Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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
My Stack Run Good, Reporters... Not So Much
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Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Colin Reid was fast approaching 60,000 and keeping us all updated with his intrepid use of PokerNews' My Stack App, when it came time to find out exactly how he'd moved into the chip lead.
Upon approach, this reporter reminded Reid of something he well knows. The My Stack App comes with more than just the ability to update your own chip count into the Live Reporting Blog here on PokerNews. It gives those who use it the uncanny ability to run good.
Reid recounted the story of his early rise that included making 
into trip tens to crack aces, and finding trip queens for another big pot. Then he got involved in another big hand, making it 1,500 over two limps. Four players called, including the limpers, and when it checked to Reid on a 
flop, he bet 5,000.
One player shoved 15,000, the others folded and Reid made the call with the 
. His opponent had the 
and looked to be going home until the 
turn came down and made him a set. The 
river didn't help Reid and he was forced to hand over a double up.
Reid has still got 40,000 and the early lead, but he is now also keenly aware PokerNews reporters do not provide the same type of run good the app does.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Pachla Leads Again
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
Local publicity hound Alicia LaPorte Pachla has moved into the chip lead, garnering her the attention she so desperately craves.
In an effort to make sure the people at home find out before her stack turns into dust, Pachla told PokerNews she's picked up jacks three times today and won every time.
In fact, a few moments ago was the third time and those jacks filled up to give her a full house and a decent sized pot. She knocked a player out and reserved a spot near the top of the leaderboard.
Then, just seconds ago, she was on the right end of a flush-over-flush debacle that left her with 70,000 and a spot at the top of the leaderboard.
Pachla won two events back-to-back at the 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge this Spring and is threatening to make an impression on Summer Slam now as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
One Of Those Nights
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
It was a late night for 'Buffalo' Ray Williams Thursday.
He made it all the way to the seven-handed chop in the Summer Slam $1,000 High Roller last night, cashing for $8,676 after getting in through a satellite. As a result, he didn't get home until after 2 a.m. and turned up just a few minutes ago to get in on the action today.
It has been a few good minutes, though, as Williams has managed to run it up to 50,000 already.
It was pocket aces on one hand, then big slick turning into trip kings on the next, and the streaky Williams is suddenly among the leaders here two days in a row
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The Truth About Jimmmy J
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Orchard Park, NY's Mitchell Gasiorowski, otherwise known as Jimmmy J with three m's, or Tony, depending on who is asking, has moved up to spot among the chip leaders.
Apparently he made a straight in a big pot early to climb the counts, but the details of the hand were as sketchy as his many nom de plumes, making it unclear exactly how Mitchell/Jimmmy/Tony built the stack.
Either way, he's right in the thick of it, and will likely have to pay taxes on anything he earns here now after being untimely exposed by PokerNews.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 |
Free Reentry
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Mark Roberts made it 2,000 to go and a player shoved in behind for a little less than 15,000. Matt Marcinkiewicz then sprung into action, putting in a stack of yellow and coming over the top all in.
With just a few minutes left in the last level for registration and reentry, Roberts said screw it and called for his last 11,500 total holding the 
.
Marcinkiewicz had the 
and the third player in the hand had 
. However, Roberts got the free reentry and more, making his flush on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
36,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100