Buck Ramsay open for 1,100 from middle position with the and shipped it in for a little more than half a starting stack when Grand Island, NY's Ron Tebo made it 3,300 from late position.
Tebo called with the and flopped a set and a sweat on a board. It ran out , however, making Tebo a boat, and then quads, to send the defending champ out for the second time today.
This time it appears he will not reenter and Tebo, who coincidentally shares a birthday and four-fifths of a last name with former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, now has a contending stack.
'Tricky' Ricky Block, whose stellar record here at Seneca Niagara includes a Summer Slam prelim win and a Fall Classic Main Event Title, has emerged as the Level 5 chip leader, closing in on 100,000 already.
He managed to river trip sevens in a four-bet pot with the to start his ascent up the leader board. The very next hand he picked up two kings to snatch a few more chips and is off and running.
Local legend Cameron Bartolotta, who has been getting it in good since the dawn of time, has done it again.
This time he busted a player by flopping a set of tens versus two pair: Kings and sixes. They both slow played the flop, but the money went in on a brick-like turn with Bartolotta's set holding through the river to give him the knockout and a decent start to the day.
Grand Island, NY's Dave Grana may not look to happy in the attached photo, but we're betting he's smiling on the inside.
Mostly because he flopped a set of sevens against a set of fours and got all his chips in the middle, holding on to grab the early lead in the latter half of Level 3.
Toronto, Canada's Nick Stagliano is off to a hot start and now sits among the leaders.
He just collected a massive three-way pot after making eights full against a set and a flush and now has more than twice the starting stack into Level 3.
He then tried to bluff PokerNews, telling us he was Irish after spelling out his stereotypically Italian name. We called.
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and shipped it in for a little more than half a starting stack when Grand Island, NY's Ron Tebo made it 3,300 from late position.
and flopped a set and a sweat on a 
board. It ran out 
, however, making Tebo a boat, and then quads, to send the defending champ out for the second time today. 
to start his ascent up the leader board. The very next hand he picked up two kings to snatch a few more chips and is off and running.
