The players have just taken their first break of the night, during which the tournament staff raced off the no-longer-needed T500 chips. The field is now down to 131 players, bringing us near the money-bubble.
Leading the field is Simon Bissonnette-du-Cap, who along with Nicholas Belanger are the two only players currently above the 500K mark. Below is a list of the top stacks entering level 19:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Simon | Bissonnette-du-Cap | 531,000 |
| Nicholas | Belanger | 524,000 |
| Martin | Demondehare | 498,000 |
| Tony | Stratopoulos | 488,000 |
| Simon | Pin-Disle | 485,000 |
| Carole-Anne | Fullum | 451,000 |
| Keren | Kats | 395,000 |
| Patrick | Trinh | 394,000 |
| Rene-Philippe | Noel | 370,000 |
| Jocelyn | Poirier | 370,000 |
| Emmanuel | Dufresne | 370,000 |
| Christopher | King | 360,000 |
| Larry | Hamel | 348,000 |
| Patrice | Primeau | 346,000 |
| Yan | Nadeau | 327,000 |
| Jason | Conforti | 319,000 |
| Christopher | Kokozaki | 315,000 |
| Guy | Lebrun | 308,000 |
| Abraham | Jungreis | 296,000 |
| Daniel | Campbell | 295,000 |
| Nicolas | Miron | 292,000 |
| Chris | Alonzo | 289,000 |
| Hatem | Battikh | 287,000 |
| Robert | Pambianchi | 283,000 |
| Jason | Barnoff | 278,000 |
| Martin | Dyotte | 264,000 |
Photographs of some of the big stacks in level 18:
