Being a bubble is never fun, but someone has to be in that spot. Today it was Alexander Bain’s turn.
After declaring that the play would proceed in the hand-per-hand format, the tournament director paused the clock and instructed the dealers to follow the usual procedure. This would allow the players an even chance to advance into the money positions, regardless of the pace at each table. But in the last hand prior to the actual onset of this modified style of play, a few back to back eliminations made this procedure unnecessary and Alexander Bain was seen exiting the tournament hall in 95th place, thus leaving the remaining 94 players in the money.
A few seconds after the bubble broke, a break was announced, which allowed us to obtain the first leaderboard of the day. Pascal Fournier has inflated his stack to a point where he is not only the chip leader, but alone in the 500K+ club. With 579,000 chips in front of him and the average stack hovering at 220K, the young player is definitely in good shape.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Pascal | Fournier | 579,000 |
| Alexandre | Joly | 486,000 |
| Vivo | L | 444,000 |
| Brian | Tock | 429,000 |
| Rodrique | Gagnon | 428,000 |
| Louis | Ouellet | 422,000 |
| Dominic | Tossings | 401,000 |
| Kenny | Mcguire | 397,000 |
| Levon | D | 388,000 |
| Michel | Gariepy | 365,000 |
| Peter | Liakopoulos | 352,000 |
| Steve | Pouliot | 351,000 |
| Ali | Keshavarz | 350,000 |
Pascal Fournier – chip leader after 17 levels – 579,000 chips
Here are a few photos of the players, from levels 16 and 17.
