$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1b Completed
2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$96,738
Entries
599
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
18 More Through to Day 2 With Luis Ortiz Leading This Pack
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Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
The second of four starting flights in the $200 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guaranteed Event #1 on the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic drew 122 entries and re-entries at the the Niagara Falls Poker Room this evening.
When added to the 127 from the morning flight, this puts the event well on it's way to surpassing the guarantee with two starting flights still to come Saturday.
After 14 30-minute levels of play, just 18 more players survived.
The final level of the night began with three players in a dead heat for the lead, including Jimmy Thomson, [Removed:339] and Luis Ortiz.
But by the end of it all, Ortiz had found some separation from the pack and booked the overnight lead on 271,600.
Mike Wall took most of Thompson's chips in a late blind on blind battle and while [Removed:340] stayed stacked, Kristan Mackiewicz rose up from the ashes nearby. They all bagged big, but right now they are all still chasing Michael Davis and the massive 342,000-chip stack he built on Day 1a.
Other local heroes pushing through included Thomson, Paul McLean and Nicholas Goetz, and they will join the 15 Day 1a survivors, plus anyone through from Saturday's flights, in returning to play down to a champion Sunday.
Of course, the event continues Saturday with two more starting flights, beginning with the morning session at 11 a.m. local time.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back then to provide continued coverage of the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Event #1 and you are welcome to join us right here in this space.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
271,600 | |
|
|
197,800 | 22,800 |
|
157,500 | 37,500 |
|
|
154,400 | |
|
138,900 | 88,900 |
|
136,400 | -13,600 |
|
|
99,100 | |
|
|
94,400 | |
|
84,400 | -40,600 |
|
|
72,600 | 72,600 |
|
|
72,100 | -82,900 |
|
|
65,700 | 65,700 |
|
63,600 | -8,400 |
|
|
55,000 | -10,000 |
|
51,400 | |
|
|
48,100 | 5,100 |
|
|
36,400 | 36,400 |
|
34,600 | 34,600 |
Wall Leapfrogs Thomson
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Lewiston, NY's Mike Wall made it 8,200 from the small blind and Jimmy Thomson defended his big.
The flop fell 
and Wall led for 9,200. Thomson fired back, raising to 25,000 and Wall shipped it in for what amounted to about 60,000 total.
Thomson called with 
, but was dominated pre and outflopped post with Wall on 
. It held on a 
run out.
With that the remaining players were moved to seats at the final two tables and a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands left to play. They drew a five.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000 | |
|
45,000 | -130,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Ortiz Jamming
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Louis Ortiz has joined the log jam at the top of the chip counts, flopping top two and getting it in against Darryl Bagley with a pair and a turned flush draw.
Ortiz faded danger on the river, leaving him stacked and Bagley on life support. He busted unceremoniously a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
Busted |
[Removed:340] Caught Bluffing
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
[Removed:339] had moved into the chip lead on over 200,000 when he got embroiled in a three-way pot with Paul McLean and a third player.
They checked a 
flop to him with about 16,000 in the middle already and [Removed:340] led for 7,500. Only McLean called and the turn came the . McLean check-called a 14,000-chip Elahge bet on this street and they moved on to the 
river.
McLean checked again, then called after a brief pause for thought when [Removed:340] bet 23,000.
"Queen-high," claimed [Removed:340], as McLean showed 
and took it down.
[Removed:340] is now in a dead heat with Jimmy Thomson for the lead and McLean is closely in tow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000 | 111,000 |
|
|
150,000 |
Ylagam Healthy Again
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Jimmy Thomson made it 4,500 and two seats over, one opponent made it 12,000, leaving himself around 11,000 behind.
Eric Ylagam then cold four-bet shipped it for 52,600 total and after Thomson folded, the three-better called it off with .
Ylagam showed 
and held through an 
run out with Thomson claiming to have let pocket queens go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000 | 1,700 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Break!
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The players are off on the final 10-minute break of the night and will return to play two more levels or down to 16 remaining, whichever comes first.