$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1c Completed
$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1c Completed
The third of four starting flights for the $100,000 guaranteed 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $300 No Limit Hold'em drew another 159 entries inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino today.
Now, with 444 total entries, the event has already crushed the $100,000 guarantee. Plus, the fourth and final starting flight is still set for 6 p.m. local time tonight.
This third flight saw another 28 survive with Chris Damick taking the end-of-flight chip lead. He bagged 337,700.
When combined with the other flights, that's a total of 75 going through to Sunday so far. It would be 76, but David Olshan bagged twice, and instead of some 55,000, he'll take over 200,000 into Day 2 Sunday.
Toronto, Canada's Alex Avdelopoulos from the first flight still holds a massive chip lead, sitting on 440,000.
This flight is through, but the action continues here on PokerNews with the fourth and final flight beginning just minutes from now. Stay tuned to see how big the prize pool can get and how many more will give themselves a shot at a peice of it Sunday.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Damick |
337,700
-62,300
|
-62,300 |
Paul Zakamarko |
275,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Matt Marcinkiewicz |
254,100
64,100
|
64,100 |
David Olshan |
216,500
161,900
|
161,900 |
Alex Schepis |
166,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
Rayshawn Smalls |
151,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Timmy Vaillancourt |
137,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
Mike Shavensky |
122,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Aviva Chepurny |
106,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
Adam Kaczor
|
105,500
105,500
|
105,500 |
Kurtis Boutelle |
101,500
101,500
|
101,500 |
John Pihlak |
101,500
101,500
|
101,500 |
Christopher Fleming |
96,500
96,500
|
96,500 |
Peter DeSantis |
91,100
21,100
|
21,100 |
Leo Kaplin |
85,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Matthew Miceli
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
John Grace |
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
Rick Block |
82,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Deon Thomas |
76,700
11,700
|
11,700 |
Martin Mango
|
74,500
74,500
|
74,500 |
Christopher Falanga |
68,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
Vince Palma |
66,500
66,500
|
66,500 |
Don Moeller |
56,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Patricia Chapin
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
George Crozier |
40,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Chris Damick is running unseasonably hot. First aces hold, then a set. He can do no wrong.
In fact, he's on 400,000 and threatening the big chip lead Canada's Alex Avdelopoulos put together in the first flight when he bagged 440,000.
With ten minutes left in this final level they will draw to determine a number of hands left to play. Then we'll come back at you with chip counts for everybody that survives. We'll also put together a brief recap of the flight before kicking off coverage of the 6 p.m. stanza.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Damick |
400,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
David Olshan headed into the late levels of last nights second flight with a six-figure stack.
However, just before the close of play he lost half of it. He bagged 54,400, but figured he could do better today, taking advantage of the option to re-enter and take the best stack he can bag forward to Day 2.
Here they are, heading into the last level of the night and Olshan's got six figure's again. He got there three-betting the big blind to 21,000 over a 7,000 button open. The button flatted and Olshan c-bet the flop, making it 25,000.
The button flatted and when the rolled off, Oslhan shoved for 51,400. The button let off a little steam about how horrible the turn card was before folding. He later claimed kings.
In the meantime, Olshan will head into the final level of the night hoping he can bag at least the 125,000 he has right now, improving his chances on Sunday immensely.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Here's a look at the favorites to bag big and a handful who went home early heading into the last two levels of the flight:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Damick |
260,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Matt Marcinkiewicz |
190,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Paul Zakamarko |
185,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Chris Fleming
|
140,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Rayshawn Smalls |
135,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Aviva Chepurny |
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Leo Kaplin |
105,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
George Crozier |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Goran Velimirovic |
100,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Rick Block |
85,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Peter DeSantis |
70,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Deon Thomas |
65,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Brian Bowen |
65,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
John Abraham |
30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Sahar Khajavi | Busted | |
Kurtis Boutelle | Busted | |
Louie Tomassi | Busted | |
Russ Campanella | Busted | |
Bruce Pace | Busted | |
Cameron Bartolotta | Busted | |
Joe Perruzza | Busted | |
Sharman Olshan | Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Ginger bearded hipsters of the world are rejoicing as one of their own has found his way into the chip lead here.
Matt Marcinkiewicz flopped the nut flush against two pair and aces, eventually getting it in to just about triple up. When the dust settled, Marcinkiewicz was sitting on about 170,000.
Craft IPA will be served at a drum circle later to celebrate, but there is a flannel dress code and you have to act like none of this matters to get in.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Marcinkiewicz | 170,000 |