- Big Stax XXV 500 Main Event 6:15 PM
- Level 30 (60000/120000/20000)
- Total Entries: 874
- Players Remaining: 5
The players agreed to a one hour dinner break with play resuming at 7 PM. Play will resume midway through Level 30. Justin Dodds took a significant hit over the first half of the round leaving John Lee with a commanding chip-lead. Here are the counts:
| JOHN | LEE | 12,835,000 |
| JOHN | MALCZAN | 6,370,000 |
| JOSEPH | CAPPADONA | 6,025,000 |
| JOHN | MARTIN | 5,960,000 |
| JUSTIN | DODDS | 3,770,000 |
All players name start with J. Someone will either have quads Jacks OR someone will lose a flopped set of JJJ in the remaining time of the tournament
So good at predicting. John Martin lost the tournment flopping trips as predicted earlier.