$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
The first of four starting flights for the $100,000 guaranteed 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $300 No Limit Hold'em drew 125 entries inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino.
As a result, the event is well on its way to crushing its $100,000 guarantee with three flights to come.
In fact, the second of four starting flights will begin at 6 p.m. local time Friday and there will be two more at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday.
Any and all survivors will push through to Sunday's Day 2, where the money awaits and a champion of the first event on the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic schedule will be crowned.
The first flight saw 18 survive with Toronto, Canada's Alex Avdelopoulos riding good luck, timing and skillful play to a massive chip lead. He'll take 440,000 with him to Sunday.
That's it for this first flight, but the action continues here on PokerNews with the second flight starting just minutes from now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Avdelopoulos |
440,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Richard Arnone |
332,800
92,800
|
92,800 |
Brian Healy |
232,300
107,300
|
107,300 |
Scott Hosbach |
218,900
118,900
|
118,900 |
Kenneth Wask
|
150,200 | |
April Leforte | 138,400 | |
Guy Klass |
134,100
-25,900
|
-25,900 |
Dietrich Kuhlmann |
102,800
102,800
|
102,800 |
Brad Bourne |
101,400
-48,600
|
-48,600 |
Carol Leonardi |
98,900
58,900
|
58,900 |
Alex Visbisky | 92,200 | |
Bigong Wang
|
76,100 | |
Jason Nablo |
76,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Jeff Hall
|
75,600 | |
Mark Krysczak
|
68,000
-92,000
|
-92,000 |
Paul Bitterman |
65,500
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
Jim Girdlestone |
51,800
1,800
|
1,800 |
Hayden Glassman |
45,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
With ten minutes left in the level a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands left to play.
Brian Bartoe mercifully drew a deuce. Two more hands and the remaining players will bag and tag.
Alex Avdelopoulos looks like a shoe-in to bag a big lead when play wraps up.
He has ridden good fortune all day long to a stack approaching the 400,000-mark now. No one is really even close.
They will play until ten minutes remain here in Level 14, then conduct a draw to determine the number of hands left to play.
We will update the chip counts and write up a short recap that will more than likely include a picture of Avdelopoulos, barring some disaster.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Avdelopoulos |
380,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Richard Arnone and Jim Girdlestone just got involved in what dealer Eddy Williams would call a classic showdown.
It was Arnone's aces versus Girdlestone's kings all in preflop and when the dust settled, aces held to send Arnone soaring close to the top of the counts on 240,000.
Girdlestone was left with 50,000 with which to rebuild.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Richard Arnone |
240,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Jim Girdlestone |
50,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Just 30 remain at three tables rounding out Level 12. They will play to the end of Level 14 or until 15 players remain.
Here's how the haves and have nots look right now:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Avdelopoulos |
275,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Mark Krysczak
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Guy Klass |
160,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Jim Girdlestone | 150,000 | |
Brad Bourne |
150,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Brian Healy |
125,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Richard Arnone |
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Scott Hosbach |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Blake Napierala |
90,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Paul Bitterman |
85,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Hayden Glassman |
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Moe Pecora
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Todd Miles |
70,000
28,500
|
28,500 |
Budwey Salhab |
60,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Andy Spears |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Carol Leonardi |
40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Jason Nablo |
35,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Jason Sardo |
30,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Sal Guercio | Busted | |
Sahar Khajavi | Busted | |
Art Demmerley | Busted | |
Sammy Smith | Busted | |
Darrin Bracken | Busted | |
Ray Williams | Busted | |
Cameron Bartolotta | Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300