The late registration and re-entry period has just closed on Day 1C, but there was time to collect 347 entries before play resumed in level nine. The huge turnout has put nearly seven million in chips in play, enough to ensure that there will be many big stacks advancing from this flight.
The current chip leader is Douglas James, who is sitting on a stack of more than 160 big blinds. He is closely followed by former chip leader Alan Hamza.
The Closer has effectively become a freezeout for the remainder of this flight so the play dynamics will likely shift away from the loose action of the early levels to a tighter tournament grind to the end of level 14.
Here are the current chip leaders:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas | James | 128,500 |
| Alan | Hamza | 125,000 |
| Pierre Olivier | Robinson | 116,000 |
| Jean Yves | Demers | 103,000 |
| Philippe | Laudy | 95,000 |
| David | Martin | 83,000 |
| Michel | Vigneault | 82,500 |
