This is the final stop on the Circuit trail this season, and it certainly is shaping up to be a thrilling conclusion. The story of the day yesterday was, who else, Dwyte Pilgrim. Down to just 3,000 early in the day, Pilgrim would work his way up over the 100,000-chip mark within just a few levels. Fast forward to 11:30pm, and with just a half hour left in the day, Pilgrim was crippled down to just 9,400 in a massive confrontation with Shaun Deeb. Miraculously though, by the end of play, Pilgrim had taken over second place in the room, surpassing Deeb in the process.
Billy Kopp starts play with the chip lead, holding 271,000. The players are trickling into their seats and unbagging their chips. Play should be underway in just a few minutes.
, Matt Brady found himself all in holding a set of threes against his opponent's pocket eights.
and the river the 
to double Brady up to about 65,000 within the first few hands of action.
. The river was a meaningless 
and Walsh was able to earn the double up. He slapped hands with one of his friends and sat back down to collect his new chips. He has around 105,000 now.
. This time, the player in middle position led out with a bet of 13,000. Ratcliff lamented, "Oh, I let you get there," before splashing the call into the pot.
, only to see that he was behind his opponent's 
the whole way. After that misstep, Mike has slipped back to 48,000.
