- Big Stax XXII 500 Main Event 9:50 PM
- Level 30 (60000/120000/20000)
- Total Entries: 1445
- Players Left: 9
- Next Payout: $9,678
The players are on a 10-minute break which gives a chance to get the exact chip-counts. Shankar Pillai increases his chip-lead as Jason Paster lost some chips to the field. The play is extremely deep with the average stack just above 50 big blinds heading into Level 30.
| SHANKAR | PILLAI | 13,145,000 |
| JASON | PASTER | 8,495,000 |
| GREGORY | NERENBERG | 8,205,000 |
| SAMEER | BATRA | 7,075,000 |
| KYLE | MERRON | 6,150,000 |
| ALLYN | MARSHALL | 5,435,000 |
| DAVID | ZEMEL | 4,165,000 |
| CHRISTOPHER | MCNALLY | 2,985,000 |
| CHRISTOPHER | KUSHA | 2,130,000 |
