The tournament clock now reads 403 entrants and looks to surpass last year's total of 406 very soon with two one-hour levels of play still left in the registration period. The largest field size for this tournament was in its inaugural year, 2014, when it got 409 runners, and it looks as if this year could break that mark as well.
Level: 7
Limit Flop / Draw: 200/400
Stud Games: 100-ante, 100 bring-in, 400 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 100/200/200-big blind ante/ 300-ante
Players are on their third 15-minute break of the day.
Pot Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
A player raised from under the gun to 400 and was called by Cory Chaput in the hijack. Each player drew one card and Chaput's opponent checked. Chaput bet 700 and his opponent called, leading to the second draw of one and pat. Chaput's opponent again check-called a bet of 1,000. The final draw went one and pat and both players checked to showdown.
Cory Chaput: 
Opponent: 
Chaput's eight was good to take down the pot as his opponent failed to improve on the final draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,500 | -1,500 |
The tournament clock now reads 384 entrants as play has filled up the Amazon Purple section and has overflowed into one full row of the Orange section. Here are some chip counts from around the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | 23,000 |
|
35,800 | 35,800 |
|
27,100 | 9,500 |
|
22,700 | 5,900 |
|
22,100 | 18,300 |
|
19,200 | -4,925 |
|
18,400 | 18,400 |
|
17,800 | 6,800 |
|
16,500 | 1,200 |
|
15,600 | 2,700 |
|
14,675 | -4,125 |
|
13,200 | 1,200 |
|
12,600 | -650 |
|
12,500 | -1,000 |
|
11,200 | 11,200 |
|
11,200 | -300 |
|
11,000 | 1,000 |
|
10,200 | -2,600 |
|
9,200 | 5,950 |
|
9,000 | 6,450 |
|
8,800 | 8,800 |
|
7,400 | 7,400 |
|
5,650 | -5,750 |
|
5,625 | -3,475 |
|
5,600 | -875 |
Badacey
With each player having invested 2,500 in the pot, James Obst drew two cards from the big blind and Ashton Berner stood pat behind him on the button. Obst checked to Berner, who made a continuation-bet that Obst called.
Second draws went one and pat and Obst led out post-draw. Berner raised and Obst made the call, leading to the final draw where both players stood pat. On the final street, Obst check-called one final bet from Berner, bringing the hand to showdown.
Berner tabled 
for a six-low and six-dugi and scooped the pot upon Obst mucking his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,200 | 22,200 |
|
|
11,500 | -500 |
Level: 6
Limit Flop / Draw: 150/300
Stud Games: 75-ante, 100 bring-in, 300 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 75/150/150-big blind ante/ 225-ante
Danny Noam was just seen taking down a small pot in baducey at Table 465, adding to his massive stack of 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
Pot Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Shaun Deeb raised from the hijack to 250 and was called by John Monnette in the cutoff and Greg Raymer in the small blind. Raymer drew two and Deeb and Monnette drew three. Action checked to Monnette, who bet 700 and received two calls.
Second draws went one, two, one and action again checked to Monnette, who put out a bet of 1,500. Raymer made the call and Deeb folded, taking the two heads up to the final draw. Raymer took one and Monnette stood pat behind him.
On the end, Raymer checked and Monnette fired again, this time for 2,600. Raymer thought for a while and flung in enough chips for a call. Monnette tabled and Raymer told him that he had a nice hand as he sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,250 | 13,250 |
|
|
11,400 | 3,600 |
|
4,900 | -7,100 |
A-5 Triple Draw
Matthew Smith opened the action with a raise from the button and was called by a player in the small blind. The small blind drew one and Smith drew three.
After the draw, the small blind bet and Smith called. Both players drew one on the second draw and checked through to the final draw, which went pat and one.
After standing pat, the small blind checked and Smith put in a bet. The small blind thought for close to a minute before relinquishing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,800 | 12,800 |
