Sal Guercio just sat down and already has twice the starting stack and counting.
This thanks to a two-hand flurry where he relieved 2014 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event champ Rick Block of all his chips.
Guercio had the same hand both time: .
First he outflopped Block's , then he called Block when he shoved , finding a queen on the river to send him back to Alden, NY — A bustling metropolis that Block told PokerNews has a bowling alley, and not one, but two exits off the New York State Thruway.
Scott Treutlein has chipped up steadily throughout the day and now finds himself pushing close to three times what he started with.
"I've just been running good," he told PokerNews.
The run good including getting all of one players chips winning a flip with over and being able to push a few players around with some liberal three-betting.
With one limper in front of him, late registrant John Stempien called with pocket fives. The player on the button made it 1,200 and when the limper called, so did Stempien.
The all spade flop contained the and when the preflop limper open shoved, Stempien made the call. The button folded and the limper turned over the .
Stempien faded two queens and a lot of spades on the turn and river to collect a full double up.
To make its $50,000 guarantee, this $100 buy-in event needs to draw a total of 625 entries through its six starting flights.
The first two flights drew a total of 150 Monday, and with the board reading just 44 entries so far today, attendance will need to pick up if the guarantee is to be met.
Players can still jump in this flight, or re-enter, up until the start of the ninth level. Plus, with three more starting flights set for later today and tomorrow, the smart money is still on the prize pool exceeding the guarantee.
However, some big crowds ready to fire had better show up soon if the Niagara Falls Poker Room wants to continue its impeccable track record of crushing its guarantees.
No early double for Seneca Niagara tournament regular Alicia LaPorte Pachla today, but she still has twice the starting stack.
This stack was put together piece by piece thanks to a ton of great flops. She's flopped two-pair, a straight, and top two, winning decent pots every time, and will head into the break feeling confident.
Same goes for Warren Hart, who has 31,000 already.
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and when the preflop limper open shoved, Stempien made the call. The button folded and the limper turned over the 
