- Big Stax XXII 1500 Main Event 4:35 PM
- Level 7 (300/600/100)
- Day 1B Entries: 200
- Total Entries: 371

Will “The Thrill” Failla has chipped up to ~210k within the first half of Level 7 and is temporarily in the lead. Failla is one of the many tournament crushers in the field today and has ~$5.4M in tournament earnings. He has been very busy in 2017 as well with 16 cashes including a big opportunity at the WSOP. Failla worked his way to 9th in the $1500 Monster Stack and earned $97,223 for first in the event that had over $1M up top. Failla will now look to post his first six-digit score of the year with a win this weekend in the Big Stax 1500.