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Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jimmy Thomson turned the nut flush heads-up with John Aga.
However, Aga made a boat on the river to bust him, crest the 100,00-chip mark and reserve a spot near the top of the counts.
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Event Info
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$91,893
Total Entries
569
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 569
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Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Earlier fortunes had since faded and Shamel Thomas found himself short and shoving.
The good news was he did it with 
, ran into 
and faded all danger on an 
board to double up.
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Blake Napierala managed to bust local legend Travell Thomas when Thomas shoved 
from the button and Napierala called with 
in the small blind.
The nines held and when those chips were added to another couple of small wins, Napierala moved up into the top spot on the counts on over 130,000.
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Tonawanda, NY's Aaron Obstein got it in with 
versus 
and managed to avoid chopping.
He went runner-runner to make a diamond flush and is now over the 100,000-chip mark and among the leaders into Level 12.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Niagara Falls' own Blake Napierala used gthe old 
to flop two pair, turn a boat and relieve one unlucky opponent of all his chips.
He also won a race with 
over 
and is quickly closing in on 100,000 in chips and a spot among the leaders.
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Paul Butski managed to make the nuts in a flush-over-flush situation to climb up the counts.
In the meantime, Scott Aitchison doubled, open shoving 
, getting the call from one opponent on 
, and holding on a 
run out.
"Wow, I won a race," said Aitchison. "Wanna run it twice?"
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $200 No-Limit Hold'em Event #1 saw a little bit of Hollywood glitz here today as veteran actor Kirk Acevedo joined the field.
Having earned acting credits in films like Boiler Room, Invincible and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Acevedo has also appeared in a number of top TV shows including The Walking Dead, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Fringe.
Acevedo is no stranger to poker either, having $99,570 in career tournament earnings and a solid resume that boasts cashes in events all the way back to the 2006 Legends of Poker in Los Angeles.
His appearance here in Niagara Falls was ever so brief, however, as he got it in with a straight draw in a battle of the blinds against an overpair, missed and busted.
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Here's how the chip leaders are faring now into Level 10:
