Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$550
Entries
504
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Break!
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Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
The players are off on a 15-minute break as the tournament staff colors up and removes the 25 denomination chips.
Kaczor Catches Quads
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
North Tonawanda, NY's Adam Kaczor flopped a set and rivered quads in a rather large three-way pot.
As a result, he now has a six-figure stack and a spot among the leaders heading into the flight's third break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
118,000 |
Foster on (St. Elmo's) Fire
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Rochester, NY's Adam Foster got it up to 100,000 in chips getting lucky with a double-gutter in a massive pot early.
A few minutes ago he moved into the chip lead using that big stack to push an opponent off a hand.
Facing a 5,000-chip bet on a 
flop, Foster check-raised to 12,000. His opponent called, then led the 
river for 15,000. Foster wasted little time pushing a stack of yellow 5,000-denomination chips out front and announcing all in. His not-so-big stacked opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Sardo Set Up
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Buffalo, NY's Jason Sardo four-bet tens out of position and flopped a set against a player holding pocket queens to pick up a massive pot.
As a result, he's up over the 100,000-chip mark and in contention as Level 7 comes to a close and Day 1a reaches its mid-point.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
101,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
Rick Rolling
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Rick Block is no stranger to success here at Seneca.
Last weekend, the professional poker player from Alden, New York, took down the first event on the Summer Slam schedule for $15,000. Late last year he also won the 2014 Seneca Falls Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event for $40,050.
In fact, Block is no stranger to success outside of Niagara Falls either, having booked a World Series of Poker Circuit ring win in December 2013 at Atlantic City and boasting a resume with career live tournament earnings of $141,465.
The story checks out here in the Main Event as well, after Block picked up pocket aces out the break and fired three streets to bust one player and collect heaps from another.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 |
Joining The Ranks
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Rochester, NY's Tyler Orsini has joined the ranks of the stacked here as Level 7 continues.
He strangely had pocket tens three hands in a row, winning decent pots two out of the three times.
Then he managed to win a 50,000-chip pot turning 
into a Broadway straight versus a flopped set of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Break!
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The players are off on a 10-minute break with six full 40-minute levels now behind them.
The tournament clock currently claims 150 entries with 118 players remaining.