David Bonneau knocked out Maurice Cyr just a few moments before the fifth, 15 minute break of the event. Maurice, who was the short stack at the table, was being clobbered by the blinds, and force to go all in.

During the pause in the action, when we counted the chips, Robert Turcotte was the clear and dominant front-runner. With more than 4,000,000 of the 5,450,000 in his possession, he is clearly the favorite to hoist the trophy once play resumes.

Robert Turcotte, the big stack following the last break, just knocked out Eric Portelance. Robert called Eric, the low stack at the table, after he pushed all of his chips into the pot. But Robert’s pocket tens were more fire power than Eric could muster.

With 15 players left in the WCC Megastack Turbo Re-entry, the competitors began to play tight. With only 14 players destined to rake in a share of the $10,573, the two remaining tables began to play more conservatively.  It took more than an hour of hemming and hawing, but the strategy of waiting for a low stack to bust out eventually paid off.

When the blinds became too big for Daniel Leduc, Nizar T moved in for the kill. Forced to go in with a seven, six off-suit, Daniel was unable to beat Nizar’s ace, jack, and consequently was knocked off on the bubble.

Congratulations to all the remaining players for making it into the money!

The competitors have recently returned from their third 15 minute break of the day to start level 20. Before the action recommenced, we counted the chips, and it was revealed that Nabil Nahoul has raced to the front of the pack. His 493,000 chips place him solidly in the lead, nearly 50,000 chips ahead of the second biggest stack, David Bonneau. The next two closest competitors are more than 150,000 chips behind Nabil!

There are currently 24 players still in the hunt for a payout. But only 14 the competitors will make it into the money. Good luck to all the remaining 24.

As I was walking past table 56, Diego Aguilar appeared defeated. He was standing up, and ready to put on his jacket. He had gone all in with a .  But Charles Desharnais, who was holding pocket eights appeared to have Diego beat.

The  community cards, when I arrived, looked like this: . But when dealer flipped the river, , Charles Desharnais moaned. Diego hit a full-house, pumped his fist, and having more than doubled up his stack, gratefully returned to his seat.

My ears pricked up as soon as I approached table 59. Preflop, Nizar T asserted that he was raising all in. The player immediately to his left, Andreas K, called without hesitation. Naturally I couldn’t resist watching the action play out.

After everyone else at the table mucked their cards, Nizar and Andreas showed their hands. Nizar was holding pocket eights, . Andreas was also holding a pair, .

The dealer dealt the community cards .

Nizar doubled up his stack and now possesses a tad more than 200,000 chips. That is 75,000 chips more than the stack average.

The hand-winner joked with me as I proceeded to take his photo. “You should have waited till I went to the bathroom to fix up my hair!”