$50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$40
Prize Pool
$38,440
Entries
961
Level
29
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
The Final Day of the 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Event #3 Starts Now!
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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.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
DeSantis Gets DeDouble
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
In just the first few hands, Peter DeSantis called a Nicholas May shove with 
.
May was on 
and looked to knock out DeSantis as the 
board rolled out to the turn. Then suddenly, like manna from heaven for DeSantis, the 
came down on the river to double him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | 64,100 |
|
|
25,000 | -60,500 |
If It Weren't For Luck
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Kristan Makiewicz got her short stack all in with 
versus 
and got lucky to hit a pair on the 
flop.
However, her opponent got luckier, going runner-runner on the 
turn and river to make a flush and send Makiewicz packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Set Over Set
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Nicholas Anderson just moved up to a spot near the top of the counts in a massive hand that saw him get it in with pocket kings, fall behind against a flopped set of nines, then take the lead back by turning a set of his own.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 77,300 |
Break!
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The players are headed off on a 15-minute break with the tournament staff coloring up and removing the 100 denomination chips.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Better Late Than Never
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Top local rounder Travell Thomas turned up just before the break, but didn't get to his seat in time to play a hand.
The first hand after he picked up pocket kings and busted a player on pocket queens all in preflop to jump up closer to the top of the leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000 | 51,600 |
Patta Climbing
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Facing an 18,000-chip open, Peter Patta three-bet to 40,000, then snap-called when the opener shipped it in.
Patta held 
and his opponent was on 
. Aces held on a 
board to send Patta up to 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 91,000 |