh

Here are the current top five stacks as level 13 begins.

1. Mike Fraser – 205K
2. Gagandeep Singh – 163K
3. John Power – 152K
4. Alexandre Fortin – 144K
5. Jean-Philippe Piquette – 134K

The players in Event 5 are taking their second break of the day while tournament staff removes the green T25 chips from play. There are 68 players remaining in the event on 7 tables, and three players have built up stacks that move them to the front of the pack.

1. Gagandeep Singh – 118K
2. Andrew Lalonde – 93K
3. Tommy Boily – 92K

The first leaderboard of the event is pretty short – just one player has managed to build up a stack that clearly puts him in the lead in the tournament. In addition there are several players in the 38K to 46K range, which will give these players a good platform to build as the tournament continues.

1. Julio Cacoilo – 73K

Players will be back from their first break of the day in just 2 minutes and at that time we’ll have an update of the final registration number and shortly thereafter we’ll publish the prize pool.

Players are joining Event 5 at an even faster rate than anticipated – since the last update, 30 more people have already jumped in, and level 2 in the tournament has just begun.

We’ll shoot a round of photos shortly, but there are some notable players in the field such as hockey legend Guy Carbonneau as well as local poker notables like Philippe Plouffe, Patrick Braga, and Marco Caza.