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Ari Engel is climbing the leaderboard with reckless abandon.
He just snapped off one shorter stack with 
over 
all in preflop and is now up close to 500,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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490,000 | 80,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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550,000 | 165,000 |
|
420,000 | 20,000 |
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410,000 | 130,000 |
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390,000 | 115,000 |
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340,000 | -20,000 |
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270,000 | 215,600 |
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230,000 | 30,000 |
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190,000 | -75,000 |
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170,000 | -90,000 |
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160,000 | -60,000 |
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150,000 | 15,300 |
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100,000 | -60,000 |
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90,000 | -140,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
The players are off on a 15-minute break with Level 14 over and done with.
Rene Bourbeau is developing a bit of a reputation as a mad French Canadian as he climbs the chip counts.
Diana Shamshoum led for 7,500 into a 
board three-handed moments ago and Bourbeau fired back with a massive raise to 95,000.
The third player folded and when Shamshoum asked Borbeau why he bet so much, he muttered back a myriad of reasons in french.
"What did he say?" Shamshoum asked the dealer.
"95,000," the dealer replied, cutting straight to the point.
Shamshoum eventually folded and Borbeau showed the 
, continuing his french diatribe for whoever was listening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000 | 20,000 |
Mike Leah came into the day with the chip lead and sent more than half his stack over to Nicholas Palma in the early going.
The other half is now gone as the red-hot Canadian shipped it in with a flush draw against Kevin Singh's pocket aces.
Singh called, Leah whiffed and as he hit the rail, Singh sailed up the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000 | 125,000 |
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Busted |
Nicholas Palma is the first player past the 400,000-chip mark and into the lead now.
He flopped top pair with a decent kicker holding 
. Then he turned two pair, and when it was all said and done, he got a whole whack of chips from Kevin Singh having his 
outkicked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | 50,000 |
The following players have busted out:
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Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
WSOP bracelet winner Jason Duval, a former finalist in this event, is imploding right now.
Coming into the day with a contending stack he's now near the bottom of the counts after doubling up another shorter stack when his 
was well behind this opponent's 
on an 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | -65,000 |
