Scott Aitchison bet 2,000 into an flop and made the quick call when Shamel Thomas came over the top all in.
Aitchison was all over the flop with but could not best Thomas' set. The run out sent Aitchison to the cage to re-enter and pushed Thomas up the early leader board.
Dennis Durante was the unfortunate soul who ran into Vadim Rozin's pocket aces after flopping a flush draw early.
Now onto his second bullet, he's letting the big hands go and taking what the table gives him, having recently turned into two pair to almost triple up. He also made trips in another hand and now sits among the early big stacks.
Burlington, Ontario, Canada's Rob Forbes - Not to be confused with former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford who is famous for smoking crack while in office and reportedly getting enough to eat at home - has emerged as the early chip leader here into Level 7.
Forbes picked up pocket aces twice in a row to collect huge pots and just became the first player past the 60,000-chip mark.
There's a new sheriff in town and it's Fairport, NY's Bill Snead.
Snead turned into a rivered boat on a board to snatch a huge pot from Dennis Durante, who had turned a straight. He also rivered a flush early on to collect a big pot and has it up to 70,000 chips now.
Craig Ross, from nearby Tonawanda, NY, has emerged as yet another contender for the midday chip lead.
Ross told PokerNews he's simply been "chipping away" all day and has now built a stack in the 70,000-chip range, good enough for a spot near the top of the counts.
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flop and made the quick call when Shamel Thomas came over the top all in.
but could not best Thomas' 
set. The 
run out sent Aitchison to the cage to re-enter and pushed Thomas up the early leader board.
into Vadim Rozin's pocket aces after flopping a flush draw early.
into two pair to almost triple up. He also made trips in another hand and now sits among the early big stacks.
into a rivered boat on a 
