$300 Pot Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
$300 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$15,000
Entries
80
Level
22
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
0
Jeff Salhab Wins the 2016 Seneca Fall Classic $300 Pot Limit Omaha for $5,897
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Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
A 27-year-old roofer from Depew, NY took down the 2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $300 Pot Limit Omaha event inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino on Thursday.
Jeff Salhab had a 2:1 chip lead heads-up with Matt Marcinkiewicz when they agreed to a chop, giving Salhab $5,897 and the title.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Salhab | $5,897 |
| 2 | Matt Marcinkiewicz | $5,200 |
| 3 | Matt Shanahan | $2,779 |
| 4 | Dave Piano | $1,954 |
| 5 | Mark Roberts | $1,450 |
| 6 | Varun Palackan | $1,128 |
| 7 | Chad Martin | $926 |
| 8 | Anthony Falco | $806 |
The event drew 80 entries and reentries creating a $20,140 prize pool that paid the top eight. Thomas Keeper busted on the money bubble before Anthony Falco took eighth, running his short stack into a Marcinkiewicz monster.
Seventh place went to Chad Martin when he ran queens into Matt Shanahan's aces and only Shanahan improved. Varun Palackan then got his jacks cracked sixth and Mark Roberts ran out of gas fifth, getting it in with a straight draw and missing.
Dave Piano had the lead for a good portion of the day, but was outrun four pots in a row before finishing fourth.
They traded chips around three handed until things were relatively even. Finally, Salhab doubled up through Shanahan with a rivered straight, then sent him home third flopping a flush to crack Shanahan's kings.
Salhab, who was in contention all day after busting big stack Bruce Pace in the early going, then agreed to the chop that left him with the most money, the coveted trophy and Seneca Niagara poker glory.
Next up at Seneca Niagara is the $1,000 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event beginning with the first of two starting days at 11 a.m. local time Friday.
Chop; Matt Marcinkiewicz Takes 2nd Place ($5,200)
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
They struck a deal giving Jeff Salhab $5,897 and the trophy.
Matt Marcinkiewicz earned $5,200 for his second-place finish. A recap will follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
1,040,000
|
1,040,000 |
|
Busted |
Matt Shanahan Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,779)
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
After a series of big raises on a 
flop, Jeff Salhab got it all in for almost 300,000 against Matt Shanahan.
It was Salhab's 
against Shanahan's 
and Salhab made a straight on the 
run out to double up, take the lead and leave Shanahan short.
The next hand Shanahan got it in with the 
against Salhab's 
and Salhab made a flush on the 
board to bust Shanahan third.
Heads up play and Level 23 will begin after a short break with Salhab holding an almost 2:1 lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,040,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
|
|
560,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted |
Even Up
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
Things have evened up here three-handed now after Matt Marcinkiewicz doubled through Jeff Salhab.
Marcinkiewicz made it 60,000 and Salhab defended his big blind before potting it on an 
flop. Marcinkiewicz shoved for 220,000 total and Salhab called with the 
.
Marcinkiewicz was ahead with the 
but not out of the woods yet. He held through the turn and river to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
|
|
550,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 0
Marcinkiewicz Triples
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Jeff Salhab made it 50,000 and Matt Marcinkiewicz and Matt Shanahan called in the blinds.
Marcinkiewicz shoved 57,000 at the flop and both players called.
They checked down the turn and 
river on the side. With Salhab claiming kings and queens and Shanahan a queen, Marcinkiewicz took it down with aces and kings and all kinds of spades in his hand, tripling up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
775,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
525,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
300,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Dave Piano Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,954)
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Dave Piano got outdrawn four hands in a row and is now out fourth.
He got the last 150,000 in with the 
preflop against Jeff Salhab and his 
.
Salhab made a bigger pair on a 
board to end Piano's run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
840,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
610,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
Shanahan Tuning Up Piano
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Matt Shanahan has now leapfrogged Dave Piano in the chip counts and continues to pound away at him.
The latest example of this saw Piano limped the small blind and Shanahan make it 30,000 more. Piano called and they both checked the flop. Piano followed suit on the turn, then folded when Shanahan made it 45,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
240,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |