Seneca Niagara's 2016 Summer Slam schedule kicks off today with the $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller beginning at 11 a.m.
The Niagara Falls poker room has been running satellites for the big event, including one this morning, and that should help beef up a field that will otherwise be filled with some of the top rounders from the Western New York area and beyond.
The tournament is a true Deepstack Freezout, where players will begin with 100,000 chips and although registration is open until the start of Level 7, there is no reentry.
All levels are 30 minutes and blinds begin at the 300/600 level with antes kicking in during Level 3.
This is a single-day event sure to be filled with a ton of exciting poker action and PokerNews will endeavor to capture all the highlights as it plays out.
Get your popcorn ready, Seneca Niagara's 2016 Summer Slam $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller is coming at you right now.
Maria Parlatore has jumped into the early lead, effectively doubling up already after dragging a massive Level 2 pot without showdown.
She limped in under the gun, then joined four others in calling when one opponent made it 2,000 preflop. The flop checked to the original raiser and he continued for 2,000. Dave Lisacchi bumped it to 8,700 from the small blind and Parlatore raised to 20,000. Lisacchi made the call.
She called a 25,000-chip Lisacchi lead on the turn, then, when he checked the river, she pushed all in. Lisacchi let it go.
Chris Molica has moved up to the top spot on the leaderboard after boating up in a massive hand.
He called with queens in a four-bet multi-way pot, then flopped top set on a board with two spades. Eventually he got it in against a player holding the nut flush draw, and although a spade turned, it paired the board, giving him a full house.
Molica's opponent had an out to a royal flush, but whiffed the river.
Jeff Hall bet 35,000 on the turn of a board, heads-up with Chris Meyers.
Meyers fired back, raising to 80,000 and Hall called. On the river, Hall checked and Meyers bet 225,000. Faced with a decision for his tournament life, Hall called, and mucked when Meyers turned over the .
After the hand, Meyers' stack bloated to over one-million chips and he continues to set the pace.
Blake Napierala defended his big blind against a Chris Meyers cutoff raise. Napierala check-called bets of 50,000 and 80,000 through the turn on an all-diamond board.
The flush was complete on board after the river came down and both players checked. Napierala happend to have the in his hand and took the pot down, edging into the chip lead over Meyers.
Tom Babiarz got his last 300,00-plus in with the dominating Kurtis Boutelle's . The three hearts on the flop included a queen, but the fourth heart on the turn made Boutelle a flush.
Jon Shah got it in for close to one million with the , and Kurtis Bouttele and Blake Napierala got it in for more on the side with Napeirala at risk, and both players holding big slick respectively.
Shah looked good to triple and take the lead when the flop fell, but the turn turned things around. The river ended Shah's run and Boutelle and Napierala chopped up his chips.
Chris Meyers made it 175,000 and Kurtis Boutelle and Sammy Smith both called. Meyers continued for 325,000 on the flop and Boutelle shoved.
Smith folded and Meyers called off his last 600,000 with the . Boutelle had him dominated with the for two pair and held through the turn and river to end Meyers' run.
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flop checked to the original raiser and he continued for 2,000. Dave Lisacchi bumped it to 8,700 from the small blind and Parlatore raised to 20,000. Lisacchi made the call. 
turn, then, when he checked the 
river, she pushed all in. Lisacchi let it go.
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flop after Meyers made a straight, then saw a 
turn before getting it all in. 
board, heads-up with Chris Meyers. 
river, Hall checked and Meyers bet 225,000. Faced with a decision for his tournament life, Hall called, and mucked when Meyers turned over the 
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in his hand and took the pot down, edging into the chip lead over Meyers.
and Johnson's tournament life was riding on the 
. The board rolled out 
dominating Kurtis Boutelle's 
. The three hearts on the flop included a queen, but the fourth heart on the turn made Boutelle a flush.
, and Kurtis Bouttele and Blake Napierala got it in for more on the side with Napeirala at risk, and both players holding big slick respectively.
flop fell, but the 
river ended Shah's run and Boutelle and Napierala chopped up his chips.
flop and Boutelle shoved.
turn and river to end Meyers' run.