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

11-20-2015 23:27 UTC-4

Buck Again!

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

It appears Buck Ramsay has grabbed the lead heading into the final few minutes here after busting yet another player with a six-figure stack.

Ramsay three-bet pocket kings out of the big blind and called what amounted to the original raiser's four-bet shove. His opponent had the and flopped a flush draw and the case king. Ramsay faded the spade and even though his opponent made aces up on the river, his set held.

Player	Chips	Progress
Buck Ramsay	400,000 70,000	70,000

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11-20-2015 23:31 UTC-4

Five More Hands!

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The clock was stopped with ten minutes left in the level and a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands left to play before the end of the flight. They drew a five.

11-20-2015 23:54 UTC-4

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Buck Ramsay	461,500 61,500	61,500
Rick Block	397,000 102,000	102,000
Yi-Wei Lu	395,500 15,500	15,500
Andy Ranaletti	255,000 -5,000	-5,000
Joe Ciffa	207,000 -43,000	-43,000
Anthony Sgroi	177,500 7,500	7,500
Alfred Stempien	141,500 141,500	141,500
Scott Andrusz	95,500 3,500	3,500
Thinh Bui	92,500 17,500	17,500
'Buffalo' Ray Williams	86,500 36,500	36,500
Paula Rasmussen	62,500 62,500	62,500
William Schuster	50,500 50,500	50,500
Alex Visbisky	37,500 -58,500	-58,500

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11-21-2015 00:01 UTC-4

Buck Ramsay Leads Day 1a of the Main Event as 13 Survive

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The first of two Day 1 flights for the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event went off in Niagara Falls, NY, on Friday.

Day 1a drew a total of 82 entries, with just 13 players making it through 15 40-minute levels to book a seat in Sunday's Day 2.

As it seems every Main Event at Seneca Niagara is these days, this one was all about Port Colborne, ON, Canada's Buck Ramsay.

The winner of both the 2015 Western NY Poker Challenge Main Event and the 2014 Summer Slam Main Event got things started by winning a big pot with kings early. Then, just before the halfway mark of the day, Andy Spears ran suited into Ramsay's kings to give him close to 100,000 in chips.

Ramsay spun that up even more before picking up another pot with aces, and finally stacking a second player on six figures with kings, again, against the right before play halted. In the end, he bagged a massive 461,500.

University of Rochester student Yi-Wei Lu also had a big day, running well, playing well, and threatening for the lead all day and night before bagging his own massive stack of 395,000.

But it was 2014 Seneca Niagara Poker Classic champ Rick Block who earned the spot under Ramsay on the leader board at the end of play.

Block's title defense started off a little rocky, as he busted early and fired a second bullet. A swingy day saw him head into the late levels with a decent stack, before he played Blake Napierala like a fiddle in Level 15, check-calling all in with a rivered flush to bust the Seneca superstar and bag a big 397,000 himself.

The 13 surviving players will return to play for seats at the final table Sunday morning, but Saturday is another day and another flight, as Day 1b of the the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event kicks off at 11 a.m. local time.

PokerNews will be on hand for every flop, turn, and river, and you are more than welcome to join us then.

Tags: Andy Spears Blake Napierala Buck Ramsay Rick Block Yi-Wei Lu