Marcy Jo Phillips was only too happy to make the call holding after she flopped an ace and an opponent shipped his whole stack in with pocket tens.
She rode that to a stack close to 80,000 and although she was recently pushed off a decent pot by Peter DeSantis on a board when he bet 17,000 into her on the turn, Phillips still holds a spot close to the top of the chips counts.
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Williamsville's Keith Macomber has become the first player up and over 100,000 in chips.
The massive hand that vaulted Macomber to the top of the counts saw him make quad threes against one player with a full house and another holding a flush.
He scooped it all and now holds the lead with just five tables left.
The biggest hand of the tournament so far just played out vaulting Jeffrey Hobrecker into the chip lead and sending Adam Suraf to the rail.
Suraf raised under the gun and Hobrecker three bet. Suraf called with and when the flop came with two hearts, he got it all in against Hobrecker's pocket queens.
Neither a king nor a heart fell on the turn or the river and Hobrecker held, pushing his stack up to 140,000.
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after she flopped an ace and an opponent shipped his whole stack in with pocket tens.
board when he bet 17,000 into her on the turn, Phillips still holds a spot close to the top of the chips counts.
and when the flop came 
with two hearts, he got it all in against Hobrecker's pocket queens.
after Cameron Bartolotta open-shipped with pocket sevens.
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and it held on a 
board to push him up among the leaders and knock Calvenso down a peg or two.
but a king on the river did him in and we are now down to eight.
