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Tom Guindon had barely finished bemoaning his bad luck after getting his flush cracked by Dennis Durante's rivered full house when the two got it all in again.
This time is was Guindon on 
and Durante holding 
all in preflop. Guindon got all his chips back, busting Durante after a 
run out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The players are off on a 15-minute break as the tournament staff colors up and removes the 25 denomination chips.
Alex Rivera just became the first player past the 100,000-chip mark here after a massive three way all in hand where he felted two players.
Rivera held 
verses 
and 
, getting it all on a flop with two hearts and making the best of it despite missing the flush when the river brought a 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
A perpetually short stacked Alicia LaPorte Pachla has finally found some breathing room here.
She doubled up with kings, then called one shorter stack's shove on a 
flop with just 
. He held 
and bottom pair made two on the turn, holding through the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Kenmore, NY's David Whyte was the unfortunate soul to have his kings cracked by John Stempien earlier today, but he hasn't let that get in the way of building a big stack.
He's since found a full house and a big flush on the way to a spot among the contenders as this flight crosses the halfway mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,300
55,300
|
55,300 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
John Stempien's loose image appears to be paying huge dividends here as he just became the massive chip leader in a series of two hands.
First he made made top pair with and got one player to stack off with . Then, he got one player with middle pair and another with bottom pair to give him their stacks after he flopped the top pair again, holding 
.
No one has had this many chips this early in any of the three previous starting flights for this event and it will be interesting to see if Stempien will hang on to the stack or spew the chips off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
