Fairport, NY's Bill Snead has shot up to a spot near the top of the chip counts thanks to a few big hands.
He flopped a set of nines and turned a boat to drag a slew of chips, then hit a gutshot to crack aces after being priced into a call.
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
The players are on a 10-minute break and will return to play three more levels before bagging and tagging. When Level 13 commences the registration and re-entry period will also come to a close.
After a massive hand where she turned 
into a full house against a made straight and a flush draw to triple up, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada's Gail Bates has emerged as the chip leader here in Level 12.
Bates also told PokerNews she's been in the right place, at the right time, and with the right hand all day long on her way up close to the 100,000-chip mark already.
Kyle Jeffery fired a late bullet and has quickly run it up into a contending stack.
He told PokerNews he's chipped up without having to show down a ton of hands, although he did hold with 
versus 
all in preflop at one point.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Kristan Mackiewicz has developed a bad habit of running up big stacks early in Seneca Niagara events, only to run bad late.
She's hoping to turn things around right here, right now, already holding a stack worth three buy-ins and adding more little by little.
Mackiewicz defended her blind against a 2,000-chip button raise, then was joined by the button in checking a 
flop. The turn brought the 
and she fired out a bet, forcing a fold, showing the 
and a willingness to vehemently defend her blinds with an increasingly wide range.
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Akron, NY's Bob Wideman is having the kind of day poker players usually only dream of.
He got all of one player's stack holding with 
against all in preflop, then flopped two sets of deuces and a set of fives three hands in a row to drag three more pots.
As a result, he now finds himself at the top of the counts as this flight's 10th level comes to a close.
After the cutoff limped, Cameron Bartolotta made it 2,500 from the button. The big blind called and the cutoff shipped it in for 4,500 total. Bartolotta called and the big blind joined the party.
The flop came 
and after a check from the big blind, Bartolotta c-bet 2,000. The big blind called, and checked again on the 
turn. Bartolotta made it 4,500, and again, the big blind called. The river brought the 
and the big blind check-folded to a 7,000-chip bet from Bartolotta.
The cutoff showed 
, but had been outdrawn by Bartolotta's 
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