$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Started
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$91,893
Entries
569
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Summer Slam Starts Now!
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In the shadow of the world famous Niagara Falls, the Seneca Niagara Casino is set to host the 2015 edition of Summer Slam today.
The annual multi-event series will run through August 2 with three major events culminating in the $600 NLHE Main Event with a $150,000 guarantee and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor providing coverage of it all.
Things will get going at 11 a.m. with the first of four starting flights for Event #1, a $200 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament featuring 30-minute levels, 15,000-chip starting stacks and a $50,000 guarantee. Registration is open until the start of Level 9 and there is unlimited re-entries as well.
The 2014 edition of Summer Slam saw Scott Hosbach win the the first event on the schedule, a $200 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo tournament which attracted 108 entries and ended following a five-way chop.
The loyal local poker community should turn out in droves for the multi-entry event kicking things off this year and PokerNews promises keep you up to speed on all the action from start to finish.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
41 and Counting
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
With organizers predicting this Friday morning flight would be the smallest of the four available, things have started predictably slow with the board currently reading 41 entries.
Late comers are slowly pouring in the poker room and can register all the way up until the start of Level 9. However, chances are tonight's 6 p.m. and Saturday's 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. flights will be significantly larger.
Andre 30,000
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Guelph, Ontario, Canada's Andre Smith couldn't ask for a better start to the event.
He held 
on a 
flop, getting an opponent with to commit all his chips by the time the river rolled out.
Thanks to that massive cooler, Smith got the full double up and is the early leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Paying The Rent
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Burdett, NY's Brian Rentschler is off and running here at Summer Slam, having just dragged a decent pot.
He turned 
into a Broadway straight and and faded all trouble against 
on a 
board to move over the 22,000-chip mark here in Level 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,400
22,400
|
22,400 |
Kiehl Over
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Bob Kiehl has emerged as the early chip leader after making a self-proclaimed "bad call" and finding a way to get there.
Kiehl held 
on a flop full of bricks and got it all in against an opponent holding . An ace on the river made the difference.
"I'm just really good with a short stack. That's why I made the call," Kiehl said. Now we'll see what he does with a big one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,400 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0