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:
Jon McCray:

Maier found himself racing for his tournament life and he took the lead to keep his back-to-back hopes alive after the board ran out.

Jon McCray - 331,000
Eric Maier - 70,000