A huge hand has led to the demise of chip leader Billy Hayes and rocketed John Purdy into the chip lead.

Hayes raised the small blind and was called by Purdy in the big blind.

On the flop, things got wild.

Hayes led for 95,000 and Purdy raised to 225,000. Hayes then moved all in for 700,000 effective and Purdy called, setting up the biggest pot of the tournament.

John Purdy:
Billy Hayes:

Hayes aggression with bottom pair had run into Purdy's middle pair and flush draw.

After the fell on the turn, Hayes was drawing dead.

Shortly after, Hayes would be eliminated when his ran into kings to end his day in shockingly early fashion.

John Purdy	1,600,000	1,600,000
Billy Hayes	0	0

28 - Charles Olson
29 - Billy Hayes
30 - Steven Witzke
31 - Steven Hibbs
32 - Adam Rodriguez (pictured)
33 - Joy Martinek
34 - David Edwards
35 - Eric Wilson
36 - Matthew Lemmel
37 - Kenneth Goff
38 - Nicholas Pacheco
39 - Frazier Tedford
40 - Justin Angelo
41 - Lawrence Campagno
42 - Paul Hair
43 - Rock Shepherd

Steven Witzke	0	-198,000
Steven Hibbs	0	-480,000
Adam Rodriguez	0	0
Joy Martinek	0	-260,000
David Edwards	0	-235,000
Eric Wilson	0	0
Matthew Lemmel	0	-100,000
Kenneth Goff	0	-302,000
Nicholas Pacheco	0	-272,000
Frazier Tedford	0	-235,000
Justin Angelo	0	0
Lawrence Campagno	0	0
Paul Hair	0	0
Rock Shepherd	0	0
Billy Hayes	0	-790,000
Charles Olson	0	-725,000
Matthew McGuire	0	0

Eric Wilson was all in from the big blind vs Antwan Tate and Miguel Medrano in early position.

On the flop, Tate bet 100,000 and Medrano folded.

Eric Wilson:
Antwan Tate:

The board completed , giving Tate the nut flush to take the pot and score the last in a string on rapid eliminations.

Miguel Medrano	450,000	40,000
Antwan Tate	410,000	43,000
Eric Wilson	0	-115,000

Bodies are flying out the door already with several short stacks busting, along with one of the larger stacks in a major clash that's seen Paul Chamberlain take the chip lead.

Chamberlain and Paul Hair exchanged raises in early position until Hair's 325,000 chips were in the middle with pocket kings versus Chamberlain's pocket aces.

The aces held and Chamberlain had won a massive battle of Pauls to quickly launch his stack toward a million.

Paul Chamberlain	910,000	375,000
Paul Hair	0	-325,000
Lawrence Campagno	0	-250,000
Rock Shepherd	0	-40,000
Justin Angelo	0	-50,000

Chip leader Billy Hayes headlines the feature table. Follow along with the action live right here beginning at 11:30 ET.

The sprint to the finish is underway as the final 43 players have taken their seats.

Two thrilling fast-paced opening days of action at the Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship have led to this.

An all-out sprint to the finish Monday, with $50,000 and Bar Poker Open glory to the winner.

Just 43 players remain from the 426 that began the weekend, with Billy Hayes of Loxahatchee, Florida leading the way with 790,000 chips.

Hayes may open the biggest bag when cards go back in the air at 11 a.m. ET, but his stack of 52 big blinds is far from secure given how shallow the collective stacks are.

There should be plenty of rapid carnage in the Palm Beach Kennel Club tournament room, as more than half the returning field has less than 20 big blinds, while 11 players come into play with ten or less.

This will make for a wild conclusion to the event with the champion truly earning their title by successfully navigating their way through the action to take home that hefty lion's share of the $122,688 prize pool.

Play resumes with 3:12 remaining in Level 18 at blinds of 10,000 / 15,000 with a 15,000 big blind ante, meaning those short stacks will be even shorter just a couple of minutes into the day.

Get ready for the excitement and stay with PokerNews for all the updates from West Palm Beach as the Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship reaches its thrilling conclusion.