The final day of the 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Event #1: $200 No-Limit Hold'em is set to go off this morning.
The events four starting days drew 569 entries from which 93 players pushed through. A $91,893 prizepool was created, close to double the event's $50,000 guarantee, and the top 54 spots will get paid. A min-cash is worth $395 and the winner will earn $21,137 - providing a massive return on investment for a $200 event.
Charles Johnson will march into play with the overall chip lead after bagging the biggest stack from the final starting flight. His 244,200 is miles above the pack with just four others above the 200,000 mark, including John Stempien, Rick Block, Vince Palma and Blake Napierala.
Play will begin at 11 a.m. local time Sunday with the start of Level 15 and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor providing coverage from the start until a champion is crowned.
Each level is now 40 minutes long and the blinds begin at 1,500/3,000 with a 400 ante.
Jason Nablo made a set of sevens, getting it in on the flop to crack one opponent's pocket queens and ascend into the chip lead.
With just 55 players left play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble. However, the bubble boy figures to be Richard Wyssling, who failed to turn up today and has been blinded down from some 76,000 to 4,500 now.
Carmine Santoro ran into Doug Zimmerman's all in preflop.
After a board of bricks, he hit the rail, Zimmerman chipped up to half a million and they are redrawing for seats at the final three tables with just 30 players remaining.
Just before the break, Larry Carney opened under the gun for 37,000. Rick Block made the call and Peter Raimondi defended his big blind.
The flop came and after checks from Raimondi and Carney, Block bet 41,000. Both players called. The turn brought the and it checked around.
Raimondi led the river for 70,000 with heaps in the middle already.
Carney folded, but Block pushed in, having Raimondi covered. Tortured by the decision, Raimondi stood from his chair and mulled it over for several minutes, eventually making the call for his tournament life with for the flush.
This time Block wasn't bluffing as he rolled over for the boat, busting Raimondi and leaping into the chip lead.
John Stempien made it 50,000 from the cutoff and Rick Block bumped it to 100,000 from the button.
Stempien called and the flop came down . Stempien checked and Block bet 65,000. Stempien called and the turn came the . Stempien checked again, but then shoved when Block bet 85,000.
Block snap-called with and it was a massive karma induced set-over-set cooler as Stempien held . The river was the , Stempien busted, Block increased his massive lead with close to a quarter of the chips in play and the final 12 players headed off on a 45-minute dinner break.
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run out and he's the first player up to 500,000 and into the lead.
board, William Ho went deep into the tank.
flop with 
and got the call from his heads-up opponent on 
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into Doug Zimmerman's 
all in preflop.
and after checks from Raimondi and Carney, Block bet 41,000. Both players called. The turn brought the 
and it checked around.
river for 70,000 with heaps in the middle already.
for the flush.
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run out made Stempien two pair to crack Johnson's kings and leave him short. He was out a hand later.
. Stempien checked again, but then shoved when Block bet 85,000.
and it was a massive karma induced set-over-set cooler as Stempien held 