Two of the shorter stacks on this final table have just found key double-ups, and Sebastien Lepine and William Blais are proving to be hard to eliminate.
Sebastien bested 
with his pair of 
, as he ran a straight on the 
board to double his 1,675,000 stack.
Shortly after it was William Blais who doubled up with 
over the 
of Trevor Argue. William now has over 7,000,000 after the hand, bringing him back into contention.
Play remains 8-way with Trevor at the head of the pack.
Jason Harned was on the lower end of the leaderboard for a few levels now, but managed to meticulously navigate his way onto the final table of the WPT500. With just over 14 big blinds, he open-shoved from middle position and found a call from Thomas Hall in the cutoff.
Jason: 
Thomas: 
Thomas’ pair of queens prevailed on the 
board, and Jason was eliminated in 8th place.
8th place: Jason Harned – $25,000
The WPT500 is on a short break with 8 players remaining. Trevor Argue is still the biggest stack at this final table, now holding nearly 25,0000 in chips. Below are the full counts as play resumes in level 34:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Trevor | Argue | 24,975,000 |
| Thomas | Hall | 13,500,000 |
| Miguel | Goncalo | 10,350,000 |
| Said | El-Yousfi | 8,500,000 |
| Dave | Graham | 8,375,000 |
| Jason | Harned | 4,275,000 |
| William | Blais | 3,600,000 |
| Sebastien | Lepine | 2,475,000 |
Day 1B in the Main Event has now reached the halfway point. The players have just returned from 15 minute break and the action is once again underway. There have been more than 150 entries and 120 players remain. The average stack has just reached 50,000.
Here are some of the latest photos of the action.
Trevor Argue raised the blinds to 800,000 from the button, and Geoffrey Hum 3-bet all-in from the big blind with his remaining 7,000,000 stack. Trevor made the quick call, and players tabled their hands.
Trevor:
Geoffrey: 
Geoffrey was in dire shape, and with no help on the 
board, was eliminated from the WPT500 in 9th place.
9th place: Geoffrey Hum – $19,500
After four exciting levels of play, the same player remains at the top of the leaderboard, a place he has occupied since the first few minutes of the tournament (when he became the first player of the day to double up). Congratulations to Upeshka De Silva for maintaining throughout the day so far!
And don’t forget, registration remains open throughout the day so you can come and join the action at any point at the WPT Main Event Day 1B.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Upeshka | De Silva | 227,000 |
| Schahin | Ghiai | 137,600 |
| Kevin | Rivest | 107,500 |
| Faisal | Khan | 106,700 |
| Brent | Roberts | 104,700 |
