Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
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: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The registration cage is still abuzz with the board now reading 168 entries and counting.
The room is full and all indications are this flight will see the biggest number of entries from all six.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Maria Parlatore called one opponent's shove on a ![]()
![]()
flop with ![]()
.
The
turn kept her opponent's ![]()
in the lead, but she busted him by making the nut flush on the
river.
She now has almost double what she started with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Cheektowaga NY's EJ Villone is off to a hot start, having busted the player on his right with ![]()
over ![]()
and a turn, flop and river that kept his hand ahead the whole way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |