$200 No-Limit Hold'em | 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

07-26-2015 20:37 UTC-4

Updated Counts

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rick Block	2,700,000 720,000	720,000
Geoffrey Ferenc	1,600,000 350,000	350,000
Larry Carney	1,300,000 -300,000	-300,000
Ray Williams	1,050,000 -250,000	-250,000
Joseph Elia	760,000 110,000	110,000
William Ho	600,000 -560,000	-560,000
Blake Napierala	450,000 -300,000	-300,000

07-26-2015 20:27 UTC-4

Carney Doubles Through Elia

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Larry Carney opened for 100,000 and Ray Williams made the call in the small blind. Joseph Elia then shoved the big blind and Carney called all in for less.

Williams folded and the cards were revealed with Carney on and Elia holding . The board rolled out giving Carney the full double and cutting Elia down to size.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Carney	1,600,000 800,000	800,000
Joseph Elia	650,000 -550,000	-550,000

Tags: Joseph Elia Larry Carney Ray Williams

Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

07-26-2015 20:10 UTC-4

John Grace Eliminated in 8th Place ($2,297)

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Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

John Grace open shoved from early position and Ray Williams followed suit for a little more from late.

Folds all around left them heads-up with Grace's tournament life on the line holding . Williams held and jacks did more than just hold, making a set on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Williams	1,300,000 540,000	540,000
John Grace	Busted

Tags: John Grace Ray Williams

07-26-2015 19:52 UTC-4

Ferenc and Napierala Swap

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Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Geoffrey Ferenc bet 80,000 into a three-way pot on a flop of and only Blake Napierala called.

The turn brought the and after a moment of silence, Napierala shoved. Ferenc snap-called with having flopped a set and turned a boat.

Napierala's combo draw was drawing dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Geoffrey Ferenc	1,250,000 625,000	625,000
Blake Napierala	750,000 -640,000	-640,000

Tags: Blake Napierala Geoffrey Ferenc

07-26-2015 19:43 UTC-4

Williams Chips Up

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Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Ray Williams keeps finding himself in preflop raising wars and ending them quickly with a shove.

First he took a pot off Joseph Elia and most recently he forced William Ho off a hand. He's now managed to chip up without having to show a hand, although he did show Elias and Ho .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Williams	760,000 140,000	140,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

07-26-2015 19:19 UTC-4

Andy Spears Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,930)

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Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Larry Carney called a Rick Block opening raise and Andy Spears did the same, defending his big blind.

The flop came and Spears shoved all in.

"They called this the stop and go back in the day," he said with a smile. Block folded, but Carney made the call with .

"I have three to a straight flush," said Spears, showing before the turn fell, leaving him drawing dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Carney	800,000 290,000	290,000
Andy Spears	Busted

Tags: Andy Spears Rick Block Larry Carney

07-26-2015 19:02 UTC-4

Martin Stiles Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,489)

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Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Martin Stiles was one of several callers to an opening raise, then the only one when Joseph Elia shoved over the top.

It was Elia's versus Stiles' and it held when a jack on the river made Elia a Broadway straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Elia	1,200,000 390,000	390,000
Martin Stiles	Busted

07-26-2015 18:51 UTC-4

Zimmerman, Nablo Out; Final Table Set

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Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Jason Nablo called it off with when John Grace shoved , but a three on the flop did him in.

Meanwhile, on the other table, Doug Zimmerman jammed into a flop with , but Blake Napierala looked him up with and held.

With that, the final table of ten is now set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Napierala	1,390,000 240,000	240,000
John Grace	550,000 195,000	195,000
Jason Nablo	Busted
Doug Zimmerman	Busted

Tags: Blake Napierala Doug Zimmerman Jason Nablo John Grace