Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Randy Lingenfelter has hooked a few big fish on the way to a spot among the leaders now.
He made the nut straight and got it in against a flush draw, holding to climb the counts. Two sets of deuces later he's closing in on 60,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,900
30,900
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30,900 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Jeff White managed to bust one player with tens over sevens all in preflop.
The rest of his stack was built without showing down a ton of hands and he now finds himself among the leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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42,000 |
Brampton, Ontario, Canada's Timmy Mohammed has vaulted into the Level 6 chip lead.
The big hand that got him there was a three-way all-in pot that saw him get it in with a set of sevens versus a combo draw and a third hand that was never revealed.
Mohammed's set held, helping him become the first player past the 50,000-chip post.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Burt Kopaskie called it off with two pair versus a flush draw and held to bust one player early.
Since then he's been on the grind, pushing his stack up close to three times starting heading into Level 6.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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40,000 |
Jason Sardo got out of the gate fast, getting one opponent's stack when he called a shove with bottom pair and a turned flush draw.
Sardo was behind top pair, but rivered the flush. Since then he's cemented his spot near the top of the leaderboard with a series of successful preflop raises.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Randy Lingenfelter bought back in and has run it up already.
Plus, a few more familiar faces have joined the field, including 2016 Western New York Poker Challenge finalist Ray LaRouech and 10th-place finisher Mike Rellinger.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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28,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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13,500 |