The late registration window has just closed and 63 players have returned to the floor. The 81 entries, including 21 re-entries, were able to almost double the $5,000 prize pool guarantee, bringing the new total to $9,894. Stay tuned for a prize pool announcement shortly.
Hicham Hammoud is the first chip leader of the night with a stack of 71,000, currently worth about 88 big blinds. Hammoud holds a comfortable lead but the race for second, third, and fourth is much tighter.
Here’s a look at the full leaderboard:
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Hicham | Hammoud | 71,000 |
| Rene | Morin | 56,000 |
| Serge | Roy | 54,000 |
| Shunn | Jacques | 53,000 |
