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

07-23-2016 21:47 UTC-5

The Leaders

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Mader	175,000 145,000	145,000
Bruce Pace	150,000 35,000	35,000
Chuck Naughton	99,000 58,000	58,000
Sammy Smith	90,000 29,000	29,000
James DiPasquale	79,000 79,000	79,000
Tom Scanlon	78,000 78,000	78,000
Fred Bolla	75,000 4,000	4,000
Josh Deskovich	53,000 41,950	41,950
Michelle Caldwell	46,000 16,000	16,000
Keith Mueller	21,000 2,200	2,200

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

07-23-2016 20:35 UTC-5

Ahead of the Pace

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Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Bruce Pace continues to force opponents into making huge mistakes and gifting him chips. He's now the first player past the 100,000-chip mark and counting here after forcing an opponent off a 15,000-plus chip pot leaving him only 2,500 behind.

A flop was checked three-handed, but after Pace checked the turn, one opponent bet 3,000. The other folded, but Pace clicked it back to 6,000 and his opponent snap-called, leaving him less than 3,000.

Pace bet 11,000 on the river, effectively 2,500 or so, and his opponent found a fold, allowing Pace to crest 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Pace	115,000 60,000	60,000

07-23-2016 20:26 UTC-5

Bolla Balling

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Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Fred Bolla has been on the right end of things so far this evening.

This included flopping a straight against a set and turning aces up against aces for two rather sizable pots. As a result, Bolla is sitting on over 70,000 and at or near the top of the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fred Bolla	71,000

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Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

07-23-2016 20:10 UTC-5

It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Chuck Naughton got himself in a three-way all in pot with the biggest stack and the worst hand.

His was up against the and the , but when the dust settled on an Naughtan had made a boat.

He busted two players in one hand and is now sitting on over 40,000 and counting.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chuck Naughton	41,000

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Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

07-23-2016 19:36 UTC-5

Setting The Same Old Pace

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Bruce Pace is doing his usual thing here at Seneca Niagara. He's playing any two cards, making more than his fair share of unforeseeable straights and uncanny two pair hands, frustrating opponents into calling off with worse, and generally becoming the focus of play at his table.

"Not any two cards," he said with a smile. "But just about."

Pace is closing in on 60,000 fast and if any two keep hitting, he'll keep climbing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Pace	55,000 34,000	34,000

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07-23-2016 19:16 UTC-5

It's All Coming Up Sammy

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sammy Smith	61,000 34,000	34,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25