Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
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
Thomas Tames The Table
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Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
With $477,559 in career live tournament earnings, Travell Thomas is easily one of the most accomplished players in the Western New York area.
He's now among the most accomplished players in this tournament as well, having hit trips sevens holding 
on a queen high flop and getting his heads-up opponent to commit all his chips with top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
Last Chance!
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The remaining players are now off on a 10-minute break with 12 full levels behind them. They will return to play three more 20-minute levels before bagging up.
In the meantime, the start of Level 13 will also mark the end of the registration and re-entry period.
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Large and In Charge
Level 13
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
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 
flop to take it down.
Tighe showed 
and is now on 160,000 and counting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Old Man Poker
Level 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
129,000 |
Aitchinson Out
Level 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
One Big Hand
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Mark Krysczak grinded it up early on, then hit one big hand to vault up the counts.
He ended up flopping three aces with 
, 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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
128,800 |