$300 No Limit Hold'em | 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

$300 No Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Started

11-05-2017 15:24 UTC

Day 2 of the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Opening Event Starts Now!

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Armed with an extra hour of sleep thanks to Daylight Savings Time, 107 poker players return to the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino today to finish up the opening event on the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic schedule.

They are the survivors from a whopping 636 entries over four flights Friday and Saturday in this $300 No Limit Hold'em event. It came with a $100,000 prize pool guarantee, but it's about a whole lot more than that now.

In fact, they will be vying for pieces of a massive $160,113 prize pool that will pay the top 63 finishers. Just making the money will earn players $576, but surely each has their eye on the $36,024 up top.

Canadian Alex Avdelopoulos bagged 440,000 in the first flight and all eyes will be on him from the start, as he's got a healthy lead. Of course, anything can happen, and with the length of the levels increasing to 40 minutes today, the group in chase will have the time to get it done.

After posting big numbers in the flights themselves, Seneca standouts Chris Damick, Sahar Khajavi, and Matt Marcinkiewicz are in the top ten right now. The wildly unpredictable Andy Stover joins them there as well.

Plus, perennial contenders Matt Brunskole, Scott Hosbach, David Olshan, Maria Parlatore, and Peter Beshay are among those within striking distance.

Local heroes like Guy Klass, Blake Napierala, Silvio DeRubeis, Kurtis Boutelle, Alex Visbisky, Rick Block, Budwey Salhab and the enigmatic Jason Nablo are also in the mix, so it should be a day filled with exciting poker action.

They race to the money will begin at 12 p.m. local time. Blinds start at 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante. After the money bubble busts, it's all about making the final table, booking a big cash and collecting a little Seneca Niagara poker glory.

PokerNews will be on hand throughout, so stay right here to see who can capture the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic opening event crown.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

11-05-2017 17:15 UTC

Gautreau Gutted

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Pierre Gautreau went into the late levels last night with a big stack, but stumbled substantially before the close of play.

He came into the day with just 44,000 and open-shoved those chips in from early position with moments ago. He became the day's first casualty when Dietrich Kuhlmann looked him up holding the dominating .

A board with no surprises leaves just 106 remaining now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Kuhlmann	150,000	47,200
Pierre Gautreau	Busted

11-05-2017 17:27 UTC

Visbisky Defends

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Robert Macyko opened and both blinds defended, including Alex Visbisky in the big.

The flop came and after two checks, Macyko continued. Only Visbisky called.

The turn brought a flush draw and Visbisky checked again. Macyko bet and Visbisky pushed all in over the top. Macyko called off the rest of his 70,000 chip stack with the , but he'd been outflopped.

Visbisky had the and his two pair held when the river bricked. Macyko is out now and Visbisky suddenly has a contending stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Visbisky	215,000	122,800
Robert Macyko	Busted

11-05-2017 17:41 UTC

Big Stacks Clash

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Leo Kaplin opened to 10,000 and after Andy Stover called, Matt Marcinkiewicz bumped it to 30,000. Only Stover called and they went heads up to a flop.

Stover made it 30,000 and Marcinkiewicz raised to 75,000. Stover called and the turn brought the . Stover led for 65,000 and Marcinkiewicz shipped it in for a little more.

Holding the open-ender and a flush draw, Stover called, but he would need to hit against Marcinkiewicz' trips. He didn't. The river came the and the pot was pushed to Marcinkiewicz.

Marcinkiewicz now climbs up close to the top spot on the leaderboard with Stover falling awful fast.

In the meantime, Blake Napierala found a flush and an opponent willing to bluff into him for heaps. Napierala now has a contending stack as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Marcinkiewicz	360,000	105,900
Blake Napierala	260,000	126,300
Andy Stover	110,000	-151,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

11-05-2017 17:54 UTC

In N' Out

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Two more top ten stacks just went at each other with Alex Avdelopoulos collecting another victim and extending his lead as a result.

Sahar Khajavi opend with a raise and Avdelopoulos was the only caller. The flop came and Khajavi continued. Avdelopoulos raised it up and Khajavi jammed it in for heaps.

Avdelopoulos couldn't have called faster with the full house and Khajavi was in shock with the . No ace on the turn or river and as Khajavi went from top ten to out in the second level of the day, Avdelopoulos moved over the half million mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Avdelopoulos	570,000	130,000
Sahar Khajavi	Busted

11-05-2017 18:14 UTC

Hotter Than An Anchor Bar Chicken Wing

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Adam Foster started the day around 100,000 and has more than triple that now.

He just can't lose a hand. He's won with queens over tens all in preflop, and even went runner-runner to make the nut flush in another hand, getting heaps in on the river to crush one player's dreams.

Foster now has a contending stack and is running hotter than an Anchor Bar chicken wing.

Speaking of running hot, Cassandra Johnson swore she was going to give PokerNews a zero to hero story coming in with little more than five big blinds. So far it's going pretty well, as she's got over 150,000 now with 76 remaining and the money bubble fast approaching.