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Bob Keihl just swallowed up all of Nick Stagliano's stack, getting him to commit with top pair against his trip fours and ace-kicker.
Keihl is now among the late leaders with early-leader Stagliano dispatched to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | 99,000 |
|
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Busted |
Alex Visbisky and James Morin just clashed again and this time it was for a lot more marbles.
The hand started with a Cameron Bartolotta 4,000-chip open. Visbisky made it 9,000 on the button and Morin woke up with a hand he felt he could four-bet from the small blind, making it 25,000.
Bartolotta turned tail and ran, but after Visbisky five-bet to 55,000, Morin six-bet jammed. Visbisky beat him to the pot with a call, slamming his 
on the felt. Morin was left wondering why with the 
and it only got worse for him through the 
run out.
Visbisky jumped into a dead heat for the lead and although Morin had some 35,000 left, he shoved those with a dominated ace and said goodbye soon after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000 | |
|
Busted |
Alex Visbisky just brought James Morin back down to earth a little, chipping up through him.
The hand started with a 3,600-chip open from Visbisky in early position. Morin flatted right behind him and they went heads up to a 
flop. It went check-check to the 
turn, where Visbisky led for another 3,600. Morin made a quick call and the 
river saw both players check again.
Morin turned over 
, but his pair had been outflopped by Visbisky's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -5,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Charles Johnson relieved one opponent of all his chips when he turned 
into trip queens and called a river shove.
He's now on 210,000 and among the leaders as they roll on through Level 12 with 35 players remaining on just four tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 108,000 |
Jeff Wells has made a big move up the leader board thanks to a bunch of small pots.
The biggest hand he had in this latest romp through the field was pocket aces, but even that only added a few chips to his seemingly ever-growing stack.
He's working for a living right now and has grinded up to around 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 94,000 |
With registration and reentry now closed, the numbers are in for the first of two starting flights in the 2016 Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event.
The day drew 103 entries, making it the largest Day 1a flight in Western New York Poker Challenge history, and with an even bigger day 2 expected Saturday, event organizers figure they are well on the way to smashing the $200,000 guarantee.
Just 39 players remain heading into the flight's final four 40-minute levels and Charles Johnson over there on the left is among them, having recently moved over the six-figure mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
102,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
James Morin continues to get hit by the deck here, apparently turning rags into a straight versus Brett Short to push over 200,000 and into the only spot on the leader board anywhere near Greg Miller.
Soon after, Short got four-flushed to fall even farther below his peak.
In the meantime, sitting at that same table now, Cameron Bartolotta has grinded up to a healthier 55,000, while Alex Visbisky is closing in on 100,000 and wishing he could just bag that now and head on to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000 | 84,000 |
|
|
92,000 | 22,000 |
|
56,000 | -7,000 |
|
45,000 | -83,000 |
Greg Miller has vaulted into a huge chip lead and is closing in on 300,000 already.
He could bag now and be good, but wants to continue the heater he's been on that started when he picked off one bluffer, who Miller said "hadn't played a hand since the eight-grade picnic," but suddenly decided to spazz off all his chips, running 
into his aces.
He picked up kings soon after, then made a set of sixes, and is now promising to bag even bigger once this flight is through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000 | 117,000 |
