With the players on a 45-minute dinner break, we did a full tour of the room and counted all the stacks of the 54 remaining players – listed in the table below.
Jean-Pascal Savard has taken over the chip-lead after eliminating Michel-Claude Baroud not long ago. Eric Afriat, who peaked at 650K, currently holds the second largest stack with 509K to his name.
The money-bubble is very near, as only 7 eliminations separate the field from securing a cash prize. Only 2 players fall below the 10 big blind mark – Marc Guerbilsky and Marc-Andre Ladouceur. 9 more players are below the 20 big blind mark, and are also going to feel the pressure of the bubble when they return.
Play will continue through 3 more 1-hour levels before the surviving players bag their chips onto Day 3, which takes place tomorrow at 12pm.
Photographs from level 16:
