Ruben Perceval started the day on the upswing – and starting from the lead, that’s a pretty good situation to be in – but as play has continued he has had some rough patches to the point that he was among the smaller stacks at the table, playing under 6M in chips. On the other hand, David Bertrand has been relatively inactive through the first 3 levels of the day, a situation that just changed in the last portion of the last level.
In a recent hand they found themselves in a middle position raising war – that quickly found it’s way to a called all-in. Ruben was in jeopardy but flipped the 
to establish the lead preflop against David Bertrand’s 
– a lead he kept through the 
run-out. Ruben vaulted into 2nd place overall with around 12M in chips.