'Poker Queen' Maria Parlatore has joined the six-figure stack club heading into the second break of the day.
The biggest hand she played saw her flop Broadway and check-call two big bets before getting a river lead paid off.
She also busted a short stacked Brian Bowen, getting it in with sixes versus kings preflop and spiking a six.
According to Parlatore, other highlights have also included a number of favorable river cards on her way to 100,000. Plus, she made a set of aces and faded a flush draw in what appears to be a never ending string of good fortune right now.
The Buffalo, NY Deals On Wheels Tire salesman is running hotter than a Buffalo chicken wing without the ranch dipping sauce.
Even when he gets it in bad, he comes out of it squeaky clean. Kings versus aces all in pre? No problem for Privatera, who quietly spiked a king and added another victim's name to a growing list of those kneecapped by his luck.
He's on 95,000 now and among the leaders heading into Level 6.
Former Calvin Klein underwear model and Upstate New York police officer Greg Ostrander has it all. Almost.
He's got a World Series of Poker Bracelet from back in 2012, compromising photos of any number of famous poker pros on his phone, and a slowly building chip stack here in the 2017 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event.
What he doesn't have is the $100 he bet he would make the final table of the 2016 Western New York Poker Challenge, getting 100:1 when he was short stacked with 25 players left.
He finished 15th, but at 100:1, it was a sweat, and Ostrander says he enjoyed it almost as much as the event itself. Maybe more.
Ostrander will be looking for more action as the tournament moves forward, but remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - And on Greg Ostrander's phone.
There's already 156 entries on the board in what's shaping up to be a big day inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room.
The second starting flight for last year's Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event drew a record-breaking 291 entries and they're setting that kind of pace again today.
The unique $600 buy-in for this event creates what's close to a two-for-one special. Seneca Niagara Main Events generally come with a $1,000 buy-in, but not Summer Slam. As a result, players can fire two bullets for only $200 more than it usually costs for one.
And fire they will. Reentry is available until the start of Level 11 and there's little doubt that fact will help push the number of entries, and the prizepool, up through the roof as the flight moves forward.
Chris 'Jersey' Meyers and Todd Saffron just registered and were sat down at the same table.
Saffron opened the first pot and got two callers, including Meyers. Meyers led the flop and Saffron raised. Meyers three bet and Saffron said let's play for stacks.
Meyers obliged with the set and Saffron's tens needed runners or the two outer. Neither came and it's Meyers joining the leaders heading into the first break of the day while Saffron heads to the cage to reenter.
In the meantime, Kristan Mackiewicz hit a set of fives and filled up against rivered trips for heaps. She's over 70,000 and will return from the break with the chip lead.
Alan Findlay is all smiles to start the day and has the early chip lead.
He flopped a pair of queens holding the on an board. Then he went runner-runner for the flush. He led the river after making his hand and his heads-up opponent shipped it in with the . Findlay snapped him off.
He also managed to get Art Demmerley to lay down a set of aces on a board with three clubs. Findlay showed the to do a little advertising, and with Demmerley vowing revenge, Findlay moved to the top of the Level 3 counts.
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flop and Saffron raised. Meyers three bet and Saffron said let's play for stacks.
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board. Then he went runner-runner for the flush. He led the river after making his hand and his heads-up opponent shipped it in with the 
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