2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$600 Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Ody "Spell Check" Alafogiannis Leads!

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Ody Alafogiannis
Ody Alafogiannis

Toronto, Canada's Ody Alafogiannis just became the first player past the 100,000-chip mark here in the 2016 Summer Slam Main Event.

The big hand that vaulted him up the leaderboard started when he looked down at the {j-Spades}{7-Spades}. He called a bet on a {j-}{2-Spades}{3-} flop, then another when the {3-Spades} turn gave him two pair and a big draw.

Finally, Alafogiannis got it all in on the {6-Spades} river, and his flush was good versus an opponent's {a-}{3-}.

He also picked up pocket aces twice on the way to emerging as the first six-figure stack in the room.

"They held," He laughed. "That helps."

Player Chips Progress
Ody Alafogiannis
Ody Alafogiannis
101,000
101,000
101,000

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Catch and Release

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Alicia LaPorte Pachla
Alicia LaPorte Pachla

Perennial Seneca Niagara Main Event satellite qualifier Alicia LaPorte Pachla made sevens full of kings to drag a sizable pot off Nathan Kross a few minutes ago, although bet-calling a raise on the river instead of getting it in may have left her with a few regrets.

She also got some value out of an aces over kings cooler earlier, although not the max. Either way, she's climbing the counts steadily and has twice the starting stack now, heading into the second break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Alicia LaPorte Pachla
60,000
11,000
11,000

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From Hero To Zero, Mayor Rellinger Impeached

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Mike Rellinger
Mike Rellinger

Mike "The Mayor" Rellinger went from the penthouse to the outhouse over the last 40 minutes, losing two massive hands to bust after taking the early chip lead.

Two-thirds of his stack went to Rochester's Alex Rice, who held {a-}{q-} on a {q-}{q-}{X-} flop and eventually got it in with Rellinger, who never showed.

The rest were gone after he ran kings into aces. The Niagara Falls Poker Room is substantially quieter as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Rice
Alex Rice
75,000
75,000
75,000
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Mike Rellinger
Busted

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Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Kings Make Schloss a Boss

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Jason Schloss
Jason Schloss

Arcade, NY's Jason Schloss picked up pocket kings and despite getting involved in a multi-way pot with multiple raises, somehow held through a {6-}{6-}{4-}{5-}{5-} board.

He's now sitting on 85,000 and is among the leaders now into Level 7.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Schloss
Jason Schloss
85,000

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Holding Out For A Hero

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

A group of Seneca Niagara tournament legends are in the mix today.

Joining the ever-growing field over the last few levels were multiple Seneca Niagara title holders Blake Napierala, Rick Block, Silvio DeRubeis, and Dan Wagner.

Although most have built contending stacks already, 2015 Summer Slam Main Event 4th-place finisher Dan Wagner just started his quest to better that result.

Player Chips Progress
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Blake Napierala
65,000
65,000
65,000
Rick Block
Rick Block
52,000
52,000
52,000
Silvio DeRubeis us
Silvio DeRubeis
37,000
37,000
37,000
Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
28,500
28,500
28,500

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Hackney's House

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Dale Hackney
Dale Hackney

Durand, MI's Dale Hackney flopped two pair four-handed on a five-high board, then called a turn shove by an opponent with no pair and no draw.

That gift put him up among the leaders and he's closing in on 100,000 now after picking up a few more small pots.

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Dale Hackney
99,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Strange Brew, Look What She's Done To You

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Cara Brewer
Cara Brewer

Las Vegas, NV's Cara Brewer just took a more-than 50,000-chip pot off "Buffalo" Ray Williams, flopping a set of tens versus top pair aces.

There were three diamonds on the board by the river, but Williams didn't bet enough to get Brewer to consider folding.

Add that to the flush she flopped in the big blind where she got three-streets of value against a set of eights and Brewer has moved on to the top of the leaderboard.

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Cara Brewer
Cara Brewer
130,000
130,000
130,000

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Shine On Shanahan

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Matt Shanahan
Matt Shanahan

Matt Shanahan got it in so good for a massive chip lead pot on Day 2 of the big $200 multi-entry multi-starting day Summer Slam prelim, it would have taken a miracle river card to beat him.

Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened.

But Shanahan picked himself up, dusted himself off, and jumped in the Main Event today. Not too long ago he got it in good again, when his opponent shoved the turn with top pair and the nut-flush draw against his top two, aces and jacks.

This time, Shanahan faded the river and is now among the bigger stacks in the room.

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Matt Shanahan
70,000
70,000
70,000

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