With four levels of play left, the players took a short break and we hit the felts.

One thing was noticed right away; there seems to be a certain equity between the tables in terms of chips.  Most of the chip leaders stand alone on their respective tables and seem to be guarding their chips with a fierce determination.

Day 1B top runner Steve Pouliot is a freight train pulling out all the stops.  Even five minutes into the break he was still seen stacking his chips after his latest victory.  From Terrebonne Quebec, Pouliot can be seen sporting the bracelet he won last year during the WPT National Canadian Spring Championship $135+$15 NLHE Re-entry tournament, where he pocketed his largest win by finishing first and earning over $32,000.  The friendly player was more than eager to let us snap his picture, a clear sign for any player that he is the chip leader when they come back from a break.  Right now he is sitting on a comfortable lead with almost a million chips (954,000).  His closest rivals are Fadi Haddad (828,000) and Yannick Harvey (764,000).  Naveen Thorati, Louis Ouellet, and Steven Tran complete the leaderboard after 20 levels.

The players are back and play has just resumed.

Steve Pouliot, chip leader – 954,000