$125 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guaranteed Day 1a | 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam

07-28-2014 14:32 UTC-4

Bartolotta, Demmerley Dusted

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Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

Cam Bartolotta told us he ran queens into kings on his way out of the tournament area. Anthony Guggino and Art Demmerley were also eliminated during this level. Re-entry is still open for another 55 minutes so we'll see if they take advantage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Smolinski	47,000 31,500	31,500
David Schrader	38,000 12,000	12,000
Lou Tomassi	32,000 17,000	17,000
Todd Saffron	13,000 -2,000	-2,000
Hoss Colao	11,000 -1,000	-1,000
Art Demmerley	Busted
Cameron Bartolotta	Busted
Anthony Guggino	Busted

07-28-2014 14:43 UTC-4

Break #2

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Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

It's time for another break while the T25-denomination chips are removed from play. We'll be back in 15.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

07-28-2014 15:22 UTC-4

Approaching 100

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

In order to reach the $50,000 guarantee for Event #5 there would need to be an average of 84 entries for each of the six starting flights. Tournament staffers told us they were expecting around 80 for this morning's flight, and that number has easily been surpassed with 10 minutes still left on the clock. We're at 98 and counting right now.

07-28-2014 15:32 UTC-4

Chips Ahoy

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lou Tomassi	62,000 30,000	30,000
Justin Szewczyk	50,000 32,000	32,000
Tom Smolinski	41,000 -6,000	-6,000
Todd Saffron	35,000 -3,000	-3,000
Alex Rivera	30,000 -1,000	-1,000
David Schrader	25,000 -13,000	-13,000
Hoss Colao	23,000 12,000	12,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

07-28-2014 15:36 UTC-4

The 100

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With the seconds ticking down in Level 8 there were 99 entries on the tournament board, but one player was at the ATM and yelled to hold a spot for him. That brought the field to an even 100 — a great start to this event. Registration is now closed and there are four more levels in Flight A before the players bag and tag.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

07-28-2014 16:05 UTC-4

No Longer With Us

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Mistretta	Busted
Rob Kiehl	Busted
David Schrader	Busted
Todd Saffron	Busted
Kyle Gay	Busted

07-28-2014 16:11 UTC-4

Bowen Cracks Aces

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

With the board showing , Roy Sorgenfrei committed all of his chips with the and Brian Bowen snap-called with the . Bowen stood up as the and completed the board and he tapped the table in excitement before raking in a huge pot.

Bowen is now the chip leader with around 115,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Bowen	115,000 52,000	52,000
Roy Sorgenfrei	Busted

Tags: Brian Bowen