$600 No-Limit Hold'em $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event Day 1a | 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam

08-01-2014 19:59 UTC-4

Pawlowski Feeds on Block

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Glenn Pawlowski had Rick Block's number all day and just finished him off for good. Block told us that Pawloski "got 100,000 in chips from him" over the course of the day, and 36,000 of them came moments ago.

Alex Rivera limped from early position and Joe Ciffa called. Pawlowski raised to 5,800 and Block shoved for 36,000 from directly behind. Rivera and Pawlowski both called, bringing a flop of . Rivera checked, Pawlowski moved all in and Rivera folded.

Pawlowski:
Block:

The turn and river bricked for Block and brought an end to his tournament. Block has a party to attend tomorrow and won't be playing Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Glenn Pawlowski	215,000	215,000
Rick Block	Busted

08-01-2014 19:35 UTC-4

Block Flops the Nuts

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Rick Block raised to 3,500 from middle position and Alex Rivera called from the cutoff to see the flop. Block bet 3,000 and Rivera called, bringing the on the turn. Both checked and the completed the board on the river. Block led out for 10,500 and Rivera called instantly. Block tabled the for a flopped straight and Rivera mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Rivera	110,000	-12,000
Rick Block	65,000	18,000

08-01-2014 19:18 UTC-4

Registration Closes; Wakil Leads

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The opportunity to buy into Day 1a has closed. The total entries for today is 130, meaning only 57 will need to play on Saturday in order to meet the $100,000 guarantee.

The chip leader coming back from dinner is Jamil Wakil who boasts a huge stack of 216,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamil Wakil	216,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

08-01-2014 18:20 UTC-4

Dinner Time

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We've reached the end of Level 10 in the Main Event. Players have 45 minutes to decide if they want to register or re-enter. We'll be back at 7:05 ET.

08-01-2014 18:05 UTC-4

Chips Ahoy

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Ostrander	164,000	6,900
Maria Parlatore	135,000	59,000
Alex Rivera	122,000	87,000
Rob Bourkney	89,000	4,000
Art Demmerley	86,000	-1,000
Peter Raimondi	65,000	2,000
Budwey Salhab	64,000	35,000
Joseph Elia	63,000	7,000
Joe Ciffa	59,000	45,000
Ray Book	55,000	28,000
Matt Parry	48,000
Maurice Sessum	47,000	8,000
David Schrader	41,000	27,000
Randy Pfeifer	40,500	-27,500
Randy Lingenfelter	33,000	4,000
Travell Thomas	20,000	11,000
Dennis Danielski	12,000	-3,000
Rick Block	10,000	-13,000
Andy Spears	Busted
Blake Napierala	Busted
Scott Hosbach	Busted
Greg Illig	Busted
John Stempien	Busted
DJ MacKinnon	Busted
Dave Olshan	Busted

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Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

08-01-2014 17:33 UTC-4

More Eliminations

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Rick Block busted and re-entered, while Andy Spears has called it a day in the Main Event. He'll be back tomorrow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rick Block	20,000	-3,000
	Busted
Blake Napierala	Busted
Andy Spears	Busted
Nick Walker	Busted
Greg Illig	Busted
Paula Rasmussen	Busted

08-01-2014 17:27 UTC-4

Elia Wins Unusual Three-Way All-in

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Budwey Salhab opened to 2,600 and Joseph Elia called from the hijack. The button then raised to 8,500, and without noticing the three-bet the player in the small blind put in 2,600 to call the original raise. Upon realizing his mistake the player tried to fold and forfeit the 2,600 in the pot, but according to a floor rule all players must make a full call if an undercall is made — even if by mistake. After the same ruling was confirmed by two floormen, the small blind called the 8,500 and Salhab folded.

Elia then moved all in for 17,500, the button called, and the small blind moved all in for a few thousand more. The button called again, and three players were playing for a pot worth nearly 60,000.

Elia:
Button:
Small Blind:

The board rolled out , giving Elia the main pot and the player on the button the small side pot. The one mistake ended up costing the other player his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Elia	56,000	28,500

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100