Blake Napeirala made it 32,000 and Tom Mistretta and Steve Shaw came along from the blinds.
Mistretta checked the 
flop and Shaw bet 30,000. Only Napierala called. The 
turn saw Shaw bet another 30,000 and Napeirala raise to 80,000. Without much hesitation. Shaw called and the 
river was revealed. Shaw fired out 85,000 and Napierala let it go.
Level: 15
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Three-handed on a 
flop, Blake Napierala checked, Tom Mistretta led for 30,000 and Steve Shaw came over the top, making it 67,000.
Napierala check-raised, bumping it to 200,000 total and Mistretta mucked. Shaw talked to himself for a while before folding, showing the 
.
Jeff Hall bet 35,000 on the turn of a 
board, heads-up with Chris Meyers.
Meyers fired back, raising to 80,000 and Hall called. On the 
river, Hall checked and Meyers bet 225,000. Faced with a decision for his tournament life, Hall called, and mucked when Meyers turned over the 
.
After the hand, Meyers' stack bloated to over one-million chips and he continues to set the pace.
Level: 14
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Pat Tighe spread chips all around the table before getting short and shoving the 
. Rob Bourkney raised behind and Steve Shaw called on the button, creating a side pot.
Bourkney shoved the 
flop and Shaw tank-called with the , out front of Bourkney's 
. The 
turn and 
river changed nothing, Tighe hit the rail and Shaw doubled through.
The field is down to 30 players now with most of the list below finding a way out, including James Miller, who ran 
and his last 15 bigs into Jon Shah with two tens, failing to improve.
Level: 13
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Chris Meyers kept climbing back into contention and has now moved back into the lead.
The button opened to 19,000 and Meyers three-bet the small blind, making it 54,000. The big blind folded and the button shipped for 200,000. Meyers made the easy call with aces and held against to become both the first player past 600,000, and 700,000, at the same time.
Kurtis Boutelle opened with a raise and Joe Ciffa three-bet the button to 55,000. Boutelle four-bet shoved for 129,000 more and without the big tank, Ciffa called it off with the 
.
Boutelle had the and it held on the 
board to give him the double up.
Ciffa dusted the rest off a few hands later getting it in with two faces against an ace and failing to improve
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