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John Stempien busted one shorty shoving jacks into his kings.
Add that to a massive pot he took off Carmine Santoro calling down with 
on an 
run out and he's the first player up to 500,000 and into the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
380,000
-23,500
|
-23,500 |
After failing to turn up today, Richard Wyssling was blinded down from some 76,000 and just busted. However, Sam Guercio also busted on the same hand, meaning they will split up 54th-place money.
No matter how you slice it, the remaining players are all in the money and hand-for-hand play has concluded.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Jason Nablo made a set of sevens, getting it in on the flop to crack one opponent's pocket queens and ascend into the chip lead.
With just 55 players left play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble. However, the bubble boy figures to be Richard Wyssling, who failed to turn up today and has been blinded down from some 76,000 to 4,500 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
With 56 players remaining and 54 spots paid the money bubble is fast approaching here in Western New York.
Welland, Ontario, Canada's Carmine Santoro busted one player making two pair against a flopped open-ender and holding.
Now, after busting another couple of shorter stacks, he's managed to build a chip leading stack as the only player past the 400,000-chip mark.
Just a few spots shy of the money, Santoro is the man to beat right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
403,500
233,300
|
233,300 |
John Stempien got off to a rough start today, but recently righted the ship and moved back near the top of the chip counts.
He got one shorter stack all in with 
versus 
on a 
flop and held through the 
turn and 
river to inch up closer to the 300,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
282,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Blake Napierala has been applying pressure to shorter stacks all day long and without benefit of any big hands, has moved into the chip lead.
"I'm just running it up," he told PokerNews.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000
162,500
|
162,500 |
Rob Forbes bet 15,000 into an 
flop and Bob Kiehl pushed in for 60,000 total.
Forbes made the call with having Kiehl's 
crushed. The 
run out did not complete any of Kiehl's longshot draws and he hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
84,100
|
84,100 |
|
Busted |
