Day 1e of the 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Event #3 $50 No-Limit Hold'em Starts Now!

The 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam continues today with the fifth of six starting flights in Event #3, a $50 No-Limit Hold'em tournament with a $25,000 guarantee, kicking off at 11 a.m. local time in Western New York.

There will also be one more starting flight at 6 pm. this evening with any and all survivors coming back to play down to a champion Thursday. So far there are a spirited 76 players going through to Day 2 with Tom Babiarz leading them all, sitting on top of a massive 254,700-chip stack.

At this price point, and with this many chances to get in, this event has already attracted a slew of local grinders firing multiple bullets and recreational players taking shots, creating a massive prizepool that is guaranteed to smash the guarantee by the time two more flights are through. In fact, there have already been 585 entries with the current estimates putting the prizepool at $23,400.

At the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge in March, Seneca ran a similar event that drew 1,026 entries over six different starting flights creating a $41,040 prizepool. Top local pro Randy Pfeifer was crowned champ.

As with all other flights, players will start with 10,000 in tournament chips with plans to play 15 full 20-minute levels. Registration and unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 13.

Stay tuned for a ton of action from the falls as the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand for it all.