$1,000 Main Event
Day 3 Started
$1,000 Main Event
Day 3 Started
Nine players will enter the final table of the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room today, but just one will leave a champion.
Fighting through a field of 291 entries over two starting days and a Day 2 that began with 60 players, each one is now guaranteed at least ninth-place money of $5,779, but just one will lay claim to 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event glory, the trophy and a $62,933 first-place prize that comes with it.
Cheektowaga, NY's Alex Visbisky has the chip lead coming in, but it's a tenuous one, with his zero-to-hero heater on Day 2 giving him just a few more blinds than Kurtis Boutelle will bring into play. Plus, the final table is chock full of local heroes with end-game experience and a burning desire to close again.
Here's how the final table will look when play gets going at 12 p.m. local time:
2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event Final Table
Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|
1 | Buck Ramsay | 746,000 |
2 | Ryan Rivers | 1,219,000 |
3 | Kurtis Boutelle | 1,715,000 |
4 | Nathan Torrance | 1,384,000 |
5 | Alfred Stempien | 431,000 |
6 | David Battaglia | 534,000 |
7 | Alex Visbisky | 1,785,000 |
8 | Tony Dojka | 385,000 |
9 | Silvio DeRubeis | 533,000 |
It should be a great day of poker in Niagara Falls as these worthy combatants put each other to the test and PokerNews will be on hand providing live coverage until a winner is crowned, Keep it locked right here to follow all the action.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Play starts here without any big confrontations through the first half of the 39 minutes left in Level 23.
The stacks look about the same, with Alex Vibisky adding one pot to maintain the lead.
Alfred Sempien pushed all in under the gun a minute ago, but got no callers.
The blind levels will go to 60-minutes at the start of Level 24.
Silvio DeRubeis pushed in with the and Nathan Torrance made the call holding the .
DeRubeis flopped a set on the board, needing it after the turn and river gave Torrance a set as well.
A timely double for DeReubis sees him cross the seven-figure mark with Torrance maintaining a little above.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nathan Torrance | 1,190,000 | -194,000 |
Silvio DeRubeis | 1,150,000 | 617,000 |
Tony Dojka shipped his short stack in the middle with the and Buck Ramsay looked him up behind, holding the dominating .
Dojka did not improve on the board and falls ninth as Ramsay climbs up close to one million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Buck Ramsay | 900,000 | 154,000 |
Tony Dojka | Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Alfred Stempien got it in over a Kurtis Boutelle raise and Boutelle made the call.
Stempien put his tournament life on the line with the and Boutelle had the monster .
The flop was good for both as Stempien picked up a combo draw and Boutelle made a set. The turn may have made Stempien a flush, but it filled up Boutelle, leaving Stempien drawing to a river to win it.
The looked nothing like it and Uncle Karma hit the rail as Boutelle crested two million.
Alex Visibsky still leads, however, after getting his 168,000-chip river bet paid of in a pot with Ryan Rivers. holding tens and a threes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alex Visbisky | 2,300,000 | 515,000 |
Kurtis Boutelle | 2,200,000 | 485,000 |
Ryan Rivers | 900,000 | -319,000 |
Alfred Stempien | Busted |
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Nathan Torrance continues to double up the short stacks here, calling off with after David 'Dae Dae' Battaglia shoved 355,000 over his open.
Battaglia had the dominating and held after a board of bricks. They're both on 800,000 now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nathan Torrance | 800,000 | -390,000 |
David Battaglia | 800,000 | 266,000 |