Event 3: Chip Leader

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em

Jim Parascandola

As the field shrinks to 160 players, Jim Parascandola (Hoboken, NJ) has emerged as the chip leader after fading a flush draw to take his stack to 122k.

Parascandola puts his opponent, who is on a flush draw, all in for 60k. Parascandola's AK, for top pair, top kicker, holds as the turn and river brick.

Another big stack is Grace Sun (Merrick, NY), who has 87k.

Grace Sun