Chris Meyers got three streets of value with queens, including getting it all in on the river of a ten-high board. His heads-up opponent called and mucked.
The kid they call Jersey hasn't shown much either to be honest. After the early double he was moved to a new table and appears to be winning more than his fair share of pots without showdown. As a result, Meyers has moved his way up the leaderboard and into contention.
Buffalo, NY's Rich Balsano has moved his way up and over the 100,000-chip mark and into contention moving into the second half of the day.
He picked up kings in the first hand he played after registering late, made a set of nines after moving to a new table and has won more than the occasional pot without showdown on the way to a spot among the leaders.
Charles Johnson Jr. just relieved Rob Gerstenzang of a good portion of the contending stack he'd built early on to take a place among the leaders himself.
The hand started with a raise from Alex Visbisky late and Gerstenzang and Johnson defending the blinds. The flop checked through and Johnson flatted a Gerstenzang bet after turning a set of fours.
Visbisky folded and Johnson filled up on the river. Gerstenzang check-called a 9,200 Johnson bet and mucked when he saw the goods.
Frank Monaco raised it up preflop from early position and Buck Ramsay defended his big blind.
The flop came and Ramsay check-called a 4,000-chip Monaco bet. The turn came the , and after another Ramsay check, Monaco jammed in a little more than the 64,000 in Ramsay's stack.
Ramsay tank-called it off with the and his straight was good over Monaco's set. That is until the miracle river came down and filled Monaco up.
Shock and awe filled the other faces at the table and as Ramsay hit the rail, Monaco stacked up what amounts to a massive early chip lead.
Along with his stack, Ramsay left behind a small pin with a picture of the American flag on it. He is Canadian.
One might presume Michael Gigl is missing a few vowels from his last name, but they'd be wrong. He certainly didn't miss any value in a fairly big hand where he rivered a full house holding either.
He managed to get Carol Leonardi to call off her entire stack on the end with what we can only presume was trip sevens, and after few smaller pots were added to Gigl's stack, he's now pushing 70,000 and has moved into a spot among the leaders.
Frank Monaco has used the PokerNews My Stack App run good to vault to the top of the chip counts.
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The hand where he joined Buck Ramsay in flatting a 1,000-chip open from Pat Tighe also helped. When Tighe checked the flop and Ramsay bet 2,600, only Monaco called.
The turn came the and another 6,000-chip bet from Ramsay. Monaco cut out a min-raise, but called, and when Ramsay checked the river, he bet 12,500.
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and Ramsay check-called a 4,000-chip Monaco bet. The turn came the 
, and after another Ramsay check, Monaco jammed in a little more than the 64,000 in Ramsay's stack.
and his straight was good over Monaco's 
set. That is until the miracle 
river came down and filled Monaco up.
either.
flop and Ramsay bet 2,600, only Monaco called.
and another 6,000-chip bet from Ramsay. Monaco cut out a min-raise, but called, and when Ramsay checked the