Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Randy Lingenfelter has hooked a few big fish on the way to a spot among the leaders now.
He made the nut straight and got it in against a flush draw, holding to climb the counts. Two sets of deuces later he's closing in on 60,000.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Jeff White managed to bust one player with tens over sevens all in preflop.
The rest of his stack was built without showing down a ton of hands and he now finds himself among the leaders.
Brampton, Ontario, Canada's Timmy Mohammed has vaulted into the Level 6 chip lead.
The big hand that got him there was a three-way all-in pot that saw him get it in with a set of sevens versus a combo draw and a third hand that was never revealed.
Mohammed's set held, helping him become the first player past the 50,000-chip post.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Burt Kopaskie called it off with two pair versus a flush draw and held to bust one player early.
Since then he's been on the grind, pushing his stack up close to three times starting heading into Level 6.
Jason Sardo got out of the gate fast, getting one opponent's stack when he called a shove with bottom pair and a turned flush draw.
Sardo was behind top pair, but rivered the flush. Since then he's cemented his spot near the top of the leaderboard with a series of successful preflop raises.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Randy Lingenfelter bought back in and has run it up already.
Plus, a few more familiar faces have joined the field, including 2016 Western New York Poker Challenge finalist Ray LaRouech and 10th-place finisher Mike Rellinger.