Start-of-day chip leader Steven Tabb has been pretty active on his table in the second half of Level 16. He played three pots in a row in the last 10 minutes, and won two of them. A three-way hand (after the draw) saw Tabb bet 30,000, called by Jerry Wong but not third opponent Shaun Deeb. Tabb won this pot with .

The next hand was a Tabb raise-and-take-it.

The third was again against Wong, who called Tabb's initial raise to 9,000. Both players drew one but declined to bet; Tabb showed a king and Wong a jack.