Spencer Jean-Baptiste had a rough ride these past few levels, and he committed the rest of his chips with a flopped 2-pair. Little did he know, Francis Fortin Chevalier had flopped better:

Spencer Jean-Baptiste:
Francis Fortin Chevalier:

Board:

Moments before Jean-Baptiste’s demise, on another table, Mitchael Ferguson was dodging a straight draw:

Mitchael Ferguson:
Sylvain Lacasse:

Board:

Both Fortin Chevalier and Ferguson now work with enough chips to make their way to qualification.

Three players were all-in, and a fourth was contemplating his odds. When he folded, the cards were opened:

Jason Conforti (45K):
Gianfranco Giordano (24K):
Jeff Longpré (55K):

Board:

Jeff Longpré finds his way to leaderboard with an hour left of play.

Level 12 photographs:

 

Three levels away from the end of the night, it is Jonathan Robinette who has the most chips. His ascent went unnoticed, but his stack speaks for itself. Here are the leaders at the last break:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Jonathan	Robinette	163,800
Guy	Lebrun	133,300
Lee	Chanwoo	129,800
Louis	Lam	128,600
Karim	Abdelhamid	121,100
Yu Chen	Chen	113,100

David Bonneau was down on his luck tonight, having missed several monster draws. In his last hand, he was all-in pre-flop with Lee Chanwoo:

David Bonneau:
Lee Chanwoo:

Board:

We missed the exact action, but Bonneau lost about 50K on that hand, and was covered by a few chip. Chanwoo chipped up to over 110K, almost twice the average.

When Éric Ranger shoved his 20K stack from an early position, the action was folded to Jason Conforti. He asked for a count, and made the call from the button. Heads-up, they went to showdown:

Éric Ranger:
Jason Conforti:

Board:

Ranger found a 4 on the flop to double up to over 40K, closing in on the average. Conforti is on his second tournament of the day, having bagged in this afternoon’s flight of the Crazy $80, and still has enough chips in this one to play a normal game.

Level 10 photographs:

Eight levels are behind us, and the race is extremely tight. Louis-Charles junior Levros is alone in the 6-figure club, but 3 players are within 5,000 chips of him. Here is the top 5 at the break:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Louis-Charles junior	Levros	100,700
Stéphane	Matteau	97,700
Tina	S	96,400
Bahram	Vakilian	95,600
Mike	Lafable	85,800

 

A few big stacks: