[Removed:339]'s chair is empty again, but this time there's no stack sitting in front of it. [Removed:340] lost some chips to Warren, PA's John McCauley, then dusted the rest of running fives into and losing a flip.
In the meantime, McCauley has vaulted into the lead. He ran the into queens in a classic race, but found a flush on the river to win it.
McCauley finished eighth in the 2017 Seneca Summer Slam Main Event and now he's rolling here, looking to bag big, make back-to-back Seneca Niagara Main Event final tables on Sunday, and better that finish Monday.
Burlington, Canada's Sandra Boyle has joined the chip leaders heading into the break before the dinner break.
The winner of two $125 Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel Recurring Tournaments so far this year, Boyle has it cooking up over 100,000 now, after busting one player and chipping up throughout the day.
The bust out came when she got it in with aces up versus two kings.
The remaining field of 112 is just minutes away from a 10-minute break. When they return, they'll play two more 40-minute levels and take a 45-minute dinner break. Registration and reentry will be open until that's all over and done with.
[Removed:339]'s empty chair cashed in the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $300 Rentry last weekend.
He built a slightly below average stack going into Sunday's Day 2, but plans changed and he couldn't make it. Enough players busted before the blinds ate away at the stack and the empty chair cashed in [Removed:340]'s absence.
He picked up the cash today, fired away in the Main Event, and immediately started running it up again. In fact, [Removed:340] doubled with versus , getting it all in after flopping two pair.
His stack has climbed steadily since alongside the odds he'll actually show up Sunday to play it.
2012 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Chris Tryba had it on cruise control up to 130,000 and must have thought the two jacks he had in the hole were about to give him the chip lead.
Instead, Barry Kruger woke up with two queens and got it in for 30,000-plus against him. The hooks failed again. Queens held and while Tryba remains among the leaders, that stack ain't what it once was.
Is this the man who won the 2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event?
Is this the man whose face graced the cover of CardPlayer Magazine?
Is this the man who wrecked the buffet at the Harrow club this morning?
Yes, it is. It's 'Everybody's All American' Dan Wagner. The perennial favorite. The West Seneca widow maker.
After sleeping it off for the first few levels, Mr. Wagner finally turned up to defend his Seneca Fall Classic Main Event title and the crowd went wild. He's hoping to give them something more to cheer for after punting off the first title defense bullet Friday.
Can he make the magic happen again? Stay tuned to the PokerNews Live Reporting blog to find out.
Lockport, NY's Joe Shaw joins the leaderboard here in Level 6 after flopping a set and slowplaying it successfully. He sprung the trap on the turn and on the river and still got paid.
Bruce Pace has slipped from the top spot now sitting on 80,000. He's playing almost every hand.
Chris Damick is being only slightly more selective and has it up to 100,000. He looks to be in a dead heat with Chris Tryba for the lead heading into the second break of the day.
The board reads 126 entries and counting, with 112 players still in. Registration and reentry goes four more 40-minute levels after this one, and through the 45-minute dinner break.
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