Players have taken their 2nd break, which allowed us to update the top of the leaderboard. Yan Nadeau is currently in the lead, but a handful of players are really close. Here is the list:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Yan	Nadeau	123,400
Christian	Barrett	121,800
Christopher	Tavares	118,400
Anderson	Frank-Graham	110,200
Kevin	Scheen	93,200

Moments before the break, we caught the hand that propelled Frank-Graham among the leaders. He knocked out 2 birds with one pre-flop stone:

Anderson Frank-Graham:
André Bilodeau:
Jean-Philippe Lehoux:

Board:

Yanis Hamrani raised, and David Sorgente 3-bet. Both players flopped a top pair, which created some heavy action that eventually led to Sorgente being fully invested. His kicker held, and he finally broke off of the field’s average to zoom to over 55K.

David Sorgente:
Yanis Hamrani:

Board:

Sorgente is a force to reckon with, and with these newly acquired chips, his table mates are in for a rough ride.

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Chris Arvanitis managed to double his short stack with a hand that his big blind position allowed him to play. When we got to the table, he had check-raised Alberto Scuderi all-in. When hands were tabled, Scuderi found that he was drawing dead.

Chris Arvanitis:
Alberto Scuderi:

Board:

Arvanitis now works with about 24K, not too far from the average.

The first break and the registration period are now behind us. Out of the 165 players who took part in Day 1C of the Event, 133 still have chips. Kevork Bijian is currently in the lead with 87,400 chips. He is followed by Linda Huard, who counts 68,300 chips. Here is the top 5, along with some of heir photos:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Kevork	Bijian	87,400
Linda	Huard	68,300
Nicolas	Majdalani	66,700
Ryan	Parsons	63,500
Ryan	Jensen	59,400

Rodney Ramalho, who was under-the-gun in that hand, check-called a 3.5K bet on the flop, bringing the pot to about 13K. When he checked again on the turn, Linda Huard checked back, and the river saw the same lack of action. Huard’s confidence was withered by the shower of hearts on the run out, which greatly favored Ramalho, who had flopped a seemingly strong top pair.

Rodney Ramalho:
Linda Huard:

Board:

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Yannick Colpron and Igor Firman were involved in pot that brought Colpron to invest all his chips.

On the turn, Firman placed a bet of 2,700 chips. That bet was min-raised by Colpron to 5,400, and the all-in followed. Colpron called instantly, having made his hand on that street.

Yannick Colpron:
Igor Firman:

Board:

When the irrelevant river was revealed, the chips were pushed to Colpron, who now has about 24K to his name. Firman was left with about 5K.

We are now up to 150 entries. There is another 45 minutes to the registration period, and enough seats for everyone, so come and join the fun!

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