$125 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guaranteed Day 1a | 2014 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

$125 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guaranteed

Day 1a Completed

11-02-2014 19:31 UTC-4

Mandy Smith Leads Flight A of Event #2

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The 2014 Seneca Niagara Fall Poker Classic continued Sunday with the start of Event #2, a $125 buy-in no-limit hold’em event with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool. The special event features six separate starting flights across three days with the survivors advancing to Day 2 on Wednesday to play down to a champion.

The first flight began at 11 a.m. ET and when registration closed after eight levels a total of 114 entries were tallied. Only 28 survived the day, with Mandy Smith and her stack of 148,200 leading the way.

Smith quickly climbed the leaderboard near the end of the day and won a big pot on the final hand of the night. With the flop showing Smith checked and her opponent bet 12,000. Smith the announced all in, effectively putting the other player all in for around 65,000 more. He eventually folded the face up, and she flicked her cards to the dealer without showing.

Some of the others advancing in the first flight were Josh Knight, Carol Leonardi, Kristan Mackiewicz, and Cameron Bartolotta.

Be sure to stay tuned to our continuous coverage of Event #2 throughout the week!

11-02-2014 19:28 UTC-4

Official Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mandy Smith	148,200	33,200
Josh Knight	112,000	12,000
Carol Leonardi	96,200	-13,800
Kristan (Bucki) Mackiewicz	83,200	3,200
Jim Pifer	81,100	-10,000
Sam Desabio	74,400	74,400
John Vertino	74,000	74,000
John Abraham	73,800	73,800
Rasvan Rimniceanu	71,800	71,800
Ray Williams	64,800	64,800
Chris Ventura	60,700	60,700
Thomas Law	60,700	60,700
Roy Sorgenfrei	60,000	-30,000
Zachary Anslow	57,300	57,300
Martin Mango	52,500	52,500
David Keag	50,100	50,100
Andrea Stracuzzi	49,500	49,500
Adam Oshei	48,600	48,600
Varun Palackan	46,800	-1,800
Cameron Bartolotta	44,300
Greg Illig	44,100	44,100
Nik Hill Bettl	41,200	41,200
Jeff Hagen	41,200	41,200
Brian Burns	38,300	38,300
Derek Krueger	38,000

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11-02-2014 18:41 UTC-4

Bag and Tag Time

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Flight A of Event #2 has come to a close. From a field of 114 only 30 advanced to Day 2 on Wednesday. We'll have a full chip count list and a recap coming for you shortly.

11-02-2014 18:31 UTC-4

Mackiewicz Gets Her Revenge

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Shortly after Vicky Shrontz doubled through Kristan Mackiewicz , Shrontz was all in again with the against the pocket nines of Mackiewicz. The board rang true for the latter and she increased her stack to 80,000.

Tags: Kristan Mackiewicz

11-02-2014 18:19 UTC-4

Timely Double for Shrontz

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Vicky Shrontz moved all in for around 15,000 preflop and Kristan Mackiewicz reshoved behind. The rest of the table folded and the cards went on their backs.

Shrontz:
Mackiewicz:

Shrontz had two live cards and she hit gin on the flop, giving her a pair and a flush draw. Mackiewicz called for her our cards on the turn and river but none of them arrived, and Shrontz began stacking her newfound chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristan (Bucki) Mackiewicz	50,000	3,000
Vicky Shrontz	34,000

11-02-2014 18:10 UTC-4

Last Level of Flight A

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We've reached the final level of the first starting flight in Event #2. The players who survive the level will bag and tag, but all of them will have the option of playing another flight and attempt to accumulate more chips to take into Day 2.

Flight B is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m and we'll be on the floor from start to finish!

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

11-02-2014 18:06 UTC-4

Stempien Survives

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Oh a flop of , John Stempien was all in for his last 18,400 with the and was called by an opponent's . The turn and river completed the board, securing Stempien's double.