Despite the poker face in the picture, Buffalo, NY's Jim Burkett will head into the first break of the day with a stack and a smile.
"I've been getting hit by the deck," he said, laughing. "I've been getting real lucky. I'm sure it won't last."
His biggest hand of the day came when he made trips and got one opponent to put half his stack in the middle before folding. Burkett's now up to 62,000 and counting.
Ohio's Jason Stockfish had seven or eight big hands before the break and has moved to the top of the counts here in Level 4.
One of the more sizeable pots included him busting a player by making aces up on the river against a bigger ace.
Now Stockfish, who took down the $550+50 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic and made runner-up in the 2015 Western NY Poker Challenge $450+50 No-Limit Hold'em, has a big stack and apparently the knowledge of what to do with it.
Dennis "Batman" Fleig, who had a swingy day yesterday where he peaked at over 120,000, then bagged just 55,000, is back at it again today.
Fleig told PokerNews he's fired this bullet to gamble, with a plan to either bag 200,000 or go broke and come back tomorrow to play the much shorter stack.
So far he hasn't had to gamble at all, getting one opponent to put his whole stack in after six-bets with jacks. Fleig had aces, held, and now has more than what he bagged Friday already.
Kristan Mackiewicz flopped a set, turned a boat and got it all in on the river.
The only issue for her was that Rick Motzer had gone runner-runner to make a bigger boat. Motzer got the full double, leaving Mackiewicz with just a few thousand chips.
She tried to punt them off with soon after, but doubled up and is now back on the grind as Motzer joins the leaders near the top of the counts.
Moments ago, it looked like 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event Kurtis Boutelle was on the wrong end of a massive cooler for all of his 14,000 in chips.
He got it in with the on an flop against an oppenent who had him covered and dominated with the . However, the turn saved his day, making them both the same boat.
The river didn't change a thing and Boutelle is still in, holding half of what he started the day with.
Mike "The Mayor" Rellinger got put to the test moments ago, with one opponent shoving a flop into his .
It took a minute, but Rellinger decided he couldn't fold and made the call for his tournament life, passing that test when his opponent showed the open-ended .
The turn and river kept aces ahead, and it's bound to get a little louder in here now that Rellinger has talking chips.
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soon after, but doubled up and is now back on the grind as Motzer joins the leaders near the top of the counts.
on an 
flop against an oppenent who had him covered and dominated with the 
. However, the 
turn saved his day, making them both the same boat. 
river didn't change a thing and Boutelle is still in, holding half of what he started the day with.
flop into his 
. 
turn and 
river kept aces ahead, and it's bound to get a little louder in here now that Rellinger has talking chips.