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Rochester, NY's Vicki Shrontz has jumped up to a spot at or near the top of the counts after a massive hand before her table broke.
She got it in and held with pocket tens versus 
and 
to scoop a huge pot and now has over 120,000 at the final three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Perennial Seneca Niagara contender Nicholas Goetz is at it again.
He flopped a set against a flush, turned a boat and got it in, and now has over 100,000 chips and a spot among the leaders heading into the late levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 |
Jimmy Thomson has moved firmly into the lead here after getting the best of a three-way pot with Nicholas Goetz and Eric Ylagam.
Thomson floated a raise from Ylagam and a re-raise from Goetz on a 
flop. Then shoved over a 16,200 bet from Ylagam on the 
turn to force two folds.
Thomson showed the 
despite not having to and is all alone at the top of the counts now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
The players are off on the final 10-minute break of the night and will return to play two more levels or down to 16 remaining, whichever comes first.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Jimmy Thomson made it 4,500 and two seats over, one opponent made it 12,000, leaving himself around 11,000 behind.
Eric Ylagam then cold four-bet shipped it for 52,600 total and after Thomson folded, the three-better called it off with 
.
Ylagam showed 
and held through an 
run out with Thomson claiming to have let pocket queens go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000
1,700
|
1,700 |
[Removed:339] had moved into the chip lead on over 200,000 when he got embroiled in a three-way pot with Paul McLean and a third player.
They checked a 
flop to him with about 16,000 in the middle already and [Removed:340] led for 7,500. Only McLean called and the turn came the 
. McLean check-called a 14,000-chip Elahge bet on this street and they moved on to the 
river.
McLean checked again, then called after a brief pause for thought when [Removed:340] bet 23,000.
"Queen-high," claimed [Removed:340], as McLean showed and took it down.
[Removed:340] is now in a dead heat with Jimmy Thomson for the lead and McLean is closely in tow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
150,000 |
Louis Ortiz has joined the log jam at the top of the chip counts, flopping top two and getting it in against Darryl Bagley with a pair and a turned flush draw.
Ortiz faded danger on the river, leaving him stacked and Bagley on life support. He busted unceremoniously a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
