A heartwarming rail bird story was brought to us: Guy Gagné’s daughter, also a poker player, showed up in support of her dad. What more can a father ask for? Good luck Guy, make her proud!

Meanwhile, little movement has been observed in the last half hour, save a couple of double-ups. Short stacks are cautious, as prescribed by the upcoming pay jumps, and after suffering a bit of erosion, Nirvair Sandhu doubled to 3M against Bill Kontaratos’ empire. Nirvair’s ace held up nicely, avoiding kings and queens until the board was complete.

On the other table, William Blais’ stack was already dwindling down when Olivier Greer doubled his 1.4M on him, causing Blais to drop to half the average.