Kenmore, NY's David Whyte was the unfortunate soul to have his kings cracked by John Stempien earlier today, but he hasn't let that get in the way of building a big stack.
He's since found a full house and a big flush on the way to a spot among the contenders as this flight crosses the halfway mark.
A perpetually short stacked Alicia LaPorte Pachla has finally found some breathing room here.
She doubled up with kings, then called one shorter stack's shove on a flop with just . He held and bottom pair made two on the turn, holding through the river.
Tom Guindon had barely finished bemoaning his bad luck after getting his flush cracked by Dennis Durante's rivered full house when the two got it all in again.
This time is was Guindon on and Durante holding all in preflop. Guindon got all his chips back, busting Durante after a run out.