$1,000 Main Event Day 1a | 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

11-20-2015 22:06 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Yi-Wei Lu	380,000	140,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Ciffa	250,000	140,000
Steve Calvaneso	Busted

Pfeifer Finished

[user127999]

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Randy Pfeifer gave back the double up he got from James Miller, running jacks into his aces.

He survived longer than most with his short stack, but eventually ran deuces into 'Buffalo' Ray Williams' . Williams flopped aces up and turned a boat to sink Pfeifer.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Miller	130,000	30,000
'Buffalo' Ray Williams	50,000	13,000
Randy Pfeifer	Busted

Tags: 'Buffalo' Ray Williams James Miller Randy Pfeifer

11-20-2015 21:26 UTC-4

Running Out Of Customers

[user127999]

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Buck Ramsay just hit the 300,000 mark, busting Mike Rellinger in the process.

Ramsay opened, Thinh Bui flatted and Rellinger shoved the small blind for less than 40,000. Ramsay slid out all his red T10,000 chips and Bui folded.

Ramsay:
Rellinger:

Rellinger got up to walk away, but that old trick did not work, as the board rolled out , leaving him dead on the turn.

"Keep this up and you're going to run out of customers," Bui said with a smile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Buck Ramsay	305,000	45,000
Thinh Bui	75,000	-70,000
Mike Rellinger	Busted

Tags: Buck Ramsay Mike Rellinger Thinh Bui

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

11-20-2015 21:07 UTC-4

The Buck Doesn't Stop Here

[user127999]

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Buck Ramsay is back on top after winning another 45,000-plus without showdown moments ago.

The hand started with a bet of 4,000 under the gun plus one. The button flatted before Joseph Elia made it 11,500 from the small blind. Ramsay then made it 20,000 total from the big blind and after one fold, two players called.

The flop came and Ramsay led for 17,000. The button folded and Elias painfully tank-folded as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Buck Ramsay	260,000	58,000

Tags: Buck Ramsay Joseph Elia

11-20-2015 20:49 UTC-4

Lu Can't Lose

[user127999]

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

James Miller made it 4,800 under the gun. Yi-Wei Lu flatted the button and Ronny D'Grillo bumped it to 10,900 from the big blind.

Miller and Lu both called sending them three ways to a flop. D'Grillo led for 4,000 and after Miller folded, Lu put in 15,000.

D'Grillo shoved for 34,000 total and Lu snap-called with the . D'Grillo had the and hit the exits when the turn and river only improved Lu.

With that big pot, Lu is now on top and quickly separating from the pack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yi-Wei Lu	240,000	100,000
Ronny D'Grillo	Busted

Tags: Yi-Wei Lu Ronny D'Grillo

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

11-20-2015 20:38 UTC-4

James Gets Randy; Randy Gets James

[user127999]

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

James Miller was rolling right along here, up to 145,000 in chips, when he ran into Randy Pfeifer.

Miller three-bet the button and Pfeifer shoved the big blind for a little over 40,000. Miller called with and Pfeifer was flipping for his tournament life on .

Pfeifer got there and more on the run out to double through, inch up close to 100,000 and leave Miller right there.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Miller	100,000
Randy Pfeifer	90,000	16,000

11-20-2015 20:27 UTC-4

Ramsay Leads!

[user127999]

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Buck Ramsay raised it up with aces and got five callers, going six ways to a nine-high flop with two diamonds.

It checked to the button, who open-shoved all in for 40,000 and Ramsay was the only caller. He had the top pair and Ramsay's aces held when the board bricked out.