He was the culprit who cracked Kristan Mackiewicz' aces earlier, getting it in with a flush draw on the flop, then making runner-runner trips.
He hit his flush after getting all of one opponent's chips in the middle in similar fashion soon after. Then he made two pair over two pair to get it up to four starting stacks here in the early going.
Alden, NY's top pin chaser Rick Block was down to just 2,400 in chips before the break. Now he's got 31,000 and a spot among the leaders.
His first double up came behind a dominating ace. They kept on coming until he had enough chips to bust Kim Long Trieu a minute ago. It was Block's tens versus Trieu's sevens all in preflop. Block even hit a set on the turn to rub salt in the wound.
All signs indicate Block's Alden Lanes Bowling crew will have sip White Russians between frames on their own tonight as Block has settled in here for the evening.
Shawn Toidl continues to crush souls and is up over 100,000 now.
At the other end of the spectrum, Cameron Bartolotta has fired three bullets into this reentry event, but things are suddenly looking up.
He jammed all in over a raise in his first hand on this latest bullet and the raiser looked him up with the . Bartolotta had the and now two starting stacks after a run out.