$50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1e Started
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1e
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$40
Prize Pool
$38,440
Entries
961
Level
29
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Day 1e of the 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Event #3 $50 No-Limit Hold'em Starts Now!
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The 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam continues today with the fifth of six starting flights in Event #3, a $50 No-Limit Hold'em tournament with a $25,000 guarantee, kicking off at 11 a.m. local time in Western New York.
There will also be one more starting flight at 6 pm. this evening with any and all survivors coming back to play down to a champion Thursday. So far there are a spirited 76 players going through to Day 2 with Tom Babiarz leading them all, sitting on top of a massive 254,700-chip stack.
At this price point, and with this many chances to get in, this event has already attracted a slew of local grinders firing multiple bullets and recreational players taking shots, creating a massive prizepool that is guaranteed to smash the guarantee by the time two more flights are through. In fact, there have already been 585 entries with the current estimates putting the prizepool at $23,400.
At the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge in March, Seneca ran a similar event that drew 1,026 entries over six different starting flights creating a $41,040 prizepool. Top local pro Randy Pfeifer was crowned champ.
As with all other flights, players will start with 10,000 in tournament chips with plans to play 15 full 20-minute levels. Registration and unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 13.
Stay tuned for a ton of action from the falls as the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand for it all.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Your Stack on My Stack!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Rellinger Floats; Leads
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Alicia LaPorte Pachla blind raised the cutoff to 600 and Mike Rellinger made the call on the button.
The flop fell 
and Pachla fired out 1,500. Rellinger floated and the turn brought the 
. Pachla simply jammed it in and Rellinger snapped off the huge overbet, quickly turning over 
.
Pachla sheepishly showed 
and headed to the cage to re-enter as the river bricked and Rellinger collected the early double to jump into the lead.
A hand or two later he managed to flop a boat with pocket fives on a 
board and get another player's more than full stack when he got it in with pocket queens on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Szczodrowski Spells a Triple
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
Bob Szczodrowski got his first double up when he flatted a raise with 
, flopped two pair then called off when his heads-up opponent shoved kings.
A few hands later he made a huge call against a massive river shove on an 
board. His 
busted his opponent's 
with the kicker playing.
As a result, Szczodrowski is among the early leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Rivera Rides Again
Level 4
: 100/200, 0 ante
Alex Rivera built up a big stack in last night's flight, but found a way to spew it off before bagging.
He's back at it again this morning and off to a quick start. In a three-way pot on an 
flop, the first player to act led for 2,000, the next player shoved for a little over 6,000 and Rivera shipped it in for about the same. The raiser checked his cards, was told the flush draw was no good by Rivera, then open folded 
.
Rivera's 
was up against the third player's 
flush draw and held on a 
run out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |