The stacks are growing and changing quickly and James Pursley appears to be the current chip leader, while some of the other players are taking their stacks on a roller coaster ride.
Peter Eichhardt was denied a double with 
against the 
of John Jenkins on a board of 
, before doubling up his short stack right after.
After three-way preflop action, Christopher Roth was left with not even a small bet and got it in on a 
flop. William Kopp was also all-in for slightly more and Victor Ramdin called to put both players at risk.
Christopher Roth: 
William Kopp: 
Victor Ramdin: 
"Jack!" yelled Roth as he stood up. His wish got granted as the dealer slapped the 
on the felt to improve Roth to a straight. The river was the and Roth took the main pot, while Kopp walked away with the side pot.
The hand after, Roth raised on the button, Julien Martini three-bet from the big blind and Roth called. Martini bet the 
flop and 
turn, which Roth called twice. Both players checked the on the river.
Martini showed 
for aces and tens and Roth yelled some explicit language before flinging 
in the muck.
Brian Haack raised and Todd Witteles called all in from the cutoff, Jermaine Reid called in the big blind. "This might be it for me," Wittles said and saw the flop come . Reid bet, Haack raised and Reid called.
The turn went check, check, and Reid bet the 
river, then called a raise by Haack.
Haack turned over 
, Witteles had the 
and Reid tabled 
. Reid claimed the high portion of the pot with the nut flush and Haack the low portion with the wheel, Witteles was sent to the rail.
Nível: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
The field has been whittled down to just 59 players and they have been sent into the final 15-minute break of the day. Two more levels will be played and the T-500 chips are raced off, as they are no longer required for the remainder of the tournament.
As the players near the final break of the day, here's an assortment of chip counts from the field.
Darek Raymona and Dan Matsuzuki departed within a few minutes apart from each other and they were followed by Jonathan Cohen and Dennis Tymchak. In the final hand of the level, Olaf Arneson also ran out of chips to reduce the field to the last 59 hopefuls.
Soon after he was left with crumbs in a big pot against Shaun Deeb, Benny Glaser defended his big blind against the cutoff raise by Rylen Sanehisa. Glaser bet the flop and then moved all in after the turn, Sanehisa called.
Benny Glaser: 
for a set of fives and a low draw
Rylen Sanehisa: 
for top pair, straight draw and nut low draw
"Low cards please," Sanehisa demanded and got his wish granted as the on the river improved Sanehisa to the wheel and sent the 2016 champion of this very event to the rail.
With the board reading , Benny Glaser bet, Shaun Deeb put in two bets on the button, and Glaser tanked for a while before calling. On the river, Glaser checked and this time, snap-called a bet from Deeb.
Deeb rolled over for the whole world and Glaser mucked with a grimace. The Brit was left with a mere 6,000.
In the next hand, Glaser chopped an all-in against Mike Leah, then raised the subsequent hand where he picked up the blinds.
"I will have 282,000 or gonna bust soon," Victor Ramdin announced in table chat before raising it up from the cutoff. Christopher Roth on he button made it three bets and Julien Martini in the big blind four-bet. "What is the limit?" Ramdin asked and verified that he could put in one more raise, which he did, and picked up two callers.
On the 
flop, Martini checked and Ramdin bet. Roth called all in for 5,000 and Martini called. The Frenchman then proceeded to check-call bets by Ramdin on the turn and river.
Martini showed for a flush and a low while Ramdin had 
for two pair and the nut low. "When they are done with the side pot, I have the nut flush," Roth said and waited for the chips to be sorted before claiming the main high pot with .
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