Last year’s Black Hawk Main Event champ Eric Maier built up a good stack for majority of the day but took a massive hit that saw him get his last 33,000 into the middle and Jon McCray looked him up from the button.
Eric Maier: ![10c](/images/pokercards/10c.gif)
![9h](/images/pokercards/9h.gif)
Jon McCray: ![8c](/images/pokercards/8c.gif)
![8d](/images/pokercards/8d.gif)
Maier found himself racing for his tournament life and he took the lead to keep his back-to-back hopes alive after the ![6d](/images/pokercards/6d.gif)
![5h](/images/pokercards/5h.gif)
![6s](/images/pokercards/6s.gif)
![9s](/images/pokercards/9s.gif)
board ran out.
Jon McCray - 331,000
Eric Maier - 70,000