- Big Stax 300 Main Event
- Level 9 (500/1000/100)
- Day 1D Entries: 571
- Total Entries: 1606

Russell Rothstein was on the early leader-board and has kept it going in the right direction. He is now sitting with ~180k and is one of the leaders with minutes to go before the long break.

Omar Taveras was also near the top early and is still doing fine a few levels later with ~160k. He has $79k in live cashes and had a really close call back in February in the Big Stax 500. Taveras took 11th in that event for $7,175 and took his good run to Borgata in March. He finished 2nd in a $400 100k Guaruntee for $23,786 putting him off to an excellent start in 2017. If Taveras continues to trend upwards, he will be a force going forward in the Big Stax 300.