2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
510
Prize
$36,024
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$160,113
Entries
636
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

$300 No Limit Hold'em

Day 1a Completed

18 Survive The Seneca Fall Poker Classic Opening Event's First Flight

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Alex Avdelopoulos
Alex Avdelopoulos

The first of four starting flights for the $100,000 guaranteed 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $300 No Limit Hold'em drew 125 entries inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino.

As a result, the event is well on its way to crushing its $100,000 guarantee with three flights to come.

In fact, the second of four starting flights will begin at 6 p.m. local time Friday and there will be two more at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday.

Any and all survivors will push through to Sunday's Day 2, where the money awaits and a champion of the first event on the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic schedule will be crowned.

The first flight saw 18 survive with Toronto, Canada's Alex Avdelopoulos riding good luck, timing and skillful play to a massive chip lead. He'll take 440,000 with him to Sunday.

That's it for this first flight, but the action continues here on PokerNews with the second flight starting just minutes from now.

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End of Flight 1 Counts (full)

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Alex Avdelopoulos
Alex Avdelopoulos
440,000 60,000
Richard Arnone
Richard Arnone
332,800 92,800
Brian Healy us
Brian Healy
232,300 107,300
Scott Hosbach us
Scott Hosbach
218,900 118,900
Kenneth Wask
Kenneth Wask
150,200
April Leforte
April Leforte
138,400
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
134,100 -25,900
Dietrich Kuhlmann
Dietrich Kuhlmann
102,800 102,800
Brad Bourne us
Brad Bourne
101,400 -48,600
Carol Leonardi us
Carol Leonardi
98,900 58,900
Alex Visbisky us
Alex Visbisky
92,200
Bigong Wang
Bigong Wang
76,100
Jason Nablo us
Jason Nablo
76,000 41,000
Jeff Hall
Jeff Hall
75,600
Mark Krysczak
Mark Krysczak
68,000 -92,000
Paul Bitterman us
Paul Bitterman
65,500 -19,500
Jim Girdlestone
Jim Girdlestone
51,800 1,800
Hayden Glassman us
Hayden Glassman
45,000 -35,000

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Two More Hands

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

With ten minutes left in the level a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands left to play.

Brian Bartoe mercifully drew a deuce. Two more hands and the remaining players will bag and tag.

Avdelopoulos On Top

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Alex Avdelopoulos looks like a shoe-in to bag a big lead when play wraps up.

He has ridden good fortune all day long to a stack approaching the 400,000-mark now. No one is really even close.

They will play until ten minutes remain here in Level 14, then conduct a draw to determine the number of hands left to play.

We will update the chip counts and write up a short recap that will more than likely include a picture of Avdelopoulos, barring some disaster.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Avdelopoulos
Alex Avdelopoulos
380,000 105,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

A Classic Showdown

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Richard Arnone
Richard Arnone

Richard Arnone and Jim Girdlestone just got involved in what dealer Eddy Williams would call a classic showdown.

It was Arnone's aces versus Girdlestone's kings all in preflop and when the dust settled, aces held to send Arnone soaring close to the top of the counts on 240,000.

Girdlestone was left with 50,000 with which to rebuild.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Arnone
Richard Arnone
240,000 125,000
Jim Girdlestone
Jim Girdlestone
50,000 -100,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

The Stacks

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Just 30 remain at three tables rounding out Level 12. They will play to the end of Level 14 or until 15 players remain.

Here's how the haves and have nots look right now:

Player Chips Progress
Alex Avdelopoulos
Alex Avdelopoulos
275,000 25,000
Mark Krysczak
Mark Krysczak
160,000 160,000
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
160,000 130,000
Jim Girdlestone
Jim Girdlestone
150,000
Brad Bourne us
Brad Bourne
150,000 60,000
Brian Healy us
Brian Healy
125,000 5,000
Richard Arnone
Richard Arnone
115,000 115,000
Scott Hosbach us
Scott Hosbach
100,000 100,000
Blake Napierala us
Blake Napierala
90,000 -20,000
Paul Bitterman us
Paul Bitterman
85,000 35,000
Hayden Glassman us
Hayden Glassman
80,000 80,000
Moe Pecora
Moe Pecora
80,000 80,000
Todd Miles
Todd Miles
70,000 28,500
Budwey Salhab us
Budwey Salhab
60,000 22,000
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
60,000 60,000
Carol Leonardi us
Carol Leonardi
40,000 20,000
Jason Nablo us
Jason Nablo
35,000 -15,000
Jason Sardo us
Jason Sardo
30,000 -50,000
Sal Guercio
Sal Guercio
Busted
Sahar Khajavi ca
Sahar Khajavi
Busted
Art Demmerley us
Art Demmerley
Busted
Sammy Smith
Sammy Smith
Busted
Darrin Bracken
Darrin Bracken
Busted
Ray Williams us
Ray Williams
Busted
Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300