Kimlong Trieu just knocked out Michelle Grillo-Caldwell and Jason Garofalo in a three-way all in pot for about 50,000 each without much of a sweat.
Trieu had the and both Grillo-Caldwell and Garofalo had pocket queens. The board to the turn meant a king could save Grillo-Caldwell and Garofalo, but the river was the .
Aces held up against all four queens and Trieu has a stack now.
[Removed:317] made it 3,600 in late position and Frank Monaco, who had been moved to the table a hand earlier, raised to 20,000 from the small blind.
[Removed:318] fired back with a four-bet to 50,000 and Monaco five-bet shoved for 187,000. Monaco promised to show his cards as [Removed:318] tanked it out. Eventually, he turned over the when [Removed:318] called.
It was the biggest pot of the day so far and it was a massive cooler for [Removed:318], who had the . No surprises came on the board and while [Removed:318] was left with crumbs, Monaco is truly the runaway chip leader.
Florida's Paula Alibrandi suddenly has a six-figure stack after winning a massive flip.
The hand started with an early-position open to 2,800 and Alibrandi simply shipped almost 55,000 on the button in response. The small blind went deep into the tank and emerged with a call. The opener folded and it turned out the small blind had the .
Alibrandi had the and spiked an ace on the turn of the run out.
Alex Visbisky has crossed the 200,000-chip mark now and is in contention for the lead.
After about five bets he and Adam Foster got it all in preflop for close to 200,000 with Visbisky on two aces and Foster holding big slick.
The flop brought the case ace and a king, but Foster bricked a shot at running quads on the turn and river to bust out and send Visbisky's stack soaring.
Thomas Mader's tournament life has finally been snuffed out.
He rose from the ashes of a first level cooler to compete again, but after helping to triple up Silvio DeRubeis before dinner, he came back short again.
He went with the all in preflop to try and turn things around again, but ran into Peter Bogulski's tens and failed to improve.
With registration and reentry now officially closed we can tell you this first flight drew a grand total of 121 entries.
Despite rumors to the effect, local hero Andy Spears certainly did not make up more than half of them.
Day 1a of the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event drew 82 entries last year, then a whopping 209 on Day 1b, meaning this event has the potential to be one of the largest in Seneca Niagara Poker history if they do anything like that again on Saturday.
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and both Grillo-Caldwell and Garofalo had pocket queens. The 
board to the turn meant a king could save Grillo-Caldwell and Garofalo, but the river was the 
.
when [Removed:318] called.
. No surprises came on the 
board and while [Removed:318] was left with crumbs, Monaco is truly the runaway chip leader.
all in preflop for around 35,000.
and spiked an ace on the turn of the 
all in preflop to try and turn things around again, but ran into Peter Bogulski's tens and failed to improve.
