Break!
The players are now off on a 15-minute break as the tournament staff colors up and removes the 25 denomination chips.
The players are now off on a 15-minute break as the tournament staff colors up and removes the 25 denomination chips.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada's Don Morris claims he's a recreational player and the massive stack sitting in front of him right now came purely through luck and good fortune.
"I'm no professional," he said. "I just can't miss. I'm on a roll."
In fact, he's rolled all the way into the chip lead heading into the second break and looking more and more like a wolf in sheep's clothing with every flop, turn and river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Don Morris | 55,000 | 55,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Mike Rellinger's quest to build a big stack and hold on to it continues here at Seneca Niagara.
He just made a tough call when two players with the same flush draw pushed into his top-pair top-kicker.
He faded all trouble to bust both and is now working with 40,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Rellinger | 40,000 | 18,000 |
Niagara Falls, Canada's Ryan O'Connor is running like its his birthday here on this side of the falls.
He's picked up quad jacks, two sets, and had tens hold over nines for another big pot on the way to building a contending stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan O'Connor
|
41,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Dan Weitzenkorn grinded up a decent stack picking up a slew of chips flopping a pair of kings with big slick versus queens.
A little later he made a ten-high straight to grab even more and the Amherst, NY resident now sits among the leaders.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Weitzenkorn | 42,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
The players are headed off on a 10-minute break with six full levels now behind them.
Buffalo's Pat Moeller has emerged as the chip leader heading into the first break after running it up and rolling the dice.
He made a set of fives against top-top, then picked up aces to pick up a big pot before getting into a blind-roll for stacks with another player.
He ended up with all in preflop without looking and held versus to push up over 50,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pat Moeller
|
53,500 |