Break!
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Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
The players are off on a 10-minute break with the first three 40-minute levels in the books.
According to the tournament clock, there have been 118 entries so far with 105 still in it.
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
Just Win Baby!
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
It appears defending Summer Slam Main Event champ Buck Ramsay does nothing but win here in Niagara Falls.
Seven months after taking the 2014 Summer Slam Main Event belt and $41,744, Ramsay also grabbed the $1,000 Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event crown, winning another $56,352 this past March.
The defense of his Summer Slam title has started here on Day 1a and and Ramsay is already dragging pots and building a stack, firing all three streets in one pot and forcing a fold from his heads-up opponent to chip up early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 |
Flopping The Nut Straight
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Armando Pagliari got off to a great start here flopping the nut straight with 
when the dealer rolled out the 
.
His luck got even better when he his opponent called a three-bet shove with and failed to fill up.
Pagliari now has almost twice what he started the day with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Water The Gras
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Buffalo resident and Seneca cash game killer Chris Gras has jumped in to the early lead with more than triple the starting stack thanks to two massive hands.
First he collected a double up when one player blasted off on the river with an unconnected 
into his .
Then, he raised a bet on the turn of an 
board, got called and shoved the 
river.
His heads-up opponent called with 
for the low end of a straight, bit Gras had rivered the bigger one, holding a 
of his own.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 |
Demmerley Pushes Hard
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Local grinder Art Demmerley has been building stacks all week in the Summer Slam prelims and is off to a hot start in the Main Event right from the get go.
He picked up a straight, pushed it hard and got paid off big time.
Demmerley is now sitting on almost twice the starting stack into the day's second level with no plans to slow down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,300
45,300
|
45,300 |
Viva Johnny Vegas
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Buffalo's Johnny Vegas is enjoying a massage and the Day 1a Level 2 chip lead thanks to a massive hand in the early going that saw him stack a player.
He picked up suited big slick, flopped an ace and rivered a flush, getting the full double when he jammed on the end and his opponent called it off and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Track Your Own Stack!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0