2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Event Info
2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$21,246
Event Info
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$92,378
Total Entries
562
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 562
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$200 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1c Completed

22 of 154 Survive Event #2's Third Flight, $50k Guarantee Smashed

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

The third 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 154 entries Saturday morning.

That brought the total to 412 so far, obliterating the guarantee already with what is expected to be the biggest flight still to come at 6 p.m. this evening.

By the time 14 levels of play were through, a total of 22 players pushed through to Day 2 Sunday, where the survivors of all four flights, including 42 from the first two, will combine and play down to a winner.

Steven Chepurny (219,000) bagged the chip lead after flopping a boat and trapping John Stempien for heaps in the late levels. Chepurny is now the leader in the clubhouse.

Aaron Olshan (181,200), Jeffrey Tibideau (180,100), Matt Shanahan (179,900), and Kyle Haberman (176,300) also bagged contending stacks.

As previously mentioned, the fourth and final starting flight goes off at 6 p.m. tonight with a chance they get $100,000 in the prize pool before it's over and double the guarantee.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam continues.

Tags: Aaron OlshanJeffrey TibideauJohn StempienKyle HabermanMatt ShanahanSteven Chepurny

End Of Day 1c Counts (full)

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

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Three-Way All In Action

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

A three way all in pot just went down with Aaron Olshan holding the biggest stack and the best hand: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}.

Mike Davis had the worst of it with {10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} and it wasn't looking to good for the third player's {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} needing a one outer.

The {9-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{k-Spades}{6-Diamonds} board brought no surprises and Olshan served up the double knockout as the flight comes to a close.

The Plot Thickens

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

Play tightened up in Level 14 and just three short stacks went broke, Including David Battaglia. The 32 players remaining head into the last level of the flight with Jeff Thibideau still sitting on the biggest stack.

They will now play down to 10 minutes left in Level 14, and then through a not-yet determined number of hands, with any and all survivors bagging up for Sunday's Day 2.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Updated Counts

Level 13 : 1,000/1,200, 300 ante

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/1,200

Ante: 300

Massive Suck Out Gives Thibideau The Lead

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jeff Thibideau
Jeff Thibideau

There was close to 50,000 in the pot already on a {2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} board to the turn when Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Jeff Thibideau jammed for 53,500, heads-up with David Battaglia.

Battaglia made the call with the {7-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and was right, Thibideau had a gutshot and two overs with the {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. The river came the {8-Hearts}, making Thibideau the nut straight.

Battaglia was left stunned as Thibideau moved into a spot at the top of the counts heading into the last two levels of the flight.

Tags: David BattagliaJeff Thibideau

Olivencia Over Deskovich

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Nate Olivencia
Nate Olivencia

Nate Olivencia has knocked Josh Deskovich out of the chip lead after a massive heads-up hand.

There was heaps in the middle already when Olivencia shoved two queens into a flop full of undercards. Deskovich tanked so long the clock was called, but eventually he made the call with two tens.

The turn and river bricked and Olivencia doubled big, sending Deskovich back to the drawing board.

Tags: Josh DeskovichNate Olivencia