$1,000 Main Event Day 1b | 2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

$1,000 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

11-13-2016 04:08 UTC

33 More Push Through to Day 2 of the 2016 Seneca Fall Classic Main Event

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

The second of two starting flights for the $1,000 buy-in 2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event drew 179 entries on the hotel balcony at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York on Saturday.

That brought the total up to 300 entries and reentries, creating a $264,810 prize pool that will pay the top 27. The winner will earn a $64,882 top prize, Seneca Niagara poker glory and a spot on the cover of CardPlayer Magazine. A min-cash is worth a few dollars more than double the buy-in at $2,013 and the top six payouts are all five-figure prizes.

They played through 15 total 40-minute levels, and when it was all said and done, 33 players pushed through to tomorrow's Day 2.

Added to the 24 survivors from the first flight, that makes 57 coming back.

It was another local star bagging the chip lead on Saturday, with Jefferey Hobrecker contending all day, then winning a massive side pot in a huge hand to take the lead late. In the end, he grabbed the overall lead by just a handful of chips over first flight leader Alex Visbisky.

Entries and reentries poured in throughout a busy day and Michigan's Vinnie Ho seemed to chew through them all, running super hot to take the chip lead and run away with it until the lest level of the night, where he ended up finally missing a draw and losing the aforementioned huge pot to Hobrecker.

Ho hung in there, and remains in contention headed to Day 2. He'll be joined by Toronto Canada's Veerab Zakarian, who finished runner up here two years ago, contended all day as well, and bagged big.

A late rush from defending champion Kurtis Boutelle will also see him return Sunday with a shot at a second Fall Classic crown.

They will get back at it at 11 a.m. Sunday with the money bubble clearly in sight and plans to play down to a 2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event final table.

Keep it locked here on PokerNews to follow all the action.

Tags: Alex Visbisky Jeffrey Hobrecker Kurtis Boutelle Veerab Zakarian Vinnie Ho

11-13-2016 04:04 UTC

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Hobrecker	437,500
Veerab Zakarian	343,500 343,500	343,500

Jay Clark	336,000 -14,000	-14,000
Sean Gomez	331,500 331,500	331,500
Kurtis Boutelle	281,000 146,000	146,000
Barry Trembetzky	272,500 272,500	272,500
Vinnie Ho	248,000 33,000	33,000
Mark Allott	246,500 246,500	246,500
Nicholas Potwora	209,500 209,500	209,500
Brian Bowen	200,000 20,000	20,000
Alex Rivera	177,500 3,000	3,000
Chris Gras	169,000 -56,000	-56,000
Mario Argentieri	158,000 158,000	158,000
Barb Rogers	155,000 155,000	155,000
Paul McLean	154,500 154,500	154,500
Chris Molica	152,500 152,500	152,500
Tadeusz Blaszczak	124,000 124,000	124,000
Michael Shavensky	121,000 121,000	121,000
Jack Depasquale	112,000 112,000	112,000
Yiuho Leung	109,500 109,500	109,500
Maurice Sessum	108,500 108,500	108,500
Damian Baird	98,500 -1,500	-1,500
Matthew Fergenbaum	95,000 95,000	95,000
Sharman Olshan	92,000 -41,000	-41,000
Brian Bordinaro	86,500 86,500	86,500

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11-13-2016 03:14 UTC

Ho Finally Misses, Hobrecker Leads Late

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

A huge pot has shifted the balance of power now into the last level of the night.

There was a limp before Jeffrey Hobrecker made it 7,500. Two people called, including Tony Angora and Kurtis Boutelle in the small blind, before Vinnie Ho made it 22,000 to go from the big blind.

The limper folded, Hobrecker called, as did Angora and Boutelle. Boutelle then jammed for 17,400 on the flop. Ho made it 80,000 and Hobrecker pushed in for almost 200,000 total. Angora let it go and after a minute in the tank, Ho called with the , holding a gutter and a flush draw.

Hobrecker had the two pair and Boutelle the ope- ender. Boutelle got there on the turn to take the 135,000-chip main pot with his straight. Ho bricked the river to hand Hobrecker the massive side pot and the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Hobrecker	395,000 200,000	200,000
Vinnie Ho	215,000 -260,000	-260,000
Kurtis Boutelle	135,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Jeffrey Hobrecker Kurtis Boutelle Tony Angora Vinnie Ho

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

11-13-2016 02:35 UTC

Campanella Cracked

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Seneca Summer Slam champ Russ Campanella had been nursing a short stack all day, handcuffed by having Vinnie Ho on his direct right.

He finally doubled it up with two kings, but picked up two aces a hand later and is now out.

'Scottish' Alan Findlay finished him off, cracking the aces with , going runner-runner Broadway on a board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Findlay	160,000
Russ Campanella	Busted

11-13-2016 02:27 UTC

Little Chris, Big Stack

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

'Little' Chris Gras is sometimes hard to pick out in a crowd, but certainly easier to spot now with 225,000 in chips sitting in front of him.

He came out of nowhere to hit middle set in a big pot somewhere along the way and is among the leaders now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Gras	225,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Chris Gras

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

11-13-2016 01:55 UTC

On A Boat

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

After raising under the gun with tens and getting one caller in Sean Bartlett, Veerab Zakarian flopped a set on . He check-called bets on the flop and turn, then check-shoved after filling up on the river.

Bartlett called it off with the flush, and with that 200,000-chip pot, Zakarian is now up to 300,000 in chips and closing in on Vinnie Ho at the top of the counts with the final break of the evening coming up.