Allen Kessler is tearing things up in the Pavilion Room and sits with 20,500 chips. The man known as "Chainsaw" is sharing a three-handed table with Galen Hall.

Also in the White section, former WSOP Main Event champion Greg Merson is in a great position to progress to the next round as he has turned his 4,500 starting stack into 13,500, while David "Bakes" Baker is armed with 16,000 betting tokens.