Kristan Mackiewicz just knocked out two players and now finds herself atop the chip counts.
This included John Stempien, who got it in on the first hand of his second bullet after flopping top pair tens with the . Mackiewicz held jacks and they held.
A few hands later she made top pair tens with the and got it in against a straight draw that failed to materialize.
A notorious single-geared chip collector with a habit of blowing big stacks late in events here at Seneca, Bruce Pace appears to be at it again.
He made it 700 preflop and got the call from John Stempien behind him before the big blind shoved short for 125 more. Pace tried to raise, but was quickly told he couldn't before he and Stempien called.
The flop fell and Pace led for 2,000 on the side. Stempein stuck around and the turn came the . This time Pace bet 3,000, but the sticky Stempien would not fold. The river came the and Pace fired again, this time for 5,000.
Stempien called, but joined the big blind in mucking when Pace showed the .
After getting the lion's share of a three-handed chop in the special Veterans Day tournament here at the Niagara Falls Poker Room a couple days ago, Kristan Mackiewicz comes into the second flight of Event #1 rolled for the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic.
She's also running pretty hot and has it up close to 45,000 already here in Level 5.
Batavia, NY's Brian Bordinaro has jumped into a spot at the top of the counts now.
First he turned a boat to crack at least one made flush and knock two players out, then he made a set of aces against top two to give another player a bad beat story on his way out the door.
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. Mackiewicz held jacks and they held.
and Pace led for 2,000 on the side. Stempein stuck around and the turn came the 
. This time Pace bet 3,000, but the sticky Stempien would not fold. The river came the 
and Pace fired again, this time for 5,000.
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