Play has concluded on Day 1D of the $250 Frenzy. Of the 136 players to enter this flight, 24 bagged chips and will be returning for day 2 on Monday. This flight was characterized by aggressive and fearless play; players took every opportunity to build their stacks throughout and the bust outs continued steadily all the way along.

Here are the qualifiers for Day 2:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Louis-Charles Junior	Levros	342,500
Nathan	Nowgesic	213,500
Vadim	Tsatskin	175,500
Todd	Pierce	164,000
William	Matheson	153,000
Steve	Carriere	147,500
Kevin	Javier	139,500
Yonathan	Moryoussef	126,000
Richard	Sysko	125,000
Gerson	Foisy	122,500
Philippe	Oligny-Lauzon	105,500
Tony	Lei	102,000
Anthony	Khoury	99,000
Michael	Lawson	96,000
Luc	Plamondon	80,500
Anthony	Lamanna	74,000
Philippe	Daze	71,000
Michelle	Reyes	70,500
Andrew	Forest	67,500
Eric	Ranger	66,000
Marcello	Simonetti	59,000
Chen	Chen	55,000
Rottanak	Ly	51,000
Joel	Moreau	45,500

We are now in the last level of play for Day 1D, and Louis Charles Junior Levros just took down a monster pot to eliminate two players. The action went crazy on a flop of with three players in the hand. Peter Cornick made a bet of 18,000 was raised to 63,100 when Prosper Azoulay moved all in. Levros, on the button, tanked for a moment before making the cold call. Cornick then came over the top and went all in; Levros snap called. Hands were tabled to reveal a cooler spot for Cornick and a dream spot for Levros.

Levros:

Cornick:

Azoulay:

The turn brought out the and the river was the . There were boats all around, but Levros wound up with all the chips.

Fearless play is on display here in the late levels of Day 1D.

With the blinds at 800/1,600, Dany Debs opened the betting from middle position, only to be raised by Gerson Foisy. Foisy, who had position on Debs made it 9,500 to go and Debs made the call. They saw a flop of , and Debs checked to the aggressor, Foisy, who continued with a bet of 9,500. Debs countered with a check-raise and went all in for 41,700. Foisy quickly made the call. When the hands were tabled, the surprise at the table was palpable; Debs showed and Foisy had – not the hands the other players were expecting to see! Foisy faded Debs’ gutshot straight draw and big slick stood when the turn brought the and the river was the .

 

As the field dwindles and the pressure mounts, Steve Carrière has established a clear chip lead over the rest of the field. We are now down to a third of the starting field, with 44 players left going in to level 12. Two hours of play remain in this start flight so there’s still lots of time for the chips to change hands.

Here are the current chip leaders:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Steve	Carrière	159,800
Philippe	Oligny-Lauzon	120,000
Richard	Sysko	112,100
Louis Charles	Junior Levros	99,000
Yonathan	Moryoussef	95,000
Kevin	Javier	92,500

The players are putting each other to the test as we get into the later levels of Day 1D. In round 11, with the blinds at 600/1,200, we saw Steve Carriere make a huge call to scoop a monster pot. Carriere, who made a deep run in Event #2, the Crazy $80, to finish seventh out of 262 entries, continued his courageous play when faced with a difficult river decision. We arrived at the table to see lots of chips in the pot and Carriere in the tank facing a river shove for over 42,000. The board was . Carriere, after scrutinizing his opponent for several minutes, finally pushed his chips forward. To Carriere’s relief, his opponent sheepishly muttered “nice call.” Carriere slammed down his hand to show as the other player mucked.

The action continues in level 11. Stay tuned for a leaderboard update in the next few minutes.

 

The second break of the evening has just finished, and the players are returning to the tables to grind it out for six more levels of play tonight. As we approached the break, play was becoming increasingly aggressive, a trend that will likely continue until the end of the night, as 72 of the original 136 players remain.

A clear chip leader, Jonathan English, emerged as he took down a huge pot against former big stack, Yonathan Moryoussef, on the last hand before the break.

Here are the current chip leaders:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Jonathan	English	142,000
Nathan	Nowgesic	103,500
Philippe	Oligny-Lauzon	85,400
Prosper	Azoulay	81,500
Nicolas	Miron	81,300