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

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

Day 1b Completed

07-29-2014 01:03 UTC-4

John Stempien Leads Flight B of Event #5

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

The 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam continued Monday with the start of Event #5, 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 Thursday to play down to a champion.

After Flight A came to a close early Monday evening, Flight B began at 6 p.m. ET and attracted a total of 140 entries. When play wrapped up after 12 levels only 28 remained with John Stempien leading the way with 201,000.

Several others bagged 100K-plus stacks, including John DeWitt (188,000), Phil Kavanaugh (162,400), Steven Intihar (148,700), Brian O’Shei (145,400) and Jeffrey Joseph (129,600)

Event #5 will resume at 11 a.m. on Tuesday with Flight C at 6 p.m. Flight D will get underway in the evening, and the final two flights will take place on Wednesday.

We’ll have complete coverage of Event #5 until a champion is crowned on Thursday. The flagship $600 Main Event kicks off on Friday with the first of two starting flights, with the conclusion set for Sunday.

Thanks for following our coverage of the 2014 Summer Slam in Niagara Falls, New York. We’ll see you tomorrow!

Tags: John Stempien Summer Slam

07-29-2014 01:00 UTC-4

Official Flight B Chip Counts (full)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
John Stempien	201,000	21,000
John DeWitt	188,000	82,000
Phil Kavanaugh	162,400	22,400
Steven Intihar	148,700
Brian O'Shei	145,400
Jeffrey Joseph	129,600
David Schrader	105,800	-14,200
Paul McLean	104,800	-32,200
Todd Griffen	93,700
Corey Regnier	74,000	3,000
Elleke Van Heumen	69,800
Aaron Obstein	66,800
Jason Sagle	65,900
Sam DeSabio	64,500	-12,500
Mark Burkett	58,000
Ed Reid	57,800
Charles Johnson Jr	49,600	-22,600
David Hurlbutt	48,800
Frank Clougherty	41,200
Kyle Robbins	35,100
Rob Plummer	32,700
Ryan Norton	31,100
David Harnish	27,200	-6,700
Joseph Gray	22,400
Jason Sardo	22,300

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07-29-2014 00:33 UTC-4

Two More Hands

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

Each of the three tables will play two more hands before bagging up for the night. We'll have a full chip count list and a recap following the completion.

07-29-2014 00:17 UTC-4

Schrader's Aces Hold

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

We've seen a lot of big hands collide this evening. This time David "Jake" Schrader's was up against and with all the chips in preflop, and the board rang true for Schrader to move him into the 100K club.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Schrader	120,000	98,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

07-29-2014 00:01 UTC-4

Walker Walks Out

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We saw Nick Walker get out of his seat and make his way out of the poker room. But before he left he told us he ran into blind-versus-blind. "I might be back Wednesday," Walker said.