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.
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.
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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.
, but was dominated pre and outflopped post with Wall on 
. It held on a 
run out.
