Bienvenue to Benveniste
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Suddenly challenging the top stacks is Bruno Benveniste, who just now looked to be stacking the remainder of the empty seat next to him into his already very comfortable chip pillar. Seeing as he's an uneven and impressively tall stacker, it was one of those instances where it's easier just to ask a player to confirm his chip leader status directly. I asked if he had 150k, and he replied modestly and accurately, "A little less, maybe 145k," which was still enough to seriously challenge the end of day Big Stack Top Spot.
Elsewhere the player who's kept that title for the majority of the day, Guillaume Darcourt, is still in good shape, but has lost a number of small pots taking his stack well below the top ten. Most recently, he found himself fourbet preflop by neighbour Valentin Messina (to the tune of 10,300), and made the call, only to quickly pass when Messina bet out 11k on the 
flop.