David Battaglia picked up some easy money when his heads-up opponent shoved an ace-high flop.
Battaglia called with and his opponent had the . He was drawing dead by the turn.
As a result, Battaglia is in familiar position among the leaders and hoping to add to his growing reputation as Seneca's most consistent player with another deep run here.
With the start of Level 9 now here, it appears this sixth and final flight will go down as the biggest by a country mile, drawing 133 entries.
That means a total of 456 entries for this $125 Reentry event. In also means two other things, the first of which is a guarantee smashing estimated prizepool of more than $43,000 has been created. Full prizepool and payout details will be released before the start of Day 2 Thursday.
The second, is that with 133 entries in this final flight, play will continue until there is 16 players left or 14 levels have been played, whichever comes first.
By his own admission, Niagara Falls, Canada's Richie Bottenfield is just a “Donk getting lucky.”
If that's truly the case, it has been a really bountiful day for Bottenfield thus far, despite his lack of skill. In fact, all that luck has helped him ascended into chip lead position here in this sixth and final starting flight, heading into the day's second break.
He did recall one hand with jacks, but details be damned he's a 'Donk getting lucky' and PokerNews is not about to spoil that for him. Nobody puts baby in the corner!
In the meantime, the board reads a whopping 124 entries with one level of registration and reentry to come. Some 48 will return to play either 14 total levels or down to around 15 or 16 players, whichever comes first. We will endeavor to update those numbers once registration closes.
A big four-way all in pot has helped Blake Napeirala leap up to a spot among the leaders here in Level 6.
The money went in on a flop.
Napierala:
Two Seat:
Six Seat:
Eight Seat:
Napierala was ahead with a pair of tens, but the turn card was not a good one for him. It looked like two players were going to chop it up, until the river was revealed, giving Napierala two pair.
He scooped up the chips and collected the triple knockout to push over 40,000 now.
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flop.
turn card was not a good one for him. It looked like two players were going to chop it up, until the 
river was revealed, giving Napierala two pair.