The players took their last break of the evening and we once again went in search for the leaders.

Francis Larose and Micheal Khan are in the lead, and the only players with more than 200,000 chips. Making his third appearance in as many leaderboards, Nghi Van Tran is close behind. Tran has been consistently among the leaders all night. Bringing up the rear are Dave Dupont-Rivard and Sarvesh Pershad.

There are a little more than two levels left before the bags come out. The action is steady and constant, with the bigger stacks putting a lot of pressure on the smaller stacks, forcing them to commit a lot of chips to the pot in order to see flops. Each decision counts and players need to weigh carefully the pros and cons between getting chips to move on, and gambling precarious positions that put them at risk of heading to the rail. Only time will tell…