$1,000 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
$1,000 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
Buy-in
$910
Prize Pool
$256,866
Entries
291
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Pat Tighe Leads 47 More Through To Day 2
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Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The second of two Day 1 flights for the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event went off in Niagara Falls, NY, on Saturday.
Day 1b drew a whopping 209 entries, ensuring the event more than met its $200,000 guarantee with a grand total of 291 entries over two days. Full prize pool information will be released on Sunday morning, but it looks like the field will be playing for a slice of the $250,000-plus prize pool that will pay 27 spots with over $60,000 awaiting the winner.
Just 47 made it through the Day 1b flight, adding to the 13 from Day 1a to make for a total of 60 players headed into Sunday's play down to a final table. The final table will play out Monday in the Niagara Falls Poker Room.
With a lot more players and a lot more chips in play, the lead changed hands several times throughout the day, but ended in the grasp of the venerable Pat Tighe, who bagged 392,500 after nursing a relatively short stack all day before exploding in the late levels.
Others to bag big included Max Droege, Mike Hallmark, Colin Padgett, Kyle Rzeszutek, and top Seneca Niagara contenders Jason Nablo, Thomas Clayton, and Alex Rivera. Despite the larger field and more chips in play on Day 1b, the entire group is still chasing multiple Seneca Niagara Poker main event winner Buck Ramsay, as he bagged a massive 461,500-chip stack on Day 1a and will take the overall lead into Day 2.
Play will resume at 11 a.m. local time Sunday morning as the field squares off in a battle for a seat at the 2015 Seneca Niagara Poker Classic Main Event final table. PokerNews will be on hand to capture all the action and you are more than welcome to follow along right here.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
392,500 | 152,500 |
|
368,500 | 167,500 |
|
268,000 | -48,000 |
|
255,000 | 78,000 |
|
232,500 | 232,500 |
|
226,500 | -40,500 |
|
|
208,500 | 52,500 |
|
200,500 | 55,500 |
|
188,500 | 188,500 |
|
182,500 | -37,500 |
|
178,100 | 178,100 |
|
175,000 | 175,000 |
|
171,000 | -59,000 |
|
|
161,000 | -44,000 |
|
148,500 | |
|
142,500 | -3,500 |
|
139,000 | 139,000 |
|
134,000 | 134,000 |
|
|
134,000 | 134,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
|
129,000 | 129,000 |
|
123,000 | 123,000 |
|
|
121,500 | 121,500 |
|
113,500 | 113,500 |
|
110,500 | 80,500 |
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Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
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Girdler Photo Flushed
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
It looks like Bradley Girdler's picture will not be appearing in tonight's Day 1b recap, but not because he doesn't want it taken.
The photo generally features the end-of-day chip leader and since Girdler just lost 80,000 making a flush against a straight flush, he's fallen down the counts and out of the lead with just minutes left in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | -95,000 |
Droege Fires Away
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Max Droege has been min-betting his table to sleep over the past couple of levels, playing a ton of hands, picking up more than his fair share of pots without showdown and moving into a dead heat with Bradley Girdler for the lead.
He did pick off one shorty with 
over 
all in preflop, but he's literally picked up an extra hundred grand by pounding away at his table with a relentless stream of minimum bets.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
316,000 | 166,000 |
Girdler Leads; Considers Gaddi Mustache
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Bradley Girdler just got it in with a gutshot straight flush draw against top-pair top-kicker on a king-high board.
He made his flush to drag a massive pot and claim the chip lead now into the flight's final level.
His picture will not appear on these pages, however, as Girdler's job requires he not be identified.
He's now mulling over the idea of a 'Scotty Gaddi' mustache as we head into the last few minutes of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000 | 255,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Tighe Tames DeLollis
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
After grinding a 20,000-chip stack for the better part of the flight, perennial Seneca Niagara contender Pat Tighe is now a threat to bag big, knocking Ron DeLollis off his perch near the top of the counts and taking his place there.
Tighe three-bet from the big blind and was called by Bradley Girdler under the gun and DeLollis on the button. The flop came 
and Tighe led for 25,000. Girdler folded and after cutting out raising chips, and tanking for a minute, DeLollis made the call.
It went check-check on the 
turn, but when the 
river came down and Tighe checked, DeLollis led for 60,000. Tighe beat him to the pot with a call and when DeLollis turned over 
, Tighe slammed the 
down and dragged the healthy pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | 210,000 |
|
|
70,000 | -170,000 |
Rzeszutek Melts Bielesky; Grabs Lead
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Depew, NY's Kyle Rzeszutek has moved into the chip lead now, relieving Mike Bielesky of all his chips chips and a bowl of chocolate ice cream.
The big hand between the two saw Rzeszutek get it in with 
over Bielesky's 
and hold, melting his six figure stack in an instant.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
267,000 | |
|
|
Busted |