Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Kirk Acevedo has turned things around once again, taking a massive pot off Steven Przybl with a cagey check-call on the river after finding a baby flush.
Przybl had naught but king-high and is under 200,000 now as Acevedo is ascending.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kirk Acevedo |
600,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Steven Przybl
|
180,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
Frank Katana has grabbed hold of the chip lead here in Niagara Falls.
The crafty Canadian manged to turn a open into trip queens and bet three streets for value, getting paid off even with a river shove.
He's now the first player past the 700,000 post and counting.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frank Katana |
780,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Here's how it looks at the top of the chip counts with 45 players now remaining:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frank Katana |
555,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Daniel Wagner |
541,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Silvio DeRubeis |
507,000
282,500
|
282,500 |
Pat Tighe |
445,000
326,500
|
326,500 |
John Grace |
440,000
143,500
|
143,500 |
John Yanni |
440,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
David Battaglia |
420,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Paul McLean |
420,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
Andy Ranaletti |
415,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Steven Przybl
|
400,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
William Liang |
400,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Kirk Acevedo |
380,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Jeffrey Hobrecker |
320,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
Jeff Wells |
320,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
Tyler Gardner |
300,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Blake Napierala |
280,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Adam Foster |
200,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Respected West Seneca, NY grinder Dan Wagner, who finished runner-up in the 2015 Fallsview Poker Classic $1k this past February for $109,114, just got some much needed help in his hunt for another big score here on this side of the border.
He flopped a pair of queens holding versus a player on and found a third queen on the river to push up over 500,000 in chips and into a spot among the leaders.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Wagner | 540,000 |
2013 World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Michael Malm just busted on the bubble.
Facing a raise, he pushed in with big slick and got looked up by a player on . A jack on the flop did him in and the remaining players are all in the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Malm | Busted | |
|
The dealers have been asked to hold up as hand-for-hand play will now commence one spot off the money.
The next player out goes home empty handed while the player after that will collect an $1,150 min-cash.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The players are now off on the first 10-minute break of the day with 56 remaining - Just 2 spots away from the money.