Event 1: Sykes-ing Them Out

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

 Michailidis (left) Looks Up 
While (r-l) Sykes & Edwards Wait

While players are on break, Table 6 works overtime in a huge pot.

We pick up the action with the board showing K♦ 4♠ 3♠ K♠ 6♣, 1.2 million in the pot and three players in the hand.

With 500k in his remaining stack, Said Michailidis (Montreal, Canada) checks as does Luke Edwards (Mansfield, OH) who has 660k left.  After going in the tank, Mark Sykes (Margate, NJ) moves all in for 500k and it creates a buzz.

A crowd gathers around the table as the hand goes well into the break.  Michailidis eventually tank-folds, while Edwards acts more quickly and shows the K♣ for trip Kings before folding.

Sykes lets out a big laugh as the railbirds beg him to show a bluff. He doesn't give up any information as he rakes the pot and is now the chip leader with 1.5 million.

Once everything settles down the 50 remaining players are back in action with an average stack of 692k (29 BB) and blinds at 12k/24k/3k ante.