Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
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
Tighe Tries Again
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Pat Tighe, who was ushered out of Day 1c after building a big stack before taking some tough beats, has vaulted into the chip lead this evening.
His big hands in the night flight have included pocket kings versus 
, where his opponent paired the queen on the turn and pushed, and holding with 
over .
Tighe isn't happy to be on the felt right now, feeling like he was a favorite to bag big earlier in the day before all the beats.
But the Level 6 chip lead and a plan to hold on to it is making it a little easier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Then a Hero Comes Along
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Otto, NY's Rob Gerstenzang made a huge hero call with 
on a 
board and was right, his all in opponent held a busted flush draw.
Add that to the hand where he made a set of fives and got paid off and he's got a contending stack right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Crazy Chop Makes Up For Miller Mistake
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
In one oddball hand, James Miller put out 2,700 preflop and announced a 27,000-chip raise.
Since verbal is binding, he was forced to put out the 27,000. A few seats over, Alan Marie woke up with the 
and tank-shoved for some 4,000 more.
Miller shrugged and called with the 
.
The flop rolled out 
giving them both a pair. The turn came the 
giving Miller a club draw and finally, the river was the 
, giving them both a wheel and chopping the pot.
Style and Grace
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
2015 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event final table participant John Grace has built himself up to a spot near the top of the counts this evening from a table in the back of the poker room.
The big hand that vaulted him up the counts involved him getting it in three ways with queens over tens over eights. By the grace of the poker gods, Grace held and is now pushing 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Tighe Goes South; Moravec Peaking
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Suddenly peaking is Buffalo, NY native Jason Moravec, who took most of Pat Tighe's big chips when he made tens full on the river against him.
No saying what the mucking Tighe had, except a lot less chips after the hand. He ran out of those almost as quickly and soon headed to the cage to reenter with Moravec taking his former spot among the leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 | |
|
|
15,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
Ciffa Cracks One
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Two-time 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam titlist Joe Ciffa just did the dirty, cracking one opponent's aces on the way to building a contending stack deep into Level 8.
He flopped two pair with the 
and the money went in. Ciffa turned a boat for good measure and the aces never improved on the way out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Raimondi Rides Again
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Peter Raimondi told PokerNews that he's been taking a little break from poker and actually, outside of one home game with friends, hasn't played since this past August.
Raimondi says he believes time away from the game can be productive and a good way of making sure a player is focused when they return to the felt.
Back at it for the first time in three months, this off the felt strategy appears to be paying dividends for Raimondi as he looks razor sharp and has the lead heading into the day's second break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
6,000
|
6,000 |