Level 31 has begun with blinds of 35,000/70,000 and an ante of 8,750, and "Stonniepokes" has taken the chip lead after winning a three-bet pot against Chris “rumpthumper” White that saw both players put 510,000 into the middle preflop before checking down a dangerous runout. When the two players reached showdown, "Stonniepokes" showed for nothing more than a pair, but it proved to be good and they took down the pot to overtake the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stonniepokes	3,760,388 1,121,250	1,121,250
Chris “rumpthumper” White	2,171,312 -633,500	-633,500