Low stack at table 84, Pierre-Anthony Langlois just risked it all.  From an early position Krzysztot Chmielowski raised 1,600, preflop. Joseph Lupoi, and the table’s big stack, Yuan Li, both called. Pierre-Anthony, who had just joked about a series of bad beats that had drastically reduced his chip count, raised to 7,500.

Krzysztot and Joseph both called, and Yuan folded. The flop came down . Krzysztot and Joseph checked and Pierre-Anthony pushed all of his remaining 9,500 chips into the pot. Krzysztot folded and Joseph called.

When the players turned over their cards, Pierre-Anthony showed . But when he saw Joseph’s , Pierre-Anthony moaned, “Oh-nh, he has an out.”

But the dealer flipped the on the turn and immediately revealed the river . Pierre-Anthony sighed, happy to see another hand.

Here is a quick recount of a hand just played at table 95 that was won by the big stack at the table, David Quang. Preflop, Xuan Liu raised to 1,200, and both David and James Elliot Husain called.

The flop came down , and Liu wagered 1,500. David and James called. When the dealer revealed the turn , all three players tapped the top of the table once again. David showed his . His pair of aces was superior to the results of Liu and James. Both of them shook their heads, and returned their hole cards to the dealer.

Players are just wrapping up their 15 minute break after level 6, and during a pause in the action, we walked around and assessed the leaders’ stack sizes. During the count it was determined that Stephane McGraw is out in front with 166,000 chips. His next closest competitor trails him by 60,000.

The halfway point of the WPTDeepStacks Day 1A is quickly approaching. There are still 89 entries in the stint and there is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes left until late registration closes. The next break is 15 minutes away.

Here are some pics of the players taken during today’s action.

The players just wrapped up a 15 minute break after the first 3 levels of the WPTDeepStacks Day 1A.  There are already some  80 entries and there is still 4 hours remaining until late registration closes.

During the pause in the action, a chip count revealed that Shang Dai has opened up a 30,000 chip lead over the next closest player.