Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
$100 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
Buy-in
$80
Prize Pool
$50,000
Entries
595
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
The 200,000 Club
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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Two players have pushed up over 200,000 and into contention now.
The first was Tomasz Werstler, who opened 
suited from the cutoff and got one call. He led the 
flop for 15,000 and was called.
Werstler bet 30,000 on the brick-like turn, and when his opponent shoved 
for close to 100,000 total, he called. Top two held for Werstler.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Warren Hart got it all in with jacks versus aces, flopping a jack and turning quads to crack them.
They're both on 225,000 and in the top five, but Jeffery Hobrecker now leads.
He got it in with 
on a ten-high board against bottom set, but the run out gave him a full house and a 250,000-chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
225,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
225,000
149,400
|
149,400 |
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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
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Rich Cadwallader Leads Into The Break
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Rich Cadwallader heads into the break holding the chip lead.
He woke up with aces in the big blind when one player shoved 40,000 in front. Aces held there and he's used a little muscle to build since then.
In fact, Cadwallader is the first player past the 300,000-chip mark as the 56 players remaining start a 10-minute break with the money bubble looming.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
193,600
|
193,600 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The Mamas & The Papas
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000
657,500
|
657,500 |
|
270,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
160,000
-70,500
|
-70,500 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Balcom's Big Day
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Bill Balcom has emerged as a threat to Marcy Jo Phillips' lead.
He picked up pocket aces an amazing five times today before winning two 220,000-chip pots.
The first came when he had queens all-in over jacks and the second one was a flip with outdrawing .
He's got close to 500,000 now and a spot just under Phillips on the leader board as play inches closer and closer to the 45-player money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
392,800
|
392,800 |
Pachla Flushed; Werstler #Winning
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Tomasz Werstler just busted Alica LaPorte Pachla in a massive 560,000-chip pot, vaulting him into a spot near the top of the counts as the bubble looms.
They got the money in on an 
flop with Pachla holding the 
flush and Werstler on the 
set.
The 
turn changed little, but the 
river gave Werstler quads, all the chips and Pachla's tournament life.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The Bubble Busts Quick
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Hand-for-hand play started with 46 players on the money bubble. The clock was paused for one hand and a shorty got it in with 
four ways.
He got out-flopped, out-turned and out-rivered to bust on the bubble and the remaining field is in the money.