Yan Nadeau was already leading the field in The Wild $150 before finding himself on the winning end of a massive 3-way all-in.

Josef Ares opened the action from under the gun, and found calls from Samuel Guillen in the small blind, and Yan in the big blind. Samuel open-shoved first to act on a flop for 237K, and Yan quickly made the call. Josef went into the tank for a few minutes, and inevitably announced the call, leaving himself with only a few thousand behind. When the turn brought the , Yan moved all-in and Josef made the call – and all three players tabled their hands.

Samuel showed for two-pairs, Yan tabled for top-pair and a flush draw, while Josef held for top-pair. The dealer rung out a on the river, rivering a flush for Yan and sending his two opponents to the rail. He climbed to over 1.6 million chips with that hand, putting him in the driver seat late in Day 2.

While this was happening, Daniel Le was involved in a huge pot himself on another table, as he was all-in and holding on a flop. He was up against two players, one with  and the other with . The turn and river brought no change in the hand, and Daniel scooped the 7-figure pot to put him in second in chips.

Here are the top counts in play during this last break of Day 2. Players have 4 more levels to complete before bagging and tagging onto Day 3.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Yan	Nadeau	1,614,000
Daniel	Le	1,060,00
Karim	Idrissi	824,000
Nimer	Ltaif	816,000
Daniel	Campbell	636,000
Manon	Dallaire	628,000
Karen	Kats	622,000
Robert	Muzzatti	614,000
Carl	Charbonneau	546,000
Arnold	Yaxley	546,000
Franco	Casarcia	542,000
Jason	Conforti	529,000
Patrick	Trinh	500,000

A few recent eliminations have brought The Wild $150 into the money, as 117 players remain at their seats with chips in hand, and a cash prize locked in.

We missed the eliminated hand, however we know it is Naghibollah Noori who just missed securing a cash prize, ending his run in 118th place.

Karen Kats brought the tournament into hand-for-hand play as she made a huge call versus former big-stack Abraham Jungreis, who started the day 3rd in chips. We caught up to the action on the turn, where Karen was looking down at a board with already over 100K in the pot. She checked first to act, and was met with an over-bet all-in from her opponent. She asked for a count, and the dealer cut out Abraham’s stack of 152K, forcing her into the tank. She weighed out her options, and after some deliberation she finally made the call for around half of her remaining stack. Abraham tabled for ace-high, and Karen showed down for third pair and a gutshot. The river was a blank, and Karen scooped the massive pot, sending her opponent to the rail while bringing her chip count up to 645K – good for the current tournament chip lead.

Congratulations to the players in the money!

Photographs from levels 19-20:

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: