Pat Tighe, who was ushered out of Day 1c after building a big stack before taking some tough beats, has vaulted into the chip lead this evening.
His big hands in the night flight have included pocket kings versus , where his opponent paired the queen on the turn and pushed, and holding with over .
Tighe isn't happy to be on the felt right now, feeling like he was a favorite to bag big earlier in the day before all the beats.
But the Level 6 chip lead and a plan to hold on to it is making it a little easier.
James Miller has crept up into contention here after getting it in super good moments ago.
After he raised it up before the flop with the and got one caller, Miller got in a raising war with his heads-up opponent, eventually getting all in on an flop. He got the call from the gutshot and managed to hold on a turn and set-making river.
Peter Raimondi's stellar 2015 continues with a lightning fast start here tonight.
The Grimsby, ON, Canada resident who had a deep run in the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event finishing 264th out of the massive 6,420-player field, suddenly has the chip lead.
This came courtesy of a big hand with his holding through a ton of preflop action and even more on the flop, eventually getting it in against the flush draw and fading all trouble.
Holding pocket aces, Pittsford NY's Geoff O'Connor simply called when one heads-up opponent shoved into him with second pair on the turn in a recent pot.
Aces held and O'Connor is off to a great start in this final flight. In fact, he's the early leader now on over 40,000 already.
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