$1,000 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
$1,000 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
The final table was set in the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event in Niagara Falls, NY on Sunday.
After two starting flights that took place on Friday and Saturday, play started at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday with 60 players. Winner of the 2015 Western NY Poker Challenge Main Event and the 2014 Summer Slam Main Event, Colborne, ON, Canada's Buck Ramsay started the day with the chip lead and things only got better for him.
Before the 27-player money bubble had even popped, Ramsay was handed a 1.2 million-chip final table stack when Thomas Clayton ran kings into his aces. Ramsay hung on to the majority of those chips, and after the bubble did pop, rode into the final table in the middle of the pack without much of a sweat.
But, this day truly belonged to Cheektowaga, NY's Alex Visbisky.
Visbisky started near the bottom of the chip count list, coming in with under 40,000 and a prayer. The prayer was answered more than a few times, as he managed to put off elimination with some timely luck to survive through the bubble.
He got down to five big blinds in the money and was making plans for dinner with his mom on her birthday when he suddenly went on a rush that included getting it in with aces over two players holding kings and jacks for a more than 700,000 in the pot. Visbisky rode the momentum from that win into a battle with perennial contender Pat Tighe, getting the best of him on the way to the final 10, before bagging a chip-leading 1.785 million coming into Monday's nine-handed final.
Kurtis Boutelle had a big day as well, picking up aces twice to win two huge pots. After some solid play the rest of the way, he'll come in just under Visbisky.
In the meantime, Ryan Rivers played a ton of hands to get to a little under 1.3 million, while Nathan Torrance played very few to bag a little over. They'll both come in with solid stacks at the next level when play resumes.
Silvio DeRubeis, David Battaglia, and Tony Dojka will all add to their growing stats here at Seneca coming in on the shorter side with "Kid Karma's Uncle" Alfred Stempien joining them.
The final table will go off inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room beginning at 12 p.m. local time on Monday with a $62,933 first-place prize on the line and each player guaranteed at least $5,779.
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The clock was stopped with 39 minutes left in Level 22 and with the final table set, play was halted for the night.
They redrew for seats and below is how things will look when play resumes inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at 12 p.m. local time Monday. A full recap of the day will follow.
Seat | Player | Chip Count |
---|---|---|
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 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Visbisky | 1,785,000 | 145,000 |
Kurtis Boutelle | 1,715,000 | -45,000 |
Nathan Torrance | 1,384,000 | 87,000 |
Ryan Rivers | 1,219,000 | -131,000 |
Buck Ramsay | 746,000 | -109,000 |
David Battaglia | 534,000 | 45,000 |
Silvio DeRubeis | 533,000 | -35,000 |
Alfred Stempien | 431,000 | 74,000 |
Tony Dojka | 385,000 | -15,000 |
After running it up from 50,000 to get here, Kim Long Trieu's chip and a chair story is over.
He raised it up with the and Ryan Rivers called holding the . The flop came with two diamonds and Trieu check-raised all in.
Rivers called, binked the flush on the turn and Trieu missed his redraw. The final table is set now and a discussion about how long to play tonight is ongoing. They might even stop here just a few minutes into post-dinner play.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Rivers | 1,350,000 | 411,000 |
Kim Long Trieu | Busted |
Listed below are the stacks for the final ten heading into post-dinner play. Once they lose one, the length of the levels will jump to 60 minutes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kurtis Boutelle | 1,760,000 | 10,000 |
Alex Visbisky | 1,640,000 | 40,000 |
Nathan Torrance | 1,297,000 | 97,000 |
Ryan Rivers | 939,000 | -51,000 |
Buck Ramsay | 855,000 | 55,000 |
Silvio DeRubeis | 568,000 | -132,000 |
David Battaglia | 489,000 | 79,000 |
Kim Long Trieu | 427,000 | -13,000 |
Tony Dojka | 400,000 | -90,000 |
Alfred Stempien | 357,000 | 27,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
The players are headed off on a 45-minute dinner break and will return to 10-handed play at approximately 6:45 p.m. local time.
When they get down to nine players remaining, it will be up to the players to decide whether to stop right there and come back to play out the final table tomorrow, or continue playing this evening.
The tournament staff is committed to allowing the players to make the decision and will adjust as players bust out and time moves forward.
Seat | Player | Chip Count |
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1 | Alfred Stempien | 330,000 |
2 | Ryan Rivers | 990,000 |
3 | Kurtis Boutelle | 1,750,000 |
4 | Silvio DeRubeis | 700,000 |
5 | Kim Long Trieu | 440,000 |
6 | Buck Ramsay | 800,000 |
7 | David Battaglia | 410,000 |
8 | Tony Dojka | 490,000 |
9 | Nathan Torrance | 1,200,000 |
10 | Alex Visbisky | 1,600,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kurtis Boutelle | 1,750,000 | 50,000 |
Alex Visbisky | 1,600,000 | 1,440,000 |
Nathan Torrance | 1,200,000 | -50,000 |
Ryan Rivers | 990,000 | 90,000 |
Buck Ramsay | 800,000 | -400,000 |
Silvio DeRubeis | 700,000 | 200,000 |
Tony Dojka | 490,000 | 340,000 |
Kim Long Trieu | 440,000 | 30,000 |
David Battaglia | 410,000 | 10,000 |
Alfred Stempien | 330,000 | 70,000 |
Colin Padgett got the last of his chips in with the versus Alex Visbisky's .
It was a flip, but Visbisky ran away with it, flopping a straight draw and completing it on the turn to bounce Padgett.
With ten left they are combining to one table of ten, although the official final table will be nine handed.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Visbisky | 1,600,000 | 650,000 |
Colin Padgett | Busted |