2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$600 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$26,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$252,106
Entries
475
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

The Legend Continues

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Dan Wagner
Dan Wagner

Allison Schultz made it 14,000 and Steven Yanus called behind before the legendary Dan Wagner shipped it in for 56,000.

Schultz came over the top all in with the {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} and Yanus called with the {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}.

Wagner had the {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and both his legend and stack grew after a {q-Spades}{9-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades} board ensured the triple up.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
185,000
81,500
81,500
Steven Yanus
Steven Yanus
120,000
-91,500
-91,500
Allison Schultz us
Allison Schultz
100,000
-12,000
-12,000

Tags: Dan Wagner

Billiteri Leads!

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Julie Billiteri
Julie Billiteri

With Joseph Elia suddenly trending downwards, Julie Billiteri has moved into the chip lead.

There was a raise and Billiteri called in position before Elia defended his big blind.

Elia led the {8-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop for 15,000 and both players called. The turn came the {3-Diamonds} and it checked to Billiteri. She bet 48,000 and only Elia called.

They both checked the {9-Clubs} river and Billiteri showed {k-Clubs}{10-Spades} to take it down, moving up to 465,000.

Player Chips Progress
Julie Billiteri us
Julie Billiteri
465,000
69,000
69,000
Joseph Elia us
Joseph Elia
295,000
-190,000
-190,000

Tags: Joseph EliaJulie Billiteri

Birss Cools Doyle, Gets Gaddi

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Kevin Birss
Kevin Birss

It was Kevin Birss who got the last of Chris Gaddi's chips. But the hand was significant for more than just that.

Birss ultimately had aces versus Brendan Doyle's kings and Gaddi's rags all in preflop, doubling through Doyle to move up to a spot among the leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Birss
Kevin Birss
400,000
282,000
282,000
Brendan Doyle us
Brendan Doyle
30,000
-123,000
-123,000

Tags: Kevin BirssBrendan DoyleChris Gaddi

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Bodnar Gets The Upgrade

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Peter Bodnar
Peter Bodnar

Peter Bodnar made it 10,000, Chris Gaddi bumped it to 35,000, and Bodnar four-bet to 90,000.

Gaddi shoved in with the bigger stack and Bodnar called off with the {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}. Gaddi had {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} and aces held on a {7-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades} run out to give Bodnar a stack among the leaders, and leave Gaddi short.

Gaddi lost most of the rest of his chips immediately after, then ran into both aces and kings to go broke.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Bodnar
Peter Bodnar
370,000
215,500
215,500
Chris Gaddi
Chris Gaddi
Busted

Tags: Chris GaddiPeter Bodnar

Graziano Gets There

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Newton Graziano
Newton Graziano

Newton Graziano just doubled up the hard way, cracking Sean Bartlett's {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}.

They got it in on the turn of a {10-Spades}{8-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{8-Spades} board with Graziano holding {k-Spades}{q-Hearts} and at risk. The {k-Diamonds} on the river saved Graziano's tournament life and he's now got a threatening stack.

Player Chips Progress
Newton Graziano us
Newton Graziano
280,000
126,000
126,000
Sean Bartlett
Sean Bartlett
60,000
-138,500
-138,500

Tags: Newton Graziano

The Rich Get Richer

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Joseph Elia
Joseph Elia

Joseph Elia started Day 2 as hot as he ended the first starting flight.

He picked up kings over queens to pick off one 65,000-chip shorty and is now closing in on 500,000.

In the meantime, Brett Collson is peaking on 220,000 now after check-raising the flop, then turning the nut-flush and schooling Alicia LaPorte Pachla in a pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Elia us
Joseph Elia
485,000
64,500
64,500
Brett Collson us
Brett Collson
220,000
103,000
103,000

Tags: Alicia LaPorte PachlaBrett CollsonJoseph Elia

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

The Final Day of the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Main Event Starts Now!

On an overcast and rainy summer Sunday in Niagara Falls, 86 poker players will descend upon the Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino with dreams of capturing one of the most hotly contested poker titles in Western New York and the $59,248 first-place prize that comes with it.

The final day of the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $600 Main Event kicks off at 11 a.m. local time and promises to be a dramatic one, as the survivors from two starting flights Friday and Saturday will combine for the first time, play past a 46-player money bubble, down to a final table, and ultimately until a 2016 Summer Slam champion is crowned.

After a massive hand in the late-going Friday that saw him flop quad queens and crack aces, Joseph Elia will come in with the chip lead, as the only player over 400,000.

Spicy $90 satellite qualifier Julie Billiteri has just below that much after she went from 20,000 to 396,000 in the last hour on Friday, and will come into play as hot as a local Buffalo chicken wing.

Day 1b leaders Tom Taylor and Bill Hardy are also within a few chips of Billiteri, while My Stack App user Sammy Iraci, Michigan's Linda Hackney, Michael Ferrer, David Paluch, and local legend Jason Nablo round out the group over 300,000 at this point. Local big game hunter Chris Meyers sits just below there.

There's also a host of Seneca Niagara regulars in the pack, sitting within striking distance, and with blinds starting at 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante, 40 players off the money out of the gate today, there's a ton of poker to be played and it's anybody's title to win.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand from the call to shuffle up and deal until the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Main Event title is won, so just sit back and enjoy, all the final day action you can handle is coming at you, right here, right now.

Tags: Bill HardyChris MeyersDavid PaluchJason NabloJoseph EliaJulie BilliteriLinda HackneyMichael FerrerSammy IraciTom Taylor