We're on the money bubble at 25 players after the simultaneous eliminations of Naveen Chopra and Jonathan Cosme. We witnessed Cosme's elimination, and it was ugly.
Thomas MacKenzie raised to 25,000 from early position and Cosme shoved for 83,000 from the cutoff. MacKenzie got an exact count and called.
Cosme:
MacKenzie:
Cosme appeared destined for a double up on the board though the turn but the spiked on the river to eliminate him in 26th place.
We're playing hand-for-hand until the bubble bursts. Stay tuned.
On the last hand before the 10-minute break, Thomas McKenzie bet 50,000 on a board and Chris Gras raised to 150,000. McKenzie went into the tank before calling with the for a flush. Gras showed the , and McKenzie took down a massive pot to grab the lead with 30 players remaining.
The two starting flights are in the books, and now it's moving day in the $1,000 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event. Sixty-five players punched their ticket to Day 2 with the ultimate goal of winning the trophy and the $57,736 top prize.
Joe Ciffa enters Day 2 with the lead after 297,600. He holds a sizable edge over his next closest opponent, Mandeep Chahal, who finished Flight B atop the counts with 244,500. Among the others taking big stacks into Day 2 are Rob Davis, Greg Miller, Ryan Rivers Jeff Hagen and Veerab Zakarian.
The action resumes at noon ET today with blinds at 1,200/2,400 and a 300 ante. The levels will be increased from 45 to 60 minutes, and then increased again to 90 minutes later today as the pressure builds. Only the top 24 places will be paid, meaning more than half the the returning players will go home empty-handed today.
We'll be on the floor covering the action from start to finish so keep your browsers locked to PokerNews.com!
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board though the turn but the 
spiked on the river to eliminate him in 26th place.
board and Chris Gras raised to 150,000. McKenzie went into the tank before calling with the 
for a flush. Gras showed the 
