Buffalo's own Sam DeSabio picked up kings early on and managed to pick off one player bluffing three streets with a gutshot.
Since then he's picked up pot after pot on the way to building a stack three times what he started with and good enough for a spot among the early leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Derby, NY's Jim Bucki found a strange way to triple up moments ago.
He called all in on a flop with two diamonds thinking he had the nut flush draw - only he didn't.
"I thought I had two diamonds," he said. "Only that was last hand."
However, his 
was the best hand up against one player with the 
flush draw and another holding 
for the gutterball. Blanks on the turn and the river kept Bucki's ace-high ahead and he tripled up to a little more than double the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
With cashes in tournaments all over the map adding up to more than $450,000 in earnings, including two ring wins on the WSOP Circuit, Travell Thomas is widely considered one of the best tournament players in the Buffalo, NY area.
The boisterous Thomas would be the first to tell you that too.
Grinding it out here in this $25,000 Guaranteed event, Thomas is off to his usually quick start having doubled up already. He ran 
into 
and managed to fill up to stack the player on his left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Buffalonian Jeremy O'Brien got it all in preflop three ways with aces against kings and fives.
Although he didn't need it, he made trip aces on the turn for good measure and tripled up his starting stack to take the early chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,300 |
Late registrants continue to pour into the Niagara Falls Poker Room here at Seneca Niagara.
The board now reads 73 entries, putting this flight on pace to beat the 113 entries from Day 1a this morning.
Kim Tipton was one of the 13 survivors through to Day 2 from the Day 1a flight earlier today.
However, since he bagged a relatively short stack of under 40,000, he figured he'd fire another bullet this evening. Well, he's off to a pretty good start after doubling up early.
He bet 1,200 chips into a 
board before his heads-up opponent shipped in her entire stack. Tipton made the call with 
and was right as she held 
.
The 
river ensured his double up and quick start to this second flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000
11,600
|
11,600 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Fresh off a fourth-place finish in last night's Event #4, Randy Lingenfelter is on the grind again today.
Moments ago he got off to a good start joining one other player in calling an early position open. Lingenfelter checked the 
flop, but when the opener bet 300 and the third player in the hand called, he raised it up to 1,200.
Everybody folded and Lingenfelter dragged the pot showing for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,000 |
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