It all comes down to this. After six starting flights over the past three days drew 961 entries, just 123 players remain in the hunt for the the 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Event #3 title and they will play down to a champion today.
First they'll have to get past the money bubble. The guarantee-smashing $38,400 prizepool will pay 54 spots with a min-cash worth $165. Then it's a battle for big money, considering the $50 buy-in, as $8,841 awaits the winner.
Day 1d chip leader Tom Babiarz is the man in charge right now, with his overall leading 254,700-chip stack. Just two other players, David Battaglia and Kyle Jeffery, have over 200,000 in chips.
However, top local grinders like Travell Thomas, Nick DiPalma, Alex Rivera, and Pat Tighe sit just under that mark. Plus, end-game bosses with winning experience at Seneca Niagara including Nick Walker and Rick Block will also come in stacked.
The levels increase to 30 minutes today, adding a little bit more play to the structure and things will get going with the start of Level 16 at 11 a.m. local time.
Keep it locked right here on PokerNews for updates of all the action live from the floor of the poker room at Seneca Niagara throughout the day and until a champion is crowned.
Steve Auld opened to 7,000 and Nick Walker defended his big blind with , absolutely smashing the flop.
Walker led for 10,000, Auld ripped it in and Walker made the call for his tournament life with the Broadway straight. Auld was on and the turn gave him outs.
However, the river bricked, and as Walker doubled to the top of the chip counts, Auld was left with a rebuilding project.
Emmanuel Santos just got it in with versus Pat Moeller's preflop.
He then spiked a jack on the flop and held to win what appears to be the biggest hand of the tournament so far, send Moeller to the rail and leap up to the top of the chip counts.
Nick DiPalma limped and Todd Sanney Jr bumped it to 175,000.
Dipalma made the call, then checked the flop. Sanney led for 200,000 and DiPalma shipped it in. Sanney made the quick call with and was well ahead of DiPalma's .
However, the turn and river changed everything as DiPalma made a miraculous wheel and doubled into a spot among the leaders, leaving Sanney to rebuild.
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was ahead, but fell behind after the 
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turn and 
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and was well ahead of DiPalma's 
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river changed everything as DiPalma made a miraculous wheel and doubled into a spot among the leaders, leaving Sanney to rebuild.
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turn and