Miguel Proulx raised to 65,000 from late position, and Tommy Le called from the big blind. The flop came 
, Le pushed the rest of his short stack in the middle, and Proulx called.
Le showed 
and was looking for help against Proulx's 
. The turn was the 
and river 
, and Proulx's set of fives was best.
Le is swiftly out in eighth, while Proulx improves to 835,000.
Michael Greco raised to 60,000 from the button and Stepaane Tayar made the call from the big blind.
The flop came 
and both players checked. Tayar bet 30,000 when the 
came on the turn and Greco called. Tayar then checked the 
on the river and Greco bet 155,000. Tayar mucked, dropping his stack to 480,000. Meanwhile, Greco is up to 673,000.
Miguel Proulx and L.J. Klein are our chip leaders at the moment. The pair are sitting side by side and between them have won the majority of the pots this level. They've mostly stayed out of each other's way, although just now we saw a hand in which they butted heads.
Proulx opened for 65,000 from UTG, and Klein was his only caller. The flop came 
, and Proulx continued with a bet of 120,000. Klein quickly called.
The turn brought the 
and a check from Proulx. Klein promptly pushed out 200,000, and Proulx folded.
Klein jumps back in front, moving to 1.15 million, while Proulx now has 780,000.
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 0
Here are the counts as we begin Level 26:
L.J. Klein -- 1,358,000
Miguel Proulx -- 735,000
Michael Greco -- 688,000
Stephane Tayar -- 450,000
Trevor Pope -- 404,000
Karl Gal -- 366,000
Joerg Engels -- 234,000
Joerg Engels, who has been nursing a short stack, raised to 135,000 in early position and Stephane Tayar called from the big blind.
When the flop came 
, Tayar bet out 296,000. Engels only had 100,000 remaining but opted to fold. Tayar is up to 605,000 while Engels only has four green 25,000 chips remaining.
Jorge Engels was down to just 100,000 -- in the form of four green 25,000 chips -- when the big blind (now 40,000) reached him. Stephane Tayar called from the button, and Trevor Pope called also from the small blind. Engels tossed his remaining chips into the middle, Tayar called the raise, then Pope pushed all in from the BB. Tayar got out, and the cards were tabled.
Pope 
Engels 
The board ran out 
, meaning Engels ended with a full house. He'd tripled to 300,000 on that one. Pope slips to 344,000. And Tayar has 310,000.
Miguel Proulx raised to 100,000 from the cutoff and was called by L.J. Klein from the button and Karl Gal from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Gal checked. Proulx bet 200,000 and Klein made the call. After Gal got out of the way, Proulx checked the on the turn and Klein bet 250,000.
Proulx raised all in, creating a pot over one million. Klein seemed frustrated and folded, leaving himself with 848,000. Meanwhile, Proulx is distancing himself as the chip leader with 1.6 million
Trevor Pope opened with a raise to 100,000 from under the gun, and it folded to new chip leader Miguel Proulx who reraised the pot. It folded back to Pope, and he committed his last 220,000 or so to make the call.
Pope had a nice starter -- -- and was looking for the community cards to cooperate versus Proulx's 
. But the board didn't work out for Pope, coming 
, and he's out.
Proulx adds to his already big stack, pushing out over 1.9 million.
A hand after Miguel Proulx eliminated Trevor Pope, Karl Gal moved all in for his last 200,000 after a preflop raise and was instantly called by Proulx.
Gal: 
Proulx:
Gal was ahead and actually improved to a flush when the flop came 
. Proulx had flopped two pair and was looking to hit a jack or queen. The on the turn was no help, but the on the river sent reactions of shock and awe through the rail.
Proulx, who has been on a roll, is up over two million while Gal was eliminated from the tournament in sixth place ($54,736).
