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Niagara Falls, NY's John Pittsley is running hot here in the first few levels.
He dragged a big pot with pocket nines and rivered a full house holding pocket fives to bust one player on the way to building a stack triple the size of what he started with.
A quick look around the room has Pittsley as the early leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Rich Tomasello has almost four times the starting stack now thanks to a massive pot where he got it in behind and found a way to win.
It was Tomasello's 
versus his opponent's 
all in with one card to come and Tomasello hit his money card to make a Broadway straight on the river.
He's now taking up a spot among the early chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Ash Levitt has pushed up among the leaders after a huge four-way all-in pot.
He didn't need it, but Levitt made a set of queens against players holding 
, and 
suited to drag the pot and stack them all.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,300 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Ron Stewart flopped the nut flush and found an opponent all to willing to get it all his chips in the middle against him.
He's rode that big-pot win to a spot among the early leaders
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000 |
The players have headed off on an short break as the tournament staff colors up the green 25-denomination chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
With registration and re-entry avaialable until the start of the 13th level, this sixth and final flight has already surpassed Day 1d as the busiest yet.
The board currently boasts 264 entries, dwarfing Day 1d's 204 with even more expected as the evening wears on.
