$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$92,378
Entries
562
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
18 of 106 Survive Event #2's First Flight
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Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
The first of four starting flights in the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em with a $50,000 guarantee drew 106 entries on Friday.
By the time 14 levels of play were through, a total of 18 players pushed on to Day 2 Sunday, where the field will combine and play down to a winner.
Adam Foster (188,400) bagged the chip lead finishing the flight on a heater. Jeff White (179,000) also bagged big after running good all day.
The second starting flight will go off at 6 p.m. Friday evening, and there are two more flights set for 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday. Stay tuned to PokerNews as the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam continues.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
188,400 | 28,400 |
|
179,000 | 2,000 |
|
114,500 | 49,500 |
|
101,800 | 36,800 |
|
|
99,600 | 99,600 |
|
99,300 | 99,300 |
|
98,800 | 56,500 |
|
|
98,200 | 98,200 |
|
96,100 | 100 |
|
|
81,300 | 81,300 |
|
80,400 | 80,400 |
|
68,500 | 1,500 |
|
67,700 | -2,300 |
|
58,800 | 58,800 |
|
54,500 | -26,500 |
|
|
52,000 | 52,000 |
|
48,700 | -22,300 |
|
14,300 | 14,300 |
Three-Way Action
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Cameron Bartolotta open-shoved late for under 25,000 and Tony Dojka looked him up on the button. Burt Kopaskie then ripped it in from the big blind for a little more and Dojka called.
Bartolotta: 
Dojka: 
Kopaskie: 
The board rolled out 
with Bartolotta's set of kings taking the main pot. Kopaskie managed to win the side versus Dojka, but gave the chips right back when he called off with 
versus Dojka's sevens a hand later and missed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000 | 40,400 |
|
|
70,000 | -8,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Foster Out Front
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
In a hand that wrapped up at the end of Level 12, Adam Foster cooled off John Araujo to take the chip lead.
Araujo flopped top two on a 
board and Foster got it in with top set. Araujo was left with a few chips and two levels to try and rebuild while Foster will be looking to pad the lead before bagging.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
35,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Just A Little Patience
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Kristan Mackiewicz laid down two queens to a four-bet shove earlier, and had been barely surviving ever since.
Patience paid off a minute ago, however, as she got the last of her 21,600-chip stack in the middle with one caller and showed the 
. Mackiewicz was up against the 
and as she called for all black cards, the board rolled out 
, giving her the timely double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | 16,000 |
The White Knight Strikes Again
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jeff White managed to get one player to commit his stack with on a king-high board.
White had pocket aces and was pushing close to 80,000 in chips when Randy Lingenfelter raised it up to 4,500 and he defended his big blind.
The flop came 
and White checked. Lingenfelter made it 6,000 and White check-raised to 16,000. Lingenfelter called and the turn came the 
.
White jammed in for around 50,000 having Lingenfelter barely covered. Lingenfelter called off with 
and needed help versus White's . He got none on the 
river and as he hit the exit, White moved up to the top of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
136,000 | 89,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200