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The players are off on an extended 15-minute break with the tournament staff coloring up and removing the T-25 green chips.
When play resumes the final registration and re-entry period will officially close and the prize pool will be set.
Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters are back to talk about Joe McKeehen's dominating performance at the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table.
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Peter Raimondi told PokerNews that he's been taking a little break from poker and actually, outside of one home game with friends, hasn't played since this past August.
Raimondi says he believes time away from the game can be productive and a good way of making sure a player is focused when they return to the felt.
Back at it for the first time in three months, this off the felt strategy appears to be paying dividends for Raimondi as he looks razor sharp and has the lead heading into the day's second break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Two-time 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam titlist Joe Ciffa just did the dirty, cracking one opponent's aces on the way to building a contending stack deep into Level 8.
He flopped two pair with the 
and the money went in. Ciffa turned a boat for good measure and the aces never improved on the way out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Suddenly peaking is Buffalo, NY native Jason Moravec, who took most of Pat Tighe's big chips when he made tens full on the river against him.
No saying what the mucking Tighe had, except a lot less chips after the hand. He ran out of those almost as quickly and soon headed to the cage to reenter with Moravec taking his former spot among the leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 | |
|
15,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2015 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event final table participant John Grace has built himself up to a spot near the top of the counts this evening from a table in the back of the poker room.
The big hand that vaulted him up the counts involved him getting it in three ways with queens over tens over eights. By the grace of the poker gods, Grace held and is now pushing 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 |
In one oddball hand, James Miller put out 2,700 preflop and announced a 27,000-chip raise.
Since verbal is binding, he was forced to put out the 27,000. A few seats over, Alan Marie woke up with the 
and tank-shoved for some 4,000 more.
Miller shrugged and called with the 
.
The flop rolled out 
giving them both a pair. The turn came the 
giving Miller a club draw and finally, the river was the 
, giving them both a wheel and chopping the pot.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Otto, NY's Rob Gerstenzang made a huge hero call with 
on a 
board and was right, his all in opponent held a busted flush draw.
Add that to the hand where he made a set of fives and got paid off and he's got a contending stack right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000 |
