Mark Roberts opened by potting to 3,500 and got three calls before Alex Visbisky repotted for roughly one third of his 60,000-chip stack with the double suited.
Tom Guindon looked him up with the and flopped a wrap on a board. They got it in, Guindon turned a deuce, and busted Visbisky on the way to a huge chip lead with 29 now remaining.
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Leo Kaplin, who claims to have won a chipped trophy when he outlasted the field in this very tournament three years ago, just got the best of a three-way all-in pot to climb the counts and send Jason Nablo to the rail.
Kaplin:
Tom Guindon:
Nablo:
Nablo had the best of it when the money went in preflop, but Kaplin flushed out on a board to triple up. Nablo had Kaplin covered, but lost a side pot to Guindon's two pair.
Joseph Elia is on a massive heater and just became the first player past the 100,000-chip mark heading into the break with the chip lead.
He managed to win a 60,000-chip three-way all in pot moments ago with , flopping a nine and finding another on the river to make trips, crack aces and push ahead of the pack.
Tom "Plumber" Guindon, who is an actual plumber and also has a reputation for flushing many opponent's tournament dreams down the drain here at Seneca, just did exactly that to Ray LaRouech.
LaRouech flopped a set of aces and Guindon decided to roll with what he called a "semi-wrap". In fact, it was a gutshot, and he hit it on the river to bust LaRouech and join the leaders heading into the second break of the day.
Niagara Falls, Canada's Domenic Olivo flopped top set with the on a board.
Once the player on his left made a set of his own, he was willing to get it in. Kings were still best and Olivo now has a nice, healthy stack as a result.
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double suited.
and flopped a wrap on a 
board to triple up. Nablo had Kaplin covered, but lost a side pot to Guindon's two pair.
, flopping a nine and finding another on the river to make trips, crack aces and push ahead of the pack.
board.