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Matt Miceli cracked queens flopping a straight with the old 
.
He also picked up aces and faded all troubled against a pair and a flush draw.
Now Miceli is on 50,000-plus and among the leaders as they head into Level 7 with 34 players remaining, 71 entries on the board and registration and reentry available for two more levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | 45,000 |
Al Bianco has been on a steady heater this level.
Highlights included flopping top pair and turning trips.
Bianco is now on 50,000-plus and taking up a space near the top of the leaderboard heading into Level 7.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
North Tonawanda, NY's Jim Haynes may have had to look twice to make sure he didn't have aces when he picked up 
moments ago.
Let's be honest, we've all made that mistake before.
However, no more looking was required when the flop brought both and ace and a four. By the time the dust settled, he was stacking 50,000 in chips and taking up a spot near the top of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
After a four-way all in, Dave Grana has emerged as the early chip leader.
Grana flopped the nut flush versus a flush, top pair, and a gutshot straight flush draw. They all got it in and Grana held on to bust two players and leave a third emotionally and financially crippled.
He's now over 50,000 heading into the flight's fifth level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 | 43,000 |
|
Busted |
Carol Leonardi is running hot.
In fact, she made back-to-back full houses and has a stack here in Level 4. The first saw her get it in with two pair against James Miller's nut flush draw. The boat came on the river sending Miller to the cage to reenter.
The second happened when she called one player's all in shove with 
versus [axqcx]. Two kings on the flop would have been enought, but Leonardi filled up again by the time the hand was through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 | 12,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Maurice Sessum got almost the full double up, getting it in with jacks against Matt Miceli's eights for 9,400 each.
Miceli must have found a double early himself, because he's still got a starting stack in front of him, despite losing that hand to Sessum.
In the meantime, it appears Western New York's Tim Rentschler will take the chip lead into the first break of the day. He got Ronny D'Grillo to commit it all on a 
flop.
D'Grillo had sevens and eights, but Rentschler held the 
flopped straight.
"It's a great hand," Rentschler explained. "Either you hit or you don't."
He did and he now has almost three starting stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000 | |
|
18,800 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
