Troy Quenneville is vying for a title from the Caribbean Poker Party Main Event and is working really hard to accomplish this at this year’s edition of the event after a second-place finish last year. Day 2 of the tournament was completed last night and the Canadian poker pro finished as the chip leader and with a big lead over his fellow competitors. He will lead the 222 remaining survivors into Day 3 of action, which is set for today.

The tournament attracted a total of 1,061 entries, or a considerable improvement from last year when just 323 entries registered for the Main Event. Here it is also important to note that this year’s edition of the event features a $5,300 buy-in fee, in comparison to the $4,560 one from last year. As it can be suggested, the prize pool also increased. This year, the tournament featured a guaranteed prize pool of $5 million, which was actually exceeded due to the great interest.

The top 111 finishers will leave with a payout, min-cashes beginning from $10,000. The bubble is likely to burst today, when the remaining competitors will return to the host venue, Meliá Caribe Tropical.

Aside from Quenneville, there will be a number of notables who have made it so far into the tournament, with some of those being Mike Sexton, who was recently appointed as Chairman of the partypoker brand, 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson, Spanish poker star Adrian Mateos, Johnny Lodden, and partypoker brand ambassador Joao Simao.