$600 Main Event Day 1b | 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

07-30-2016 12:37 UTC-4

Navas Moves Ahead

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Rodolfo Navas, who finished runner-up in the big $50,000 Guaranteed $200 No-Limit Hold'em event at the front end of the series for $12,988, has already begun to spin up a stack here.

He flopped top-top with big slick on a king-high board, found a third king on the river, and a player willing to give up all his chips with queens. As a result, Navas is now among the early leaders, heading into the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodolfo Navas	60,000 60,000	60,000

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Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

07-30-2016 13:19 UTC-4

Moore Has More

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Debbie Moore has moved into the chip lead into the flight's fourth level thanks to one big three-way all-in hand.

All the money went in on the river of a board with one player holding the , another on the and Moore with the .

Moore's set held against two pair and cracked aces to give her a 74,000-chip stack and the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Debbie Moore	74,000

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07-30-2016 13:26 UTC-4

Another One Falls To Dellaria

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Frank Dellaria got all of one players chips in the middle holding a set of sevens versus his straight flush draw.

A fourth seven on the river made him quads, and as he claimed another victim, Dellaria moved into a dead heat with Debbie Moore for the Level 4 lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Dellaria	74,000 14,000	14,000

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07-30-2016 13:38 UTC-4

Lombardo Climbing Fast

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada's Paolo Lombardo has joined the group at the top of the counts.

He got it in with versus on a queen high flop, holding to bust one player. Add that to a made flush, a made straight, and a few small pots and he's got 70,000 chips and counting.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paolo Lombardo	70,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

07-30-2016 13:58 UTC-4

Napierala Chimes In

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

To no one's surprise, Seneca Niagara run-good king Blake Napierala has twice the starting stack already, and a spot near the top of the early leaderboard.

Napierala told PokerNews it has been a grind today, as he's earned the double up through a series of small pots, rather than any big-time all-in confrontations.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Napierala	60,000 60,000	60,000

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07-30-2016 14:15 UTC-4

Can't Crack Collson

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

There was limp under the gun and former PokerNews Managing Editor turned iBus Media Sports Editor-in-Chief Brett Collson made it 1,100.

There were four callers, including Marcy Jo Phillips, going to a nine-high flop. Collson continued for 3,500 and three players called.

Collson checked to Phillips on a turn and she shoved for 16,000. Collson was the only caller with two aces, and they were good versus her . The river bricked, Phillips said goodbye, and Collson took a spot among the early leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Collson	72,000 31,000	31,000
Marcy Jo Phillips	Busted

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07-30-2016 14:26 UTC-4

The Kurtis Boutelle Comeback

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Kurtis Boutelle is writing quite a comeback story here in the Main Event.

Down to 3,700 in the first few levels after flopping a flush and losing to a runner-runner full house, the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event champ and 2016 Summer Slam $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller winner, now has a six-figure stack, and the chip lead, nearing the end of Level 5.

The hand that saw him rise to the top started with four players going to a flop, but the action really heated up when the turned and all four decided to get it all in. Two players had for the straight, a third had a spade flush draw, and Boutelle had them all nutted, holding for the full house.