$200 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1c | 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

07-22-2017 12:18 UTC-4

Donating To Pace

[user127999]

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Bruce Pace has grabbed the chip lead thanks to an Aaron Olshan donation.

Olshan turned up to play today despite bagging big in the second flight Friday and reserving his seat in the play down to a champion Sunday.

Here in Level 5, Pace made fours and fives to crack his queens for heaps, then took the rest holding with top pair queens against a king-high flush draw.

This latest Olshan bullet is now in the books and notable time bomb Pace is at the top of the counts ticking away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Pace	52,000 37,000	37,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

07-22-2017 13:11 UTC-4

Sorry John, I Don't Remember

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Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

All apologies, but Toronto, Canada's Raj Saba doesn't have a clear memory of how he managed to book a spot among the leaders here in Level 6.

There was one murky thought involving big slick and a king on the river, but the ability to recall full hand histories is not a strong suit of Saba's.

Regardless, he's got more chips than most heading into Level 7.

There's this next level and the one following still left to register and reenter, and with the board reading 140, this the already the biggest of three flights so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raj Saba	42,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

07-22-2017 13:27 UTC-4

Regulators, Mount Up

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Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

A pair of Seneca Niagara tourney regs who are always a threat are trending upwards here in Level 7.

Todd Saffron picked up aces and was only too happy to call when one foe jammed a ten-high flop. Aces held against top pair tens to vault Saffron into contention.

In the meantime, William Balcom got it in with a pair and a flush draw and one card to come against 'Buffalo' Ray Williams' top two pair. The flush hit and after busting 'Buffalo' Ray, Balcom picked up kings the very next hand.

He added another 20,000 to his stack against a player that flopped top-top on a queen-high board and now he's among the leaders as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Balcom	52,000 1,800	1,800
Todd Saffron	46,000 46,000	46,000

07-22-2017 13:41 UTC-4

Rebuy!

[user127999]

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

They head into a 15-minute break now with Bruce Pace at the cage buying back in.

After pushing up over 70,000, he spread his chips around the table liberally. Everybody got a piece of the stack until there was nothing left and he was forced to reenter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Pace	15,000 -37,000	-37,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

07-22-2017 14:14 UTC-4

Full Service

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Buffalo, NY's Brian Oshei is enjoying more than just the massage pictured in this photo.

He enjoyed taking the last of Bruce Pace's chips on his first bullet. He also thought holding with a pair of eights in a big pot against all kinds of trouble was pretty cool too.

Now, he's enjoying the chip lead in Level 8 and looking forward to the rest of the afternoon here at Seneca.