There seems to be an quiet resolve settling down on the players. The late registration period has come to a close. There were a total of 122 entries logged for this flight, including 18 re-entries.

With over 120 million chips in play there are some pretty big stacks out there. Ernest Chevrette seems to be on a tide of good luck if his stack is anything to read from. With a pyramid of chips hovering between five and six million chips, it’s obvious he’s doing well. His loot was probably gathered through quite a few eliminations because the players at the table were jokingly reminding him that it was too bad this is not a bounty tournament!

After eight levels of play, Ernest Chevrette tops the leaderboard with 5,015,000 chips; he is the only player above five millions. The lone player in the four million category is John Gumbley who has managed to not only stay on the leaderboard, but to build up to second chip leader status. Xavier Goupil-Lapointe, Jonathon Scott Mclean and Malik Zeguelli complete the leaderboard as the only three players above the three million mark.

The players are streaming back to their tables, and play is just about to resume after the break.