Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The players are on a 15-minute break as the tournament staff colors up and removes the 25 denomination chips.
John Stempien, who finished 13th in Event #1 on the 2015 Summer Slam schedule for $1,112, is off to a decent start today and looking for another top finish.
He got it in with pocket aces in a three-way all-in pot against tens and sixes, holding to triple up and leap into contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,500 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/400
Ante: 75
Jeff Klein makes it 2,100 preflop and Tyler Nichols, Cameron Bartolotta and a third player call.
The flop rolls out ![]()
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and Klein gets it in, getting called by Nichols. Bartolotta then shoves over the top and Nichols calls again.
Klein held ![]()
and was ahead against Nichols' ![]()
and Bartolotta's ![]()
flush draw. The
turn and
river changed nothing as Klein scooped to grab the chip lead, Nichols took the side pot and Bartolotta was left short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,200 | |
|
|
22,000
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
|
3,000
28,050
|
28,050 |
Anthony "Gucci" Pugliese is on fire right now, pushing past the 50,000-chip mark already and into the lead.
"I haven't lost a hand yet," he told PokerNews. "If I'm in it, I win it."
His hot streak has included one set-over-set situation and a second big win where one player tried to bluff him off top two to no avail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,500 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
A massive hand just saw Niagara Falls' Joe Dantuno leap into the early lead.
Dantuno led into a ![]()
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flop and the player behind him three-bet to 4,000. A third player in the hand promptly shoved and Dantuno snap-called with ![]()
. The raiser called with ![]()
for the open-ender after confirming the re-entry period was still open and the all in player turned over ![]()
for top two pair.
Dantuno's set of fours held after a
turn and
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
The players are off on a 10-minute break with six full levels in the books.