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$600 No-Limit Hold'em $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam
$600 No-Limit Hold'em $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$195,847
Total Entries
369
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 369
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Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
After a long week of preliminary events, the 2014 Summer Slam Main Event kicked off Friday morning in Niagara Falls. The $600 tournament features a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and two starting flights before a champion is crowned on Sunday.
Day 1a attracted a larger-than-expected field of 130 entries, meaning only 57 more are needed to meet the guaranteed prize pool. Only 16 players survived on Friday and the tournament staff was forced to stop the tournament 20 minutes early because the field was whittled down to the final 12 percent.
Leading the way after Day 1a was Alex Rivera, who won this same Summer Slam Main Event in 2012. Rivera will take 379,000 into Day 2 and is followed on the leaderboard by Ray Book (300,500), Budwey Salhab (286,500) and Glenn Pawlowki (240,500).
Rivera hit two huge draws late in the day to take the chip lead from Book. First, on a flop of 
Rivera committed his 80,000-chip stack with the 
for a nut flush draw and David Schrader called with the 
for two pair.
Rivera stood up and celebrated as the 
completed his flush on the turn, and the 
hit the river to send a big pot his way.
A short time later, Jamil Wakil committed his last 100,000 with the 
on a 
flop against Rivera who tabled a huge draw with the 
. The 
on the turn sealed it for Rivera, who eliminated Wakil and crossed the 300,000-chip mark for the first time all day. He continued building during the final level to secure his lead at the end of the day.
Summer Slam Main Event Day 1a Survivors
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Rivera | 379,000 |
| 2 | Ray Book | 300,500 |
| 3 | Budwey Salhab | 286,500 |
| 4 | Glenn Pawlowski | 240,500 |
| 5 | Jacob Ostrander | 181,000 |
| 6 | Rondell Bogner | 165,000 |
| 7 | Shawn Wilmot | 163,500 |
| 8 | David Schrader | 130,500 |
| 9 | Matt Parry | 120,500 |
| 10 | Troy John Hurley | 106,500 |
| 11 | Jason Nablo | 102,500 |
| 12 | Daniel Okulowski | 96,500 |
| 13 | Randy Lingenfelter | 88,500 |
| 14 | Jeff Kandefer | 83,500 |
| 15 | Brian Healy | 82,000 |
| 16 | Karen DiNunzo | 73,500 |
The Summer Slam Main Event continues Saturday at 11 a.m. with Flight 1b, and a bigger field is expected for the weekend. We’ll have complete coverage of the tournament until a champion is crowned so keep your browsers locked to PokerNews.com until the conclusion!
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
379,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
300,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
286,500
46,500
|
46,500 |
|
240,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
181,000
44,100
|
44,100 |
|
|
165,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
163,500
163,500
|
163,500 |
|
|
130,500
92,500
|
92,500 |
|
120,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
106,500
106,500
|
106,500 |
|
102,500
33,500
|
33,500 |
|
|
96,500
96,500
|
96,500 |
|
88,500
3,700
|
3,700 |
|
83,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
82,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
73,500
73,500
|
73,500 |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
With the elimination of Lewis Pizza in 17th place, the players are bagging and tagging for the night with 20 minutes left on the clock. The staff is ending play early with 12% of the field remaining to avoid the risk of playing down to 10% and into the money.
We'll have full chip counts for you shortly.
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Peter Raimondi shoved for 49,000 from early position and Matt Parry called directly behind. Action folded to Budwey Salhab who moved all in for 92,000 total. Parry tossed in a call and put the other two at risk of elimination.
Raimondi: 
Salhab: 
Parry: 
The board ran out 
and Salhab scooped a much-needed pot to climb to 240,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
|
125,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
On a flop Jamil Wakil committed his last 100,000 with the against Alex Rivera who tabled a huge draw with the .
"Heart or a three and I'm good!" Rivera yelled to his friends at the other table.
Turn:
"Heart baby! Let's go!"
The meaningless 
completed the board and Rivera busted another player to cross the 300,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The 21 remaining players are on a 10-minute color-up break before playing their final 40-minute level of the day. However, play will end if they get to 16 before the end of the level.
Meanwhile, the final Main Event satellite just got underway at 10 p.m. If you'd like to qualify into Day 1b for $90, this is your last chance!
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
