Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
There are very few people that run better than 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event Champion Guy Klass.
His charmed life continued here today when he ran queens into kings all in preflop for what was a dwindling stack.
Of course, Klass didn't just spike a set to crack the kings, he made quads for the double up. All signs now point to Klass holding at least that stack going into an upcoming 15-minute color-up break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Guy Klass | 30,000 |
Jason Sardo scored a double knockout moments ago to move up close to the top of the counts here in the last level before the second break.
The player under the gun made it 1,600 and got one caller before Sardo looked down at two kings. He let it rip and both players called off shorter stacks with two nines and respectively.
In the end, Sardo made a salt-in-the-wound king-high flush to send both players to the rail and push up to 80,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jason Sardo | 80,000 | 42,500 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Rochester, NY's Brad Bourne has been identified as the runaway Level 6 chip leader as he closes in on the 100,000 mark.
He flopped a set of deuces on a board and got it in against not one, but two players holding the open-ender. Bourne did not need to sweat it for long, as the turn filled him up and locked up the double knockout.
He's got 90,000 now and a little separation from the growing pack below him on the leaderboard.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brad Bourne | 90,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Lockport, NY's Darrin Bracken hasn't had to show down a lot of hands to build his chip lead stack.
The one time he was forced to, his straight beat top two pair to give him an almost 40,000-chip pot.
Pushing up to 60,000 now, Bracken is on top of the Level 6 counts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Darrin Bracken | 60,000 |
Lancaster, NY's Paul Bitterman has emerged as the Level 5 chip leader after one huge hand.
Bitterman held pocket fours on a flop, and after a 3,700-chip bet and one call, he reared back and shipped it in for almost 20,000.
One player called with two jacks, but after the second folded, he whiffed on the ace-king runout. As a result, Bitterman pushed to the top of the counts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Paul Bitterman | 50,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
'Buffalo' Ray Williams is living the dream.
He picked up two aces and had the good fortune of getting it all in preflop for a full stack versus an opponent holding kings.
Aces held and Williams now joins the leaders heading into Level 5.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ray Williams | 40,000 |