Players have just returned from their first break of the day and while the players were away from the table we found that there are already a few players who have built up significant stacks.
- Mark Harding – 103K
- Domenico Scalamogna – 87K
- Bob Green – 71K
- Zennawi Petros – 71K
- Alan Wentz – 63K
Mark Harding built his stack primarily through a set-over-set-over-set hand he was involved in during level 2.
Mark held the 
while his opponents held 
(Marko) and 
(Sylvain Siebert).
The chips all got in the middle on the turn 
after a flop of 
, and the river didn’t deliver quads for either Marko or Sylvain, Marko was eliminated and Sylvain was severely crippled on the hand, while Mark stacked a huge pot.
