$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack High Roller
Day 1 Started
2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack High Roller
Day: 1
Summer Slam 2018 Kicks Off Thursday With High Roller at 11 a.m.
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The Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam 2018 kicks off Thursday morning with the first of nine events running from July 19-29. Starting off with a bang, Event #1: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack High Roller sees cards get in the air around 11 a.m guaranteeing a $20,000 top prize.
The single-day event features a starting stack of 100,000 and 30-minute blind levels. Registration is open until the start of Level 9 with one re-entry permitted during that time. There will also be a big blind ante format for the event.
At the 2017 Summer Slam, Andrew Mosey and Peter Raimondi took the lion's share of a seven-way chop. Mosey took 12,000 with Raimondi banking $11,500. The rest of the remaining field, including Ray Williams, Alex Visbisky, Chris Damick, Guy Klass, and Maurice Sessum, each earned $8,676.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
A Few Familiar Faces in the Field
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 |
Some Late Arrivals
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 0
Gigl Off to a Great Start
Level 2
: 100/300, 0 ante
There hasn't been a bustout yet but Mike Gigl almost has two stacks worth of chips just after the first level. According to Gigl, he has been the benefactor of a couple hands that paid off. The chips have accumulated off of two flopped sets and a flopped full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
196,000 | 96,000 |
Most Recent Additions
Level 2
: 100/300, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
Murawa Gets Value From Two Pair
Level 3
: 200/400, 0 ante
With about 20,000 piled up in the middle and a completed board reading 
, the action was checked to Scott Murawa in the cutoff.
Murawa fired 6,500 and after a moment, his heads-up opponent check-called. Murawa tabled the 
for two pair and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
118,000 | 18,000 |