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Canadian grinder and Seneca Niagara regular Scott Aitchison is in no mood to be messed with.
He's already caught two players bluffing on the river and is poised to play sheriff at the table today on over 20,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Buffalo, NY's [Removed:339] has jumped into the early lead after finding a straight on the river in a massive hand.
[Removed:340] busted his heads-up opponent who had claimed he flopped a set, but never showed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,400 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Fishing charter boat captain and local rounder Randy Lingenfelter has caught a couple of big fish on the end of his hook early on.
He managed to make a straight and a flush to drag to decent pots and work his way up to more than twice the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 |
North Collins, NY's Rob Bourkney got it in drawing relatively thin against one opponent's 
.
However, his 
found two spades on the flop. A third on the turn was enough to give him a flush and send his opponent to the rail.
Bourkney now has twice what he began the day with and his opponent was left with little more than a bad beat story and a chance to re-enter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 |
With four levels now in the books the players have been given a 10-minute break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Robert Lucas has moved to the top of the early leader board after cracking one opponent's aces.
He called all in on the turn of a king-high board holding 
against one heads-up opponent on 
. Lucas was headed for the exits before a jack came on the river to give him two pair, the knock out and the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 |
Derby, NY's Kristan Mackiewicz has moved into the chip leader's chair and is the first player past the 50,000-chip mark here in Western New York.
Her good run started with a straight-over-straight debacle and continued as she picked up pots with pocket kings and pocket jacks.
Now holding 50,000-plus Mackiewicz appears poised for a deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,200 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
