Rick Block has taken a massive chip lead following the elimination of Jimmy Thomson in 10th place. The two players got it all on the turn of a board, Block holding against Thomson's . The river improved Block to a full house and Thomas made his way to the payout cage.
Jason Nablo has reached his second straight final table of the WNY Poker Challenge after yesterday's third-place finish in Event #1. Leading the way here at the final table is Randy Pfeifer with 630,000.
After losing most of his chips in a huge three-way all to Mike Azzinaro, Pete Kaemmerlen got his remaining 40,000 in with the against Rick Block's . The board ran out to leave Kaemmerlen one spot shy of the final table.
The final 10 are forming the final table right now, We'll have a seat draw for you momentarily.
On a board of , Matthew Sande checked and Randy Pfiefer bet 18,000. Sande fired back with a check-raise to 40,000, which prompted a three-bet from Pfeifer to 89,000 from Pfeifer. Sande moved all-in, and Pfeifer snap-called.
Sande:
Pfeifer:
The turn was disastrous for Sande as Pfeifer had alreadry flopped a straight. The completed the board, and Sande was crippled down to 40,000. He was eliminated two hands later, leaving us with 12 players.