It is in a calm room that Rami Hammoud doubled up against Aaron Roy Parsons. He chose to shove his 150K stack from a late position, and Parsons, knowing the rather large range of possible hands, called with a small pair:
Rami Hammoud: 
Aaron Roy Parsons: 
Board: 
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There are 5 active tables left, and our players will go on break in a few moments. Stay tuned for the top counts!
When a raise to 27K was placed, Daune Fernandez, 2 hands after making a great play to isolate an all-in stack with a weak pair, went all-in for about 275K. Little did he know, Michael Rea had been dealt the ultimate pair in the small blind.
Daune Fernandez 
Michael Rea: 
Board: 
Fernandez walked away in 44th place, good for $750.
On table 49, Shawn Spiegel, who was leading the event a few levels ago, was taken out. Michael Braden is still digesting his chips, hidden behing a 1.2M stack, which sure looks like the actual chips lead.
After just 2 hands of hand-for-hand play, the bubble has burst. There were a few uncalled all-ins and at least one confrontation before Chris Arvanitis walked on the bubble, eliminated by Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois.
Paul Thomas Scott shoved his less-than-100K stack with 
, but no one called. Then, Rong Xu and Frédéric Gagné, on a nearby table, got it on with aces against aces, and that pot was unsurprisingly chopped. Finally, Arvanitis and Boulanger-Vaugeois got to table their hands:
Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois: 
Chris Arvanitis:
Board: 
Without an ace or a king on the board, players were now in the money. A minimum of $500 will be earned by all remaining players, with $37,500 reserved for the winner.
Two players have managed to bring their stack to over half a million in chips: Shawn Spiegel and Joël Giguère. We prepared a top ten during the player break, and those players are listed below:
| First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Shawn | Spiegel | 574,000 |
| Joël | Giguère | 571,000 |
| Tony | Lei | 523,000 |
| Michael | Braden | 418,000 |
| Daune | Fernandez | 393,000 |
| Kevin Christopher | Truelove | 378,000 |
| Aaron | Roy Parsons | 376,000 |
| Frédéric | Gagné | 369,000 |
| Anthony | Khoury | 341,000 |
| Steve | Carrière | 312,000 |
Level 4 is almost over in Day 2 of the Frenzy. Players will have a break soon, after which the money bubble will be on us.
Photographs from levels 3-4:
We are now pushing towards the end of level 2, and already 22 players left us. The most notable departures are André Boyer and Nick Nickoletopoulos.
Donald Abdelhay has lost a few feathers, but is still very healthy with over 300K, while Louis-Charles Levros’ stack has observed status quo.
There will be 2 more levels of poker before the first break, at which point we will bring you an update on the top of the leaderboard.
Some level 1 photographs:
