$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$200
Prize Pool
$50,000
Entries
520
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Mark Roberts Leads 11 Flight A Survivors
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Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
The first of four starting flights for the 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $200 No-Limit Hold'em drew 88 entries Friday.
By the time they had played almost 13 levels, just 11 remained, reaching the 12 percent of the field mark and halting play for the flight.
Mark Roberts went on a heater late that included a double knockout to rise into the chip lead on over 300,000 heading into Day 2.
These 11 players will return for Day 2 Sunday and they will be joined by anyone pushing through the next three starting flights still to come.
PokerNews' Summer Slam coverage will continue with the second starting flight in this $200 No-Limit Hold'em reentry event set for 6 p.m. this evening.
End of Flight A Chip Counts (full)
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
317,800 | 17,800 |
|
211,200 | 8,200 |
|
199,400 | 142,400 |
|
149,900 | 9,900 |
|
|
102,100 | 102,100 |
|
75,800 | -34,200 |
|
75,500 | -56,500 |
|
63,800 | 63,800 |
|
59,300 | -19,700 |
|
|
37,300 | 37,300 |
|
33,200 | -38,800 |
Roberts' Double Knock Out Ends The Flight
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Mark Roberts knocked out two players with the 
versus the 
and the 
all in preflop.
The 
board did the rest. Roberts now looks like he'll bag 300,000 and the chip lead as the flight ends with five minutes left in Level 13 having reached 11 players and 12 percent of the starting field.
Full chip counts and a short recap of the flight will follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 120,000 |
Roberts Grounds Graziano
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Mark Roberts is suddenly a real threat to bag big after shoving 61,000 into a pot of about 50,000.
It was on the turn with the board reading 
heads up with Newton Graziano. Graziano tank-called with the and his two pair was behind Roberts' 
straight.
The 
did not give Graziano a full house and while he was left with 12,000, those chips were gone a hand later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 | 145,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Jimmmy Eats Sardo
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Jason Sardo shoved the big blind for 25,000 after Mitchell Gasiorowski limped in from the small.
He took his time about it, but Gasiorowski called with the . Sardo had the dominating , but was far from a favorite to double when the flop gave Gasiorowski both a flush and open-ended straight draw.
The turn made the straight and although Sardo had chop outs, the river blanked sending him home a little early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | 67,000 |
|
Busted |
The Flop, Turn and River
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Alicia LaPorte Pachla limped in with the 
and called off 25,000 when one opponent shoved into her.
He had nines, and although Pachla flopped a jack and a flush draw, he turned a set to snatch back the lead. The river changed things again, bringing another club to complete Pachla's flush and with 18 left now, she's back in the thick of it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
79,000 | 24,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
19 Remaining
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Just 19 players remain headed into the last break of the flight.
The schedule calls for three more half hour levels. However, there is a chance they reach 11 players remaining, approximately 12 percent of the 88 player field, before they play those levels, at which point play would halt.
It's a tight race for the flight lead at this point with both Jeffrey Roth and Bob Doren hovering around the 130,0000-chip mark. They're also seated side-by-side, which could make for an interesting confrontation of they decide to tangle before the flight is finished.