$200 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

07-22-2016 15:37 UTC-4

Foster on Fire

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Adam Foster has been winning all the pots at his table of late, including the one where he busted Jeffery Hobrecker with jacks over tens all in preflop a minute ago.

As a result, Foster just became the first player over 100,000 and has vaulted into the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Foster	101,000 101,000	101,000
Jeffery Hobrecker	Busted

Tags: Adam Foster

07-22-2016 15:42 UTC-4

Takes a Lickin', Keeps on Tickin'

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Like a quality timepiece, Scott Aitchison can take a hit and keep on going.

After getting cooled off by Mike Davis earlier, Aitchison found a big hand just in time, flipping with jacks against preflop and fading all trouble to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Aitchison	65,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Scott Aitchison

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

07-22-2016 15:57 UTC-4

The White Knight Strikes Again

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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
Jeff White	136,000 89,000	89,000
Randy Lingenfelter	Busted

Tags: Jeff White Randy Lingenfelter

07-22-2016 16:20 UTC-4

Just A Little Patience

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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
Kristan Mackiewicz	45,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Kristan Mackiewicz

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

07-22-2016 17:00 UTC-4

Foster Out Front

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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
Adam Foster	160,000
John Araujo	35,000

Tags: Adam Foster John Araujo

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

07-22-2016 17:19 UTC-4

Three-Way Action

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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
Cameron Bartolotta	80,000 40,400	40,400
Tony Dojka	70,000 -8,500	-8,500
Burt Kopaskie	Busted

Tags: Burt Kopaskie Tony Dojka Cameron Bartolotta

07-22-2016 17:47 UTC-4

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Foster	188,400 28,400	28,400
Jeff White	179,000 2,000	2,000
Scott Aitchison	114,500 49,500	49,500
John Aga	101,800 36,800	36,800
Greg Belliotti	99,600 99,600	99,600
Sebastian Chirdo	99,300 99,300	99,300
Jason Sardo	98,800 56,500	56,500
Joseph Anelselmini	98,200 98,200	98,200
Cameron Bartolotta	96,100 100	100
Sean Stutzman	81,300 81,300	81,300
Darrin Bracken	80,400 80,400	80,400
Timmy Mohammed	68,500 1,500	1,500
Tony Dojka	67,700 -2,300	-2,300
Silvio DeRubeis	58,800 58,800	58,800
Todd Saffron	54,500 -26,500	-26,500
Ronald Wheeler	52,000 52,000	52,000
Mike Davis	48,700 -22,300	-22,300
Paul McLean	14,300 14,300	14,300

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