2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$6,351
Event Info
Buy-in
$40
Prize Pool
$38,440
Total Entries
961
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 961
Filter

Filter

Filter By
Sort By

$50 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1b Completed

Just 24 of 173 Survive The Second Flight

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Travell Thomas
Travell Thomas

The 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam continued this evening with the second of six starting flights in Event #3, a $50 No-Limit Hold'em tournament with a $25,000 guarantee.

This flight drew a total of 173 entries, playing down to just 24 remaining players as Level 15 came to a close. Top local rounder Travell Thomas bagged up 173,400 and the chip lead after turning {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} into trip sevens and busting a player with top pair as the flight wore on, then using the big stack to apply pressure in the late levels and chip up.

However, Day 1a chip leader Kyle Jeffery still holds the overall lead as the only player over 200,000 in chips.

These 24 survivors will join the 15 from the first flight this morning to come back and play down to a champion Thursday.

However, there are four more starting flights set to go off, beginning with Day 1c at 11 a.m. local time Tuesday. PokerNews' coverage of the 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam will continue at that time.

Tags: Travell Thomas

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Read full

One Big Hand

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Mark Krysczak
Mark Krysczak

Mark Krysczak grinded it up early on, then hit one big hand to vault up the counts.

He ended up flopping three aces with {a-}{4-}, then turned a boat. When the river came a jack and his heads-up opponent made jacks over aces, she was more than willing to get it all in and Krysczak stacked her to leap into contention for the chip lead.

Tags: Mark Krysczak

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Aitchinson Out

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Scott Aitchison
Scott Aitchison

Scott Aitchison got it all in three-ways with queens versus jacks and eights.

Jacks hit a set to leave him short and he was out soon after with sevens when overcards ran him down.

Tags: Scott Aitchison

Old Man Poker

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Don Crimmen
Don Crimmen

Lancaster, NY's Don Crimmen told PokerNews he's been playing "Old Man Poker" today. In other words, he's stayed tight and waited for premium hands.

So far, he's done it to perfection, building a contending stack into the late levels of over 100,000.

"So far, so good," he said.

Tags: Don Crimmen

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Large and In Charge

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Pat Tighe
Pat Tighe

Pat Tighe's domination continues here into Level 13.

He just made a big preflop raise that the big blind defended, then fired 30,000 into an {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}{8-Hearts} flop to take it down.

Tighe showed {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and is now on 160,000 and counting.

Tags: Pat Tighe