Cameron Bartolotta checked an flop head-up with big stack Thomas Clayton. But when Clayton bet 40,000, he check-raised to 80,000.
Clayton called and Bartolotta slid out another 80,000 on the turn. Clayton called again and Bartolotta fired out 190,000 at the river. Clayton called yet again, but mucked when Bartolotta turned over the full house.
Clayton dipped below 800,000 after the hand and Bartlotta moved up close to one million, climbing all the way up from three big blinds earlier today.
Marcy Jo Phillips has a huge stack after a massive rush heading into the break.
She had kings over queens, jacks over , and turned quad threes over after an ace-high flop, to name just a few of the hands that have vaulted her up to an amazing 720,000 now.
She's got a final table stack before the bubble here and is absolutely crushing the field. It's all about Phillips right now and she's as giddy as a schoolgirl.
In the meantime, Alicia LaPorte Pachla has turned a little run good into a top ten stack as well, making Broadway, folding kings in a tough spot, and winning some key pots on the way to 270,000.
Plus, Pat Tighe just showed up to claim his once-230,000-plus stack. He starts the day with 160,000 after blinding off the first four levels.
Bruce Pace joined the six-figure stack club in the first level winning all of one player's chips in two hands.
First he got it in with against before hitting a jack on the river. Then he cracked the same player's with , hitting a on the river.
Pace has it quickly up to 115,000, is above average and loving the river right now.
In the meantime, Pat Tighe now leads and isn't even here yet. Andy Spears fell out of the top spot doubling up a bunch of short stacks. The first when he flopped a gutshot and was priced in to call. One pair held for the shorty there and when you add up the others, he's down about 100,000. Spears' chip count is bound to fluctuate a bunch today, as he plays a lot of hands and opens a ton of pots.
Spears was opening for the fifth hand in a row when he got involved in a pot that sent him soaring into the lead late last night. It seems that hand will be the stuff of legend around here for quite a while and we now have the details:
Spears led for 5,300 from early position at 1,200/2,400 with . A player behind made it 12,000. The small blind who had been talking about the fact he bagged in an earlier flight, and was playing to build a big stack or bust, flatted. Spears re-raised to 33,000. The player behind made it 80,000 and the small blind pushed all in for 110,000.
Spears pushed all in having them both covered and the player behind folded. The small blind had and queens held for Spears to give him a massive lead coming into the day without even a sweat.
A 15-minute color-up break starts now with the board reading 93 players left.
The final day of the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $100 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guaranteed event will go down at inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino today.
After six starting days that drew 595 entries, just 120 stacks survived. With a few players taking advantage of the best stack forward policy and bagging twice, just under 120 players will start the chase for an $11,750 first-place prize at 11 a.m. local time this morning.
The levels increase to 30 minutes today, allowing for some additional play, with players first looking to bust through the 45-player money bubble before booking a spot at the final table where the lion's share of the prize pool awaits.
A massive hand late in the final flight put 2013 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event winner Andy Spears in top position going in with 286,700. In fact, Pat Tighe was the only other player to bag above 200,000 from any Day 1 flight.
PokerNews will be on hand for all the action from start to finish as the the fight for the latest 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic title goes down and you are welcome to follow along right here. It should be fun.
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flop head-up with big stack Thomas Clayton. But when Clayton bet 40,000, he check-raised to 80,000.
turn. Clayton called again and Bartolotta fired out 190,000 at the 
river. Clayton called yet again, but mucked when Bartolotta turned over the 
full house.
and got one caller. He continued after flopping a nine and flatted a small lead on the brick-like turn.
river, Bartolotta piled it in big and got called by 
, and turned quad threes over 
after an ace-high flop, to name just a few of the hands that have vaulted her up to an amazing 720,000 now.
and queens held for Spears to give him a massive lead coming into the day without even a sweat.
