2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$15,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$91,893
Entries
569
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Just 19 Survive The First Flight

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
John Stempien
John Stempien

The 2015 edition of Summer Slam kicked off at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel poker room today with the first of four starting flights for Event #1, a $200 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament featuring 30-minute levels, 15,000-chip starting stacks and a $50,000 guarantee.

The flight drew a total of 132 entries, but just 19 players survived through 14 levels of play. A late rush from local rounder John Stempien saw him push over the 200,000-chip mark and into the chip lead.

All 19 players will return for Day 2 Sunday at 11 a.m. local time to play down to a champion. In the meantime, three more starting flights will bloat the prizepool substantially with the second already underway and two more set for 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday.

Tags: John Stempien