Amherst, NY's Peter Alba has found a spot among the leaders now, mostly thanks to the generosity of local rounder Jerry Calvaneso.
"It's pretty simple, I had the nuts and he went all in," explained Alba.
To be more specific, Calvaneso rivered a straight and ripped it right into Alba's ace-high flush in a massive pot that left Calvaneso crippled and vaulted Alba up the counts.
Coming off an eighth-place finish at the 2015 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam a few months back, local standout Jeffery Hobrecker has players talking to themselves today.
First he got three streets of value out of pocket aces to push up among the leaders, then he found middle pair and a a call when one opponent shoved a five-high flush draw to take the lead outright.
"Never bluff the guy who never folds," Hobrecker's opponent admonished himself as he headed to the cage to re-enter.
Cheektowaga, NY's Alex Visbisky is rolling right now, having cracked pocket aces with a turned two pair early before turning a flush against three aces moments ago.
He's now sitting on close to three times a 15,000 starting stack and feeling comfortable.
Niagara Falls, NY local Rich Cadwallader chopped the $60 nightly heads-up here at the Niagara Falls Poker Room last night, planning to parlay part of his winnings into a bullet or two here in Event #1.
So far it looks like he may need just the one, finding a full double up already when he flopped trip fives and rivered a boat.
Toronto, Canada's Jason Terminesi has a day off work and made the short trip to across the Rainbow Bridge to come and play Event #1 here at the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic.
So far he's enjoying the atmosphere on this side of the border, a few Canadian whiskeys and . So much so he's turned that particular hand into a straight, a full house, a couple other pots and the early lead on 63,000 in chips.
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. So much so he's turned that particular hand into a straight, a full house, a couple other pots and the early lead on 63,000 in chips.