The next pay jump took place between 46th and 54th place for $592:
2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Jeffrey Hobrecker raised from early position and Leo Kaplin jammed the rest of his short stack in the middle. Hobrecker called.
Hobrecker tabled ace-queen of hearts, while Kaplin showed a dominated ace-six of clubs.
The flop brought an ace, and the turn gave Kaplin a flush draw but the river was a break and he was sent to the rail.
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, Jason Garofalo led out for 25,000 from the big blind and John Stempien raised to 90,000 from the hijack. Garofalo called.
The turn was the
, and both players checked.
The river was the
. Garofalo led out for 90,000, and Stempien quickly called.
Garofalo tabled ![]()
for two pair, sevens and deuces. Stempien mucked.
Lee Sylvester and Varun Palackan were both chopped down to short stacks but have also both clawed their way back. The interesting part about this is that Sylvester made his comeback through Palackan and left him with one big blind. Immediately after this, Palackan went on a heater of his own.
Sylvester got his chips in the middle with ace-five against Palackan's ace-queen. The river was a five, giving Sylvester a much needed double up. Shortly after, Sylvester picked up pocket jacks and Palackan tried to knock him out with nines, but Sylvester flopped a set and it held.
Palackan was left with one big blind and doubled up twice. In the first hand he held ![]()
and went up against ![]()
. He backed into a flush for the first double. The next hand he picked up pocket aces and got a call from the big blind with ![]()
, giving him his second double up.
Both players now have a bit more room to play.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The remaining players are on another break. Play will resume at approximately 2:05PM.
Peter DeSantis has had a crazy day but has ended up on the positive side of things going into the next break.
He explained how he raised preflop with pocket sevens and got one caller. The flop came seven-high and his opponent called his all in, tabling pocket jacks.
DeSantis held up and is now sitting on a healthy stack again.
Mike 'The Mayor' Rellinger raised to 16,000 from early position, and John McCauley moved all in for his remaining 48,000 on the button. Rellinger asked how much more it was for him to call, and eventually decided to gamble.
Rellinger: ![]()
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McCauley: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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, giving Rellinger an overwhelming lead with a set of fours.
The
on the turn left McCauley drawing dead to the
on the river and he was sent to the rail.
Rellinger is the first to cross the 500,000 chip mark in this tournament.
The following players finished in the money, earning themselves a min-cash for $546 from 55th through 63rd place: