$600 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
$600 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
The first of two Day 1 starting flights for the 2015 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event drew 195 entries to the Niagara Falls Poker Room at Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel on Friday.
It's a number that put the $600 buy-in event well on it's way to exceeding the $150,000 guarantee with a second flight set for Saturday at 11 a.m. That second flight is expected to be even bigger, so if you're in the area there's still time to get in on the action.
By the time the first 15 levels of play were done, just 33 remained in the hunt for the title. Paul McLean built a massive chip lead through 14 levels of play, but could not sustain it, ending up on the wrong end of a huge straight-over-straight cooler against Rochester, NY's Adam Foster.
However, Foster couldn't hold the lead either, losing a few pots late and allowing Jeffery Hobrecker to bag the biggest stack. Hobrecker finished on 321,500 following a late flurry.
Last year, the 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event drew 339 entries across two starting flights, with top local rounder Buck Ramsay earning the title and $41,000 in prize money. Ramsay turned up in defense of his title today and flirted with a big stack for a while, bagging 104,000 by the time play was through.
After all was said and done, 33 survived from today's flight. Those players will return Sunday to play down to a winner after they join up with Day 1b's remaining competitors. In the meantime, the second Day 1 starting flight will kick off at 11 a.m. local time on Saturday with plans to play the same 15 levels they did on Day 1a.
Keep it locked right here on PokerNews for updates live from the floor of the Niagara Falls Poker Room all day long.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeffrey Hobrecker | 321,500 | 321,500 |
Adam Foster | 282,500 | -22,500 |
David Stephens | 262,500 | 262,500 |
Tim Glab | 246,500 | 111,500 |
Paul McLean | 228,000 | 48,000 |
Silvio DeRubeis | 224,500 | 2,500 |
Dan Wagner | 211,000 | 211,000 |
Andy Ranaletti | 210,000 | 210,000 |
Michael Ferrer | 207,000 | 207,000 |
Michael Malm
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200,000 | 200,000 |
David Battaglia | 194,500 | 194,500 |
Blake Napierala | 189,500 | 29,500 |
Randy Swackhamer | 172,500 | 172,500 |
Ko Maddock | 159,500 | 159,500 |
Steve Przybyl | 154,500 | 154,500 |
Randy Lingenfelter | 153,500 | -46,500 |
Keith Gray | 126,000 | 126,000 |
Barry Trembetzky | 118,500 | 118,500 |
Pat Tighe | 118,500 | 56,500 |
Joe Ciffa | 117,500 | 117,500 |
Newton Graziano | 110,500 | 110,500 |
Tyler Orsini | 108,500 | 15,500 |
Buck Ramsay | 104,000 | -16,000 |
Steven Solodiuk | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Ronald DGrillo | 94,000 | 94,000 |
A draw was conducted to determine the number of hands to play before bagging up for the night. The number was a six.
Johnny Vegas got it all in having flopped a set of sixes versus Jeffery Hobrecker's open-ended straight draw.
Hobrecker got there on the river and as he vaulted up near the top of the chip counts, Vegas was done.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeffery Hobrecker | 260,000 | 156,000 |
Johnny Vegas | Busted |
Paul McLean has finally been knocked off his perch at the top of the chip counts, but it took a massive cooler to get the job done.
Adam Foster got it in on an flop holding for the nut straight. McLean had and was on the wrong end of things, handing the chip lead to Foster in this final level of the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Adam Foster | 305,000 | 160,000 |
Paul McLean | 180,000 | -170,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Silvio DeRubeis has jumped up to a spot among the leaders after pushing in on the river of a massive pot when he made queens full of fours.
His heads-up opponent called it off having made tens full of fours to end up on the wrong end of a cooler.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Silvio DeRubeis | 222,000 |
Randy Lingenfelter has just pushed up to 200,000 in chips now after busting Kieth Mueller.
They got it in on the turn of a board with Lingenfelter having turned a straight on to outdraw Mueller's two pair.
The river did not fill Mueller up to save his day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Randy Lingenfelter | 200,000 | 173,500 |
Kieth Mueller | Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300