- Big Stax XXI 500 1:50 PM
- Level 25 (20000/40000/5000)
- Total Entries: 967
- Players Left: 23
- Next Payout: $2,894
McConachie makes the biggest move over the first level by picking up ~2.3M and taking a nice chip-lead over Pavel Krapivin. Here are the full counts:
| DAVID | MCCONACHIE | 2,095,000 | 4,300,000 |
| PAVEL | KRAPIVIN | 3105000 | 3,755,000 |
| DIVAKARAN | MARELLA | 630,000 | 2,880,000 |
| JOSIAS | DOSSANTOS | 2,175,000 | 2,600,000 |
| ROBERT | ELIAS | 1,365,000 | 2,220,000 |
| JASON | RITCHIE | 805,000 | 2,100,000 |
| DANIEL | SWEENEY | 865,000 | 2,045,000 |
| ALEXANDRE | MOREIRA | 1,045,000 | 1,935,000 |
| PAUL | SHAMILOV | 3,220,000 | 1,910,000 |
| BRYAN | HAYES | 1,955,000 | 1,700,000 |
| SUMEET | WAYACHAL | 1,660,000 | 1,600,000 |
| CHAD | ROSOW | 2,485,000 | 1,580,000 |
| DANIEL | POPKAVE | 1,560,000 | 1,355,000 |
| NICHOLAS | RICHEY | 1,420,000 | 1,300,000 |
| MICHAEL | GUZZARDI | 1,680,000 | 1,040,000 |
| SHAOTONG | CHANG | 765,000 | 935,000 |
| PHILLIP | P | 1,115,000 | 920,000 |
| SEAN | ROMAN | 1,205,000 | 810,000 |
| DAVID | OLSHAN | 1140000 | 795,000 |
| KENNY | LAY | 600,000 | 750,000 |
| THOMAS | REVELLO | 2,215,000 | 725,000 |
| CHRISTOPHER | LAIETA | 1,450,000 | 675,000 |
| DAVID | GRANDIERI | 1,475,000 | 540,000 |
