2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
Event Info

2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$15,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$91,893
Entries
569
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

$200 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1d Completed

93 Total Headed to Day 2 as Day 1d Ends with 26

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson

The fourth and final starting flight for the 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Event #1: $200 No-Limit Hold'em went off in Niagara Falls tonight, drawing 166 entries.

It was a star-studded affair with some of the area's best grinders firing away, including Andy Spears, Randy Pfeifer, and Travell Thomas. Hollywood actor and accomplished poker hobbyist Kirk Acevedo even added a little glitz to the event, building a big stack early, only to run bad late and eventually bust.

Thomas and Pfeifer also joined him on the rail, but Spears flirted with the chip lead all night long, eventually bagging a contending stack heading into Sunday's Day 2.

It was Vince Palma who busted Pfeifer, on what appeared to be his sixth bullet fired, and Palma rode that wave into a stack over 200,000, However, Charles Johnson won two races in the final level of the night to bag the Day 1d and overall chip lead on 244,200.

Through the four starting flights, a total of 569 entries created a whopping $91,893 prizepool, almost doubling the event's $50,000 guarantee. The top 54 spots will get paid a min-cash of $395, and first-place will earn a healthy $21,137.

Twenty-six survived this Day 1d and they will join the survivors from the first three starting flights for a total of 93 runners returning to play down to a champion beginning at 11 a.m. local time Sunday.

PokerNews' Live Reporting will resume from Western New York at that time, so stay tuned to our 2015 Seneca Summer Slam coverage.

Tags: Andy SpearsCharles JohnsonKirk AcevedoRandy PfeiferVince Palma

End of Day 1d Chip Counts (full)

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Charles Johnson us
Charles Johnson
244,200 140,200
Rick Block
Rick Block
208,900 178,900
Vince Palma us
Vince Palma
203,500 -16,500
William Ho
William Ho
168,500 33,500
Michael Russo us
Michael Russo
139,600
Weiyi Mo us
Weiyi Mo
135,300 70,300
Joseph Elia us
Joseph Elia
133,600 55,600
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
132,900 -62,100
Sandra Boyle
Sandra Boyle
129,300
Ariel Benarroch
Ariel Benarroch
117,400
David Rosolowski
David Rosolowski
101,400
Antonio Loverso us
Antonio Loverso
80,700
Jeff DeVoesick
Jeff DeVoesick
80,400 42,900
Tom Scanlon
Tom Scanlon
79,300 -7,900
David Tesner
David Tesner
68,200
Kai Michael Koppe
Kai Michael Koppe
66,300
Andrew Ranaletti
Andrew Ranaletti
59,400
Trieu Long
Trieu Long
58,000
Brian Rentschler
Brian Rentschler
48,600 48,600
Todd Miles
Todd Miles
40,700
Martin Leon
Martin Leon
39,900
Robert Koerntgen
Robert Koerntgen
38,600
Adam Stephany
Adam Stephany
37,100
Donald Wilson
Donald Wilson
34,600
Rodolpho Navas
Rodolpho Navas
28,300

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Six More Hands

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

A draw was conducted to determine the number of hands to play before the flight will come to a close. They drew a six and the remaining players will play six more hands before bagging up.

Palma Busts Incartona; Grabs Late Lead

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Vince Palma
Vince Palma

Vince Palma limped from under the gun plus one before Sal Incartona made a button raise to 5,000. The big blind called before Palma made it 22,000 total.

It came back to Incartona, who decided to bump it to 50,000 total and only Palma called. The flop came down {j-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and they quickly got the rest of the chips in. Palma was in great shape with {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} versus Incartona's {a-Spades}{k-Spades} and managed to hold following the {10-Spades} turn and {j-Spades} river.

As a result, Plama moved into the chip lead and Incartona moved out of the poker room.

Player Chips Progress
Vince Palma us
Vince Palma
220,000 54,300
Sal Incartona
Sal Incartona
Busted

Tags: Sal IncartonaVince Palma

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Acevedo Out!

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Kirk Acevedo
Kirk Acevedo

Hollywood actor and accomplished poker enthusiast Kirk Acevedo got it in good with {a-}{k-} against William Ho's {a-Spades}{10-Spades}.

However, Acevedo could not fade Ho's flopped flush draw, with Ho turning the nuts to send him home short of Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
William Ho
William Ho
135,000
Kirk Acevedo us
Kirk Acevedo
Busted

Tags: Kirk Acevedo

Spears Leads Again!

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Andy Spears
Andy Spears

Andy Spears made it 4,500 under the gun and both blinds called. They all checked the {5-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop, but when the {q-Diamonds} turn fell and the small blind checked, the big led for 7,000.

Spears was the only caller, and after the {3-Hearts} river was revealed, the big blind fired again, making it 17,000. Spears made the quick call and as the big blind moved to muck, Spears showed {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs} to take it down, inching ever closer to the 200,000 chip mark and into the lead.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
195,000 40,000

Tags: Andy Spears

Pfeifer Pfinished; Palma Leads!

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Vincent Palma
Vincent Palma

Facing a 6,000 chip bet with about 12,000 in the middle on a {q-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop, Randy Pfeifer shipped it in. Vincent Palma did the same behind, having him covered and the raiser folded.

Pfeifer needed help with the {A-Spades}{10-Spades} nut-flush draw against Palma's {q-Clubs}{4-Hearts} two pair, but got none on the {5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} turn and river.

With Pfeifer gone, Palma has moved to the top of the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Vince Palma us
Vince Palma
165,700 165,700
Randy Pfeifer
Randy Pfeifer
Busted

Tags: Randy PfeiferVincent Palma

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300