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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
|
50,000 |
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
|
125,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
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
|
20,000 |
The players are off on a 15-minute break with Level 14 over and done with.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
||
|
|
420,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
410,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
390,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
340,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
270,000
215,600
|
215,600 |
|
230,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
190,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
170,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
160,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
150,000
15,300
|
15,300 |
|
||
|
100,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
90,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
||
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Shaan Siddiqui had worked his way up to 85,000 on Day 1b when disaster struck late.
He got it in with top two against bottom set and the set held, knocking him down to a mere 8,000 in chips.
Que the comeback! Siddiqui got it in with sixes against big slick and held, then kept spinning it up until he was over and above 85,000 again.
The Montreal local then bagged a decent stack and came into the day with a lot of hope. Now he finds himself among the chip leaders after making the nut straight against one shorter stack with the bottom end this level.
He's up to 300,000 and and counting as the wild ride continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Angelo Cusinato, who made quads an unbelievable four times on Day 1a to build a contending stack, is not faring quite as well today.
Moments ago he ran 
into 
preflop losing a classic cooler after a 
run out.
Cusinato is now down to 50,000 and wondering where his heater went.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
