$600 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
$600 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
The second and final starting flight for the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $600 Main Event was a busy one inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room on Saturday.
The flight itself drew a whopping 291 entries, filling the venue all day and bringing the total number of entries for the event up to 475. This more than doubled the $100,000 guarantee, creating a $252,106 prize pool that will pay the top 45 players. A min-cash is worth $1,361 and a $59,248 first-place prize awaits the winner.
By the time 15 levels were through, just 52 players survived this day.
Building a stack in the late levels, then applying maximum pressure until the final hand was over, Downtown Buffalo's own Tom Taylor (394,500) grabbed the flight chip lead. Day 1a leader Joseph Elia (420,500) will still come in with the overall lead when a field of 86 combines Sunday, with plans to play into the money and down to a winner.
Bill Hardy and Michael Ferrer also built stacks over 300,000 in this flight, with Chris Meyers and Steven Solodiuk sitting right below that mark when play ended.
2016 Summer Slam $1,000 High Roller champ and 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic winner Kurtis Boutelle also bagged big today.
Tune in tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time for PokerNews' coverage of Day 2 of the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $600 Main Event, which promises to be a great day of poker in the shadow of the Falls with some big money on the line.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tom Taylor
|
394,500
154,500
|
154,500 |
Bill Hardy
|
339,500
114,500
|
114,500 |
Michael Ferrer | 312,500 | |
Chris Meyers |
298,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Steven Solodiuk |
284,500
284,500
|
284,500 |
Don Wilson |
279,000
279,000
|
279,000 |
Kurtis Boutelle |
277,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Chris Harker |
268,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
John Stempien |
258,500
58,500
|
58,500 |
Michael Tieu |
239,500
63,500
|
63,500 |
Peter Kaemmerlen |
237,000
237,000
|
237,000 |
Steven Yanus |
211,500
211,500
|
211,500 |
Russ Campanella |
206,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
David Battaglia |
204,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
Joseph Warren |
199,000
199,000
|
199,000 |
Pat Chapin |
198,500
198,500
|
198,500 |
Sean Bartlett |
198,500
198,500
|
198,500 |
Chris Gaddi |
194,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
John Brock |
189,500
189,500
|
189,500 |
John Desimone |
184,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
Shane Pierce |
170,500
170,500
|
170,500 |
Samer Jaber
|
166,500
166,500
|
166,500 |
Ray LaRouech |
136,500
96,500
|
96,500 |
Dan Weitzenkorn |
135,500
135,500
|
135,500 |
Peter Beshay |
134,500
-30,500
|
-30,500 |
With registration and reentry now closed for both starting flights, the official numbers are in.
The 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam Main Event drew 291 entries today and 475 total. There were 344 unique entries and 131 reentries, creating a $252,106 prize pool that will pay the top 45 players. A min-cash is worth $1,361 and Seneca Niagara poker glory and a $59,248 first-place prize sits up top.
Check the Payouts Tab above for more details.
With ten minutes left in Level 15, a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands left to play today. They drew a five. Updated counts for the survivors of this flight and a recap of the day will follow.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
The short stack under the gun got it all in for one big blind and David Battaglia raised it up to 6,500. A third player shoved for 27,000, and after it got back to Battaglia, he called with the .
Under the gun had the and the other shorty was on the .
Battaglia scored the double knock out when the board made him a wheel.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Battaglia |
180,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
John Stempien has slid into a spot near the top of the counts.
After grinding it up all day, he got in a big-time 100,000-chip pot with the , flopping two pair and turning a boat to take it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Stempien |
200,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Here's how the leaders and the biggest stacks stand, heading into the last two levels of the flight:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Gembka
|
250,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Chris Meyers |
250,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Kim Batka |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Chris Harker |
240,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Bill Hardy
|
225,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Paolo Lombardo |
195,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Kurtis Boutelle |
190,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Michael Tieu |
176,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Peter Beshay |
165,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Jim Burkett |
165,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Brett Collson |
152,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Jeff White |
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Russ Campanella |
130,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Ted Blaszckak
|
125,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
David Battaglia |
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Russ Hall |
105,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
John Stempien |
101,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Geoff McNeely
|
100,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Hayden Glassman |
95,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Nathan Torrance |
90,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Paul McLean |
85,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Jeff Wells |
68,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Rick Block |
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Frank Dellaria |
50,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Carm Deciantis
|
40,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300