2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam

$600 No-Limit Hold'em $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1b
1a1b2
Event Info
2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$41,744
Event Info
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$195,847
Total Entries
369
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 369
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Dinner Break

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

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

Chip Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Joe Ciffa
245,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Blake Napierala us
Blake Napierala
130,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Marcy Jo Penkalski
Marcy Jo Penkalski
123,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
96,000
61,000
61,000
Profile photo of Jimmy Thomson
Jimmy Thomson
91,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Buck Ramsay ca
Buck Ramsay
90,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Todd Saffron us
Todd Saffron
75,000
43,000
43,000
Profile photo of Scott Gaddi
Scott Gaddi
70,000
37,000
37,000
Profile photo of Paul Butski us
Paul Butski
69,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Maurice Sessum
Maurice Sessum
59,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Cory McRae
Cory McRae
58,000
Profile photo of Dennis Durante us
Dennis Durante
56,000
9,400
9,400
Profile photo of Alicia Pachla
Alicia Pachla
55,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Dimmig us
Jonathan Dimmig
54,000
21,000
21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Travell Thomas
Travell Thomas
52,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Matthew Sande
Matthew Sande
44,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
33,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Aaron Obstein us
Aaron Obstein
30,500
30,500
30,500
Profile photo of Johannes Mueller us
Johannes Mueller
23,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Lou Tomassi
Lou Tomassi
22,500
Profile photo of Greg Illig us
Greg Illig
22,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Glenn Pawlowski
Glenn Pawlowski
20,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Kali Zurek
Kali Zurek
Busted
Profile photo of Hoss Colao
Hoss Colao
Busted
Profile photo of John Stempien
John Stempien
Busted

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"Just Get It In Every Hand"

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jonathan Dimmig is blowing through buy-ins but having fun here in the Main Event. He told us earlier that he planned on firing five or six bullets today. He's currently on number four.

"Just get it in every hand," he said to us as he was standing at the cage.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Aces Hold for Durante

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

After a lousy start to the day Dennis Durante is finally gaining some momentum. He's up to 65,000 after picking up the {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} and eliminating a player with the {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds} after all the chips went in preflop. Durante survived a scare on the {Q-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{6-Clubs} board and is still alive on his third bullet of the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Dennis Durante
65,400

Ciffa Running Away With It

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Very few players have crossed the 100,000-chip mark yet. Joe Ciffa, though, just surpassed 200,000 by eliminating Scott Aitchison.

With the flop showing {Q-Spades}{A-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} Ciffa checked and Aitchison bet 5,000. Ciffa called and the {2-Spades} hit the turn. Ciffa check-called again, this time a bet of 11,000, and the {9-Spades} completed the board on the river. Ciffa checked for a third time and Aitchison bet 20,000, leaving about 16,000 behind. Ciffa moved all in and a startled Aitchison shrugged his shoulders and announced a call.

Ciffa: {4-Spades}{3-Spades}
Aitchison: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

Ciffa went runner-runner for a flush to crack Aitchison's set of aces, sending the pro out of the tournament. Ciffa's 220,000 would place him sixth if he had bagged that amount on Day 1a, and we still have more than six levels to go tonight.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Ciffa
220,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Scott Aitchison
Scott Aitchison
Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Ciffa Goes for Number 3

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Joe Ciffa
Joe Ciffa

Joe Ciffa already has two titles to his credit during the 2014 Summer Slam series. He's on his way toward making a run at his third here in the Main Event.

Ciffa is sitting behind a tower of more than 170,000 chips at Table 5. He told us earlier in the day that he eliminated Jonathan Dimmig and asked us if there was a bounty prize for busting the WSOP bracelet winner.

"T-shirt? Anything? I'm a 4XL," Ciffa said with a grin.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Ciffa
172,000
99,000
99,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100