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

The fifth starting flight of the 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam $50,000 Guaranteed event kicked off Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. The $125 no-limit hold'em event drew a field of 136 total entries, bringing the total field number to 564 with one flight still left to go Wednesday evening. After 12 levels of play in Flight E only 26 players remained, all of whom will return Thursday to play for the Event #5 title.

Leading the 26 survivors at the end of Flight E was Hoss Colao with 148,400. Colao provided plenty of entertainment early in the day with his friendly battles against two-time Summer Slam champ Joe Ciffa. Ciffa got the best of Colao first, eliminating him in a cooler spot when both turned a full house, but Colao re-entered and got those chips back and more against Ciffa later in the day.

Joining Colao in the century club at the end of Flight E were Jason Nablo (133,400), John Regan (121,500), Chris Drake (106,200) and Emmett Caldwell (104,300). Others advancing to Day 2 are Rob Bourkney, Peter Raimondi, Alicia Pachla, Ray Book and D.J. MacKinnon.

The Final flight of the event (Flight F) is already underway this evening. Be sure to stay tuned to our continuous coverage of Event #5 throughout the week!

Event #5 of the 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam continues this morning with the fifth of six starting flights. Flight E begins at 11 a.m. ET inside the Seneca Poker Room and will be followed by the final starting flight at 6 p.m. ET. Wednesday is the final day for players to advance to Thursday's Day 2 so we're expecting big turnouts for each of last two flights.

Each player in this special event begins with 15,000 in chips and registration and re-entries will be open until the start of Level 9. Play will end at the conclusion of 12 30-minute levels or when only 12% of the field in the flight remains. Any player that survives a flight will have the option of playing another flight and taking their largest finishing stack forward to Day 2 on July 31.

On Monday, Lam Ngo set the pace by bagging 234,300 in chips at the end of flight A and he remains the overall chip leader after four flights. Only two others reached the 200K barrier out of the 84 who advanced to Day 2 so far: Jack Vaccarello (204,200) and John Stempier (201,000).

We'll be on the floor for this $50,000 guaranteed event all the way until a winner is crowned, so stay right here for up-to-the-minute coverage!