- Big Stax XXII 500 Main Event 1:50 PM
- Level 26 (25000/50000/5000)
- Total Entries: 1445
- Players Left: 30
- Average Stack: 1,926,000
- Next Payout: $3,157
90-minutes in and so far six players have been eliminated. No one has become a clear chip-leader yet as the field stays very compact. Jason Paster and Shankar Pillai had the best start to Day 3 vaulting themselves to the top of the leader-board.
| FIRST | LAST NAME | CHIP COUNT | 1st Break |
| JASON | PASTER | 1,585,000 | 3,250,000 |
| SHANKAR | PILLAI | 1,475,000 | 3,235,000 |
| ALLYN | MARSHALL | 2,025,000 | 3,000,000 |
| JEFFREY | WICKER | 2,025,000 | 2,925,000 |
| RUSLAN | ARSTANALIYEV | 2,635,000 | 2,900,000 |
| SCHUYLER | TWADDLE | 2,030,000 | 2,870,000 |
| CHRISTOPHER | MCNALLY | 3,635,000 | 2,835,000 |
| JOSE | GARCIA | 1,575,000 | 2,450,000 |
| DAVID | ZEMEL | 3,500,000 | 2,440,000 |
| FRIMAN | VILLALONA | 1,165,000 | 2,400,000 |
| KENNETH | HUYNH | 1,450,000 | 2,220,000 |
| KYLE | MERRON | 3,480,000 | 2,145,000 |
| GREGORY | NERENBERG | 1,755,000 | 2,065,000 |
| MIKE | MAZURKIEWICZ | 2,305,000 | 1,975,000 |
| JONAS | WEXLER | 2,695,000 | 1,910,000 |
| SARDOR | GAZIEV | 1,000,000 | 1,685,000 |
| SHAOTONG | CHANG | 670,000 | 1,570,000 |
| CARLOS | ALVARADO | 1,690,000 | 1,540,000 |
| CHRISTOPHER | KUSHA | 1,690,000 | 1,500,000 |
| YEHUDA | BALIN | 650,000 | 1,400,000 |
| VIRAL | MEHTA | 2,335,000 | 1,355,000 |
| JOSIP | RICOV | 1,195,000 | 1,355,000 |
| ABRAHAM | FARONI | 2,735,000 | 1,250,000 |
| JONATHAN | PRANSKY | 1,265,000 | 1,250,000 |
| SAMEER | BATRA | 2,065,000 | 1,200,000 |
| JAMES | LABRIE | 1,110,000 | 900,000 |
| HECTOR | PEDRAZA | 750,000 | 850,000 |
| GENE | RAMAN | 680,000 | 770,000 |
| VLADIMIR | PECK | 660,000 | 550,000 |
