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$600 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$600 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$252,106
Total Entries
475
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 475
Filter
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
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.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
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
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
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.
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
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.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Here's how the leaders and the biggest stacks stand, heading into the last two levels of the flight:
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
