Kiwi poker player Daryl Hussey holds the chip lead over the remaining 66 players at the Sky City Waitangi Deepstack Main Event at Auckland casino.
105 poker players put up $1,500 to enter the event which has generated a prizepool of $136,000.
After the completion of Day 1c today, Hussey holds 136,000 in chips where the average for the remaining 66 players is 40,000.
The Main Event champion will take home around $41,000 in prizemoney and the top 11 players will all make at least $2,700.
Play will resume in the Main Event for the final day at 12.30pm tomorrow.