Rob Forbes seemed to have lost a significant amount of chips between levels but has gained some traction again.
Daniel Wagner raised to 3,400 from early position, and the hijack called. Rob Forbes called from the cutoff, as did the small blind and Art Demmerley in the big blind.
The flop came . Both blinds checked, as did Wagner. The hijack led out for 12,000 and Forbes quickly put in a raise to 30,000. Action folded back around to the hijack and he also opted to fold, sending the pot Forbes' way.
With about 15,000 in the pot already, on a board reading , Carol Leonardi was in position and her opponent jammed his remaining 47,000 into the middle.
Leonardi wasted no time and called, tabling . Her opponent revealed a flush draw with .
The turn was the , and the river was the . Leonardi took down the pot and sent her opponent to the rail.
"Oh wow. I thought maybe you had ace-jack", as she raked in her chips.
At the end of the first of four flights at the 2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic in Event #1 $300 No-Limit Hold'em with a $75,000 guarantee, there were 110 entries with 18 players moving on to Day 2 on Sunday at 11:00AM.
After 14 levels of play, Daniel Wagner leads the way with 173,900 chips and looks to finally secure the first win of his career. Wagner fired multiple bullets but came out on top after a rollercoaster day. Jeffrey Hobrecker, another familiar face, bagged 151,800 with Art Demmerley rounding out the top three with 142,900 chips.
Other notable players to make it through include Maria Parlatore (142,100), Cameron Bartolotta (95,500), Ray Williams (68,300) and Rob Forbes (4,300).
Players who are not happy with their current stack may fire again and take their biggest stack forward to Day 2 on Sunday at 11:00AM.
Flight 1b began at 6:00PM and two more flights are slated for Saturday.
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