The first break is here, and through 4 levels of play the 224 player field has been nearly cut in half. With 118 players remaining, we are but 10 eliminations from being in the money – and some players are taking advantage of this strategic point in the tournament to chip up their stacks.
Given the antes are up to 1K, the T500 chips have just been removed from play. We have also began to see some T25,000 chips enter play – these are the light blue chips.
Leading the way into level 19 is Lee Chanwoo, who is sitting on a hair above 500,000. Below is a list of the top stacks in play as we near the bubble.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Lee | Chanwoo | 503,000 |
| Jean Allan | Christine | 469,000 |
| Gianfranco | Giordano | 445,000 |
| Michael | Malm | 437,000 |
| Andrew | Boujaoude | 434,000 |
| Presten | Cloutier | 434,000 |
| Stephen | Nahm | 407,000 |
| Ramnik | Singh | 381,000 |
| Isaac | Buswell | 366,000 |
| Julian | Villanova | 362,000 |
| Sandro | Grande | 341,000 |
| Daniel | Le | 337,000 |
| Pierre-Luc | Gaudreau | 336,000 |
| Gaurav | Arora | 332,000 |
| Jordan | Saccucci | 328,000 |
| Arnold | Yaxley | 319,000 |
| Alain | Toledano | 318,000 |
| Endrit | Geci | 314,000 |
| Patrick | Boisvert | 313,000 |
| James | Cooke | 301,000 |
| Jason | Conforti | 293,000 |
| Colin | Scheckman | 284,000 |
| Marco | Caza | 272,000 |
| Peter | Zelmer | 269,000 |
| Jay | Strinivasan | 264,000 |
| Todor | Petkov | 262,000 |
| Santiago | Plante | 262,000 |
| Steven | Collin | 245,000 |
Photographs from level 18:
