- Big Stax XXI 500 11:20 AM
- Level 16 (2500/5000/500)
- Total Entries: 954
- Average Stack: 201,000

The chip-leaders from the first two flights were both featured on the blog but Tony Tran flew under the radar for his Day 1C flight. He surged at the end to take the lead on Day 1C and land in 3rd place overall with 645.5k.
Tran has $287.5k in live earnings and has had an excellent start to the year. He took 2nd in an $1100 buy-in at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for $40,410. He also cashed two $3500 events and a $5k event out of his five total cashes on the year. Tran will start the day as a formidable threat to the field and chips to work with early.