Well he is actually in 5th place. They had 2 guys finish above him on day 1b. One guy has 110,000 chips.
By the way, this year in Tunica, there was a DRASTIC decrease in the amount of players for all of the events. Last year was the most ever for events in Tunica. I was there last year, and in one of the tournaments, they had a 400 person waiting list. All players got into the tournament too.
Hard to believe that less than 300 players are playing in this event