$600 No-Limit Hold'em $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day 1b Started
2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam
$600 No-Limit Hold'em $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$195,847
Entries
369
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 1b of the 2014 Summer Slam Main Event
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Welcome back to our coverage of the 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event! The $600 flagship tournament features a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, and after 130 entries hit the field on Friday the guarantee should easily be surpassed on Saturday's second flight.
The Main Event is a two-day tournament with registration and unlimited re-entries available for the first 10 levels on Day 1. Players will begin with 20,000 in chips with the blinds starting at 25/50 and levels lasting 40 minutes. The action will end tonight with 20 minutes left in Level 15 — the same time play ended on Day 1a when the field was whittled down to the final 12%.
2012 Summer Slam Main Event champ Alex Rivera bagged the biggest stack (379,000) last night after surging late in the day. Also among the 16 who advanced to Sunday's Day 2 were Ray Book, Budwey Salhab, Matt Parry and Glenn Pawlowski.
Day 1b kicks off at 11 a.m. and we will be here providing all of the latest from the tournament floor. Be sure to stay tuned as this exciting event begins!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante:
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The cards have been riffled, the button is in Seat 6 and we are officially underway here on Day 1b. The tournament board currently reads 26 players but we're expecting more than 150 total entries today before registration and re-entries close at the start of Level 11.
Early Risers
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
More Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Attention poker players: PokerNews has activated the MyStack App for the Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.
You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.
Click here to download the My Stack app for iPhone, or click here to download the My Stack app for Android.
Be forewarned, however, that any abuse of the app will result in account suspension or termination.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante:
The Million Dollar Man Returns
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Poker pro Jonathan Dimmig is making his long-awaited return to his home casino in Niagara Falls, NY this week. Needless to say, his life is a bit different now than the last time he stepped foot inside the Seneca Niagara poker room two years ago.
In June, Dimmig won the $1,500 Millionaire Maker event at the World Series of Poker, outlasting a massive field of 7,977 entries to collect more than $1.3 million. The Buffalo, NY native earned the first seven-figure score of his career in front of a group of close-knit poker players from the Niagara Falls area, all of whom were on his rail throughout the final table.
Dimmig, who moved to Las Vegas in 2012 to pursue poker full time, has already received a warm welcome home this week for the annual Summer Slam series. Dimmig has taken his seat in the Main Event looking to add another chapter to his successful poker story.
We sat down with Dimmig late last month to talk about how he got started playing poker, his connection to the Seneca Niagara poker room, and how his bold decision to turn pro paid off. Check out the full interview here at PokerNews.com.
Kids With a Dream
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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