2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam

$125 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guaranteed
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$4,850
Event Info
Buy-in
$100
Entries
757
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Doug Cloud Wins 2014 Summer Slam Event #5 After 10-Handed Deal

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Doug Cloud
Doug Cloud

Event #5 of the 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam came to a close Thursday night in Niagara Falls, New York. The $125 tournament featured six separate starting flights and a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool which was smashed on Tuesday. A total of 757 entries created a prize pool of more than $70,000 with $15,821 going to the winner.

As it turned out, 10 players shared a piece of that top prize. When the 10-handed final table was reached the tournament staff ran ICM numbers at the request of the players, and eventually an even chop was agreed on with some outside deals made between a few on the side.

After the money was settled, eight of the final tablists decided to play for the title (Sahar Khajavi and Jonathan Reid left and their stacks were forfeited). After a couple hours it was Doug Cloud taking it down, defeating Paul Takano heads-up when his {J-Clubs}{J-Hearts} bested Takano’s {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} on the final hand.

The day began with 145 survivors from the first six flights of the tournament. The top 72 spots were set to make the money, and within two hours nearly half the field was gone. The money bubble burst when Jason Nablo called all in with the {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} but his hand failed to hold up against the {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs} of Corey Regnier.

Several notables finished in the money but fell short of the final table, including Alex Rivera, Jeff Joseph, Rayshawn Smalls, and DJ MacKinnon, who bowed out in 12th place.

Following MacKinnon out the door on the final table bubble was Chris Trybus. Aaron Brown opened to 100,000 from the button and Trybus shoved for more than 300,000 from the big blind. Brown sat in the tank for more than a minute before committing his stack.

Brown: {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Tybus: {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}

"Come on," Trybus yelled as the dealer rolled out a {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{K-Spades} flop. It didn't get any better as the {2-Diamonds} and {5-Diamonds} completed the board, leaving Trybus with only 30,000 in his stack. He was all in on the next hand with the {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} against Blake Napierala's {5-Hearts}{6-Spades} but the board ran out {6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades}{J-Spades}{10-Clubs} to end Trybus' tournament.

Summer Slam Event #5 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Doug Cloud$4,850
2Paul Takano$4,850
3Todd Saffron$4,850
4Blake Napierala$4,850
5David Kelly$4,850
6Mark Archer$4,850
7Aaron Obstein$4,850
8Aaron Brown$4,850
9Jonathan Reid$4,850
10Sahar Khajavi$4,850

That does it for our coverage of Event #5 of the 2014 Summer Slam. We’ll back on the floor Friday for Day 1a of the $600 Main Event which boasts a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. See you tomorrow!

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Welcome to Day 2 of the Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Event #5!

After six starting flights spanning three days at the Seneca Poker Room, we have reached Day 2 of the Seneca Niagara Summer Slam $50,000 Guaranteed Event. The $125 no-limit hold'em tournament attracted 765 entries, creating a prize pool of more than $71,000 which easily surpassed the $50K prize pool. Today's winner will go home with the trophy and $15,821.

A total of 149 entries advanced to Day 2 but four of those players bagged chips twice and are forced to surrender their shortest stack, leaving us with 145 when play begins today at noon ET. Lam Ngo took the chip lead in Flight A with 234,300 and nobody was able to catch him. Others taking big stacks into Day 2 are Jack Vaccarello, John Stempien, Paul McLean and Sonny Rattan, who doubled on the final hand Wednesday night to lead the Flight F field.

More than half of today's field will still go home empty-handed as only the top 72 places will be paid. With several short stacks going into the day we're expecting the action to move quickly in order to wrap this event up tonight.

Play will resume in Level 13 with the blinds at 1,200/2,400/300. We will be on the floor from start to finish today so follow this space for live updates from Event #5!