Niagara Falls Poker Room regular Art Demmerley flopped a straight, and when his heads-up opponent turned three nines with a straight draw, she was willing to call his all-in shove.
The straight held and heading into the second break of the day, Demmerley has pushed up close to 50,000, making him a contender to bag big in this flight as play moves deep into the second half of the day.
Alicia LaPorte Pachla has it up to 60,000 now, she busted one shorty calling in a four-way limped pot with the .
Shorty shoved a straight draw on the flop and she was the only caller, having hit a five. The five held, and so did pocket kings in another pot to give her a stack here in Level 8.
With registration and re-entry closed, this third of six 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $100 No-Limit Hold'em flights drew 63 players.
That brings the total entries up to 213, now halfway through the six flights. In order to meet the $50,000 guarantee, the event needs to draw a total of 625 entries.
With three more flights, tonight at 6 p.m. and tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., they'll need to draw another 412 entries to get there — An average of 137 per flight.
The night flights are expected to be big draws, so the Niagara Falls Poker Room is still a favorite to get there.
Mark Roberts did not win the trophy in this photo, but he did just take down a massive three-way all-in pot to jump into a spot at the top of the counts with 25 players left in this Day 1c flight.
The hand started with a Roberts early-position raise to 1,800. The cutoff called and John Stempien made it 6,100 on the button. The small blind pushed all in for 12,000 and Roberts piled it in for 31,000 behind him. The cutoff called all in for his 27,000, Stempien folded and the cards were flipped on their backs:
Small Blind:
Roberts:
Cutoff:
The small blind was a favorite with Roberts and the cutoff on pretty much the same hand. It wasn't the same hand though, and Roberts four flushed on the river with his to scoop following the run out.
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run out.
