$300 No-Limit Hold'em | 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

07-26-2014 17:38 UTC-4

Bartolotta Triples Up

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Cam Bartolotta saw his stack dwindle from 42,000 to 13,000 after being moved to Table 2, but he finally found a spot to get his chips in. After the player in Seat 1 opened to 5,600, Bartolotta shipped his 13,400-chip stack in with the . Two players called and both checked the flop. The turn brought a and the player in Seat 9 bet 30,000, inducing a fold from Seat 1. Bartolotta was pleased to see his jacks ahead of pocket tens, and the on the river gave him a much-needed triple.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cameron Bartolotta	55,000 11,100	11,100

Tags: Summer Slam Cameron Bartolotta

07-26-2014 17:29 UTC-4

Event #2 Payouts

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We were just handed the official payouts for Event #2. The 144 entries created a prize pool of $36,252, and the top 15 finishers will earn a minimum payday of $616. The eventual winner will take home $10,151.

Place	Payout	Place	Payout
1	$10,151	7	$1,450
2	$6,272	8	$1,124
3	$4,532	9	$906
4	$3,390	10-12	$743
5	$2,465	13-15	$616
6	$1,885

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

07-26-2014 17:07 UTC-4

Break It Up

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The players are on another 10-minute break. Don't go anywhere.

07-26-2014 16:56 UTC-4

Say Goodbye To...

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom MacKinnon	Busted
Anita Halfpenny	Busted
Bob Koentegen	Busted
Josh Knight	Busted
Nicholas Walker	Busted
Andy Spears	Busted

07-26-2014 16:51 UTC-4

Sessum Wins a Monster, Takes Chip Lead

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Maurice Sessum just knocked out two players in a wild preflop confrontation to win the biggest pot of the tournament thus far.

Jeff Joseph opened to 3,200 and Sessum three-bet to 7,700. Tom Sartori called, and Adam Greenly moved in for 17,600 from the blinds. Joseph folded, Sessum moved all in over the top and Sartori quickly called for his tournament life.

Greenly:
Sessum:
Sartori:

Sartori was looking to gamble and it appeared to pay off when the flop rolled out , giving him a straight flush draw. The on the turn added even more outs to his hand, but the on the river secured the huge pot for Sessum, who pumped his fist in the air and now stands as the new chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Sessum	175,000 115,000	115,000
Adam Greenly	Busted
Tom Sartori	Busted

Tags: Jeff Joseph Maurice Sessum Summer Slam

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

07-26-2014 16:35 UTC-4

Visbisky Crippled, Then Crushed

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

After losing most of his stack in a flip ( to ) in the prior hand, Alex Visbisky was just eliminated at Table 9. Sharman Olshan opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and Visbisky called all in for 2,000 from the button. Michael Camizzi called from the small blind and the big blind came along as well.

On the flop, Camizzi led out for 5,000 and the other two players folded. Visbisky already knew he was in trouble.

"I actually had a good hand," he said as he rolled over the . Camizzi tabled his for trip aces and the turn and river spelled the end of Visbisky's tournament.