With 5,000 or so already in the pot and a board reading , Buck Ramsay bet 2,900 from middle position and received a call from Aaron Olshan, who was sitting in the cutoff.
When the completed the board on the river, Ramsay slowed down with a check and then snap-folded to a bet of 6,300 from Olshan.
Despite how that hand played out, Ramsay is actually the one thriving here today as he is sitting with a hefty stack of 65,000. That said, Olshan isn't doing too bad either as he is up a bit from the starting stack.
We saw Carol Leonardi gathering her things and then walk out of the tournament area. A quick check with Nicholas Walker confirmed that she had indeed been eliminated from the tournament.
According to him, several players each put in 800 preflop and saw a flop of . One player led out for 3,500, Leonardi called, and then Walker bumped it to 8,000. Both his opponents called, a turned, and two checks saw Walker fire 10,000. His first opponent folded, and then Leonardi called off her last 6,100 holding . Unfortunately for her, Walker rolled over for a full house.
Leonardi needed the case ace to chop, but it wasn't in the cards as a blanked on the river.
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Seneca Poker Room Manager Amanda Scarcelli just handed us the payouts for Event #10. The 119 entries created a prize pool of $29,958, and the top 12 finishers will earn a minimum payday of $629. The eventual winner will take home $8,988.
With around 5,000 in the pot and a board reading , a player in early position checked and Kevin Reyes bet 3,300. His opponent made a quick call, and then it went check-check on the river.
"It's good," the early-position played admitted when Reyes tabled the .
In between hand, Reyes, who is donning a black New York Yankees cap, is keeping himself busy reading The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War. It'd seemed like an interesting choice for the poker table, so we decided to look it up. Here's the book's description according to Amazon:
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny.
Sometimes it's hard to get a snack during a poker tournament. If players forget to bring their own, they suddenly find themselves at the mercy of breaks and venue options, but not here at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel. Oh no, here at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel they know how to treat their players right.
Just off to the side of the tournament area there is a spread available to players at all time. This morning it was complete with coffee, soda, juice and a fine selection of pastries. Now that it's afternoon, those breakfast options have been swapped out with fruits (i.e. strawberries, grapes, pineapple, etc.) and veggies (i.e. broccoli, carrots, celery, cucumbers, etc.).
Hungry? Simply get up between hands and grab a quick bite. Thirsty? No need to wait on a waitress, just grab a bottle of water and get back to the action.
As any poker player can tell you, it's the little things that make a big differences, and here at Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel they seem to be well aware of that fact.
We missed the action as it unfolded, but we do know that Paul Defrank and another player, who we only know as Mustapha, got their stacks all in on a flop.
Defrank:
Mustapha:
Mustapha was the player at risk, though most of Defrank's chips were in the pot too. The turn managed to give Defrank a pair of queens. However, he needed either another or an ace to win the pot. Wouldn't you know it, the spiked on the river to give him a winning two pair.
"That's disgusting," someone at the table said in disbelief. Meanwhile, a shell-shocked Mustapha wandered out of the tournament area.