$600 Main Event Day 1a | 2015 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$600 Main Event

Day 1a Completed

07-31-2015 23:09 UTC-4

33 of 195 Survive the Main Event's First Flight; Hobrecker Leads

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The first of two Day 1 starting flights for the 2015 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event drew 195 entries to the Niagara Falls Poker Room at Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel on Friday.

It's a number that put the $600 buy-in event well on it's way to exceeding the $150,000 guarantee with a second flight set for Saturday at 11 a.m. That second flight is expected to be even bigger, so if you're in the area there's still time to get in on the action.

By the time the first 15 levels of play were done, just 33 remained in the hunt for the title. Paul McLean built a massive chip lead through 14 levels of play, but could not sustain it, ending up on the wrong end of a huge straight-over-straight cooler against Rochester, NY's Adam Foster.

However, Foster couldn't hold the lead either, losing a few pots late and allowing Jeffery Hobrecker to bag the biggest stack. Hobrecker finished on 321,500 following a late flurry.

Last year, the 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event drew 339 entries across two starting flights, with top local rounder Buck Ramsay earning the title and $41,000 in prize money. Ramsay turned up in defense of his title today and flirted with a big stack for a while, bagging 104,000 by the time play was through.

After all was said and done, 33 survived from today's flight. Those players will return Sunday to play down to a winner after they join up with Day 1b's remaining competitors. In the meantime, the second Day 1 starting flight will kick off at 11 a.m. local time on Saturday with plans to play the same 15 levels they did on Day 1a.

Keep it locked right here on PokerNews for updates live from the floor of the Niagara Falls Poker Room all day long.

Tags: 2015 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Eve Buck Ramsay Jeffery Hobrecker Paul McLean

07-31-2015 23:06 UTC-4

End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Hobrecker	321,500	321,500
Adam Foster	282,500	-22,500
David Stephens	262,500	262,500
Tim Glab	246,500	111,500
Paul McLean	228,000	48,000
Silvio DeRubeis	224,500	2,500
Dan Wagner	211,000	211,000
Andy Ranaletti	210,000	210,000
Michael Ferrer	207,000	207,000
Michael Malm	200,000	200,000
David Battaglia	194,500	194,500
Blake Napierala	189,500	29,500
Randy Swackhamer	172,500	172,500
Ko Maddock	159,500	159,500
Steve Przybyl	154,500	154,500
Randy Lingenfelter	153,500	-46,500
Keith Gray	126,000	126,000
Barry Trembetzky	118,500	118,500
Pat Tighe	118,500	56,500
Joe Ciffa	117,500	117,500
Newton Graziano	110,500	110,500
Tyler Orsini	108,500	15,500
Buck Ramsay	104,000	-16,000
Steven Solodiuk	100,000	100,000
Ronald DGrillo	94,000	94,000

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07-31-2015 22:34 UTC-4

Six More Hands!

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

A draw was conducted to determine the number of hands to play before bagging up for the night. The number was a six.

07-31-2015 22:21 UTC-4

Vegas Dried Out

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Johnny Vegas got it all in having flopped a set of sixes versus Jeffery Hobrecker's open-ended straight draw.

Hobrecker got there on the river and as he vaulted up near the top of the chip counts, Vegas was done.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffery Hobrecker	260,000	156,000
Johnny Vegas	Busted

Tags: Jeffery Hobrecker Johnny Vegas

07-31-2015 22:07 UTC-4

Foster Cools Off McLean

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Paul McLean has finally been knocked off his perch at the top of the chip counts, but it took a massive cooler to get the job done.

Adam Foster got it in on an flop holding for the nut straight. McLean had and was on the wrong end of things, handing the chip lead to Foster in this final level of the night.