Multiple satellite qualifier Julie Billiteri is finding her footing on her second bullet here today, and is above starting for the first time heading into the next break.
She was recently heads-up with Jeffery Hobrecker on a board with about 19,000 in the middle already, when Hobrecker checked.
Billiteri fired out 12,000 and Hobrecker made the call. The river was the , putting three spades on the board, and when Hobrecker checked, Billiteri immediately turned over the for trips.
"Sexy," she said, dragging the pot as Hobrecker claimed two aces and mucked.
Jason Nablo continues to climb the leaderboard with a relentless run of good cards, good calls and good fortune.
Aces held versus in one spot, and he managed to pick off an ill-timed Nick Walker bluff with a small pair, although Walker reportedly got the message and gave up on the river.
Nablo had it up to 120,000 and despite a slight dip, he's still trending upwards.
Steve Bullard made it 3,000 and Silvio DeRubeis bumped it to 9,500 with about 20,500 behind.
After a flop, DeRubeis ripped it in and got the from Bullard on the flush draw. DeRubeis had the tenious lead with his , but could not fade the flush making river.
Suddenly DeRubeis is out and Bullard is now close to 100,000
With ten levels now behind them, the remaining 87 players in the field are off on a 45-minute dinner break.
The board currently lists 175 entries, but registration and reentry is open until the end of the dinner break and the start of Level 11, at approximately 7 p.m. local time in Niagara Falls.