The players took a short break, which allowed us to survey the field for stacks. Jean-Philippe Binet is the current chip leader with 292,500 chips. Peter Liakopoulos, James Cooke and Marc Lavergne are right behind, and the only other players above 200K.

With only four tables left, the players are settling back into their seats, hoping to get their hands on more bounty chips.

The clock has been paused to reset the tables for 9-handed play, as well as to introduce the shot clocks.