The fourth and final starting flight in the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em with a $50,000 guarantee drew 160 entries Saturday evening.
That brought the grand total to 562 entries, obliterating the guarantee and creating a $92,378 prize pool that will pay 54 spots, with $21,246 awaiting the winner.
By the time 14 levels of play were through in the last flight, a total of 27 players pushed through to Day 2 Sunday. That's where the survivors of all four flights will play to a winner, including 64 from the first two, minus one player who bagged twice taking his best stack forward, for a total of 90 players returning.
Matt Devins (184,200) bagged the flight lead after a solid day. Sam DeSabio (174,300), Thomas Mader (166,000), and Hayden Glassman (159,400) also bagged big.
After another wildly swingy day, Bruce Pace (134,800) also bagged six figures. Day 1c leader Steven Chepurny (219,000) will be on top coming into Day 2 as the only player over 200,000.
The event's final day will play out beginning at 11 a.m. local time Sunday with the money bubble expected to burst rather quickly.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em will crown a champion on Sunday and our Live Reporting Team will be here to cover it all.
Bruce Pace is a legend around these parts for all the wrong reasons. He's notorious for building massive stacks early in Seneca Niagara tournaments and dusting them off late.
After the usual hot start looked like it was turning into the notorious late dip, Pace has righted the ship here, and will head into the last two levels of the night with 200,000 in chips and the lead. But the reputation that precedes him means he's as likely to bag the overall four-flight lead as he is to not bag at all.
Stay tuned to the last two levels of the night in this final flight to see what Pace, and the rest of the 40 players remaining, will do.
Thomas Mader has moved into the top spot on the leaderboard after a massive hand vaulted him up to 175,000 in chips.
It started with an raise under the gun that Mader called with the . After an flop, Mader called another 4,000. The turn filled him up and when Mader's opponent bet 10,000, he raised to 25,000. There was a call and a river, after which Mader led for 25,000.
His opponent shoved for 10,000 more and Mader called with the boat. hit the muck and Mader was left on top of 62 players remaining.
Sammy Smith satellited in the $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller to kick off Summer Slam at Seneca for $145.
He booked a fifth-place cash for $5,505 in the event and says he feels like he's freerolling the rest of the series as a result.
The good vibes and run good have continued here today and Smith takes the chip lead into Level 5 after a fiery start. Smith has picked up aces twice, kings twice, and managed to stack one opponent who hit aces-up on a flop that gave him a set of jacks.
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flop, Mader called another 4,000. The 
river, after which Mader led for 25,000.
hit the muck and Mader was left on top of 62 players remaining.
