- Big Stax 300 Main Event
- Level 7 (300/600/100)
- Day 1D Entries: 474
- Total Entries: 1509

Norman Rodriguez takes the chip-lead after six levels of play with 157k. He has $91k in live earnings with his last cash coming in the February Big Stax 300. It was a fairly deep run as well, finishing in 38th for $1,878. That was his 4th cash of 2017 and has been knocking on the door of a final table by finishing 14th and 16th in two events at the Borgata Winter Poker Open. Perhaps this weekend will be his time to breakthrough and add another big score to his resume.
Right on his heels are:
- Omar Taveras 154,000
- Russell Rothstein 150,000
- John Worthington 137,000
- Lloyd Breuer 130,000
- Bryant Postell 130,000