$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Started
2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$160,113
Entries
636
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
The 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Starts Now!
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The leaves are changing color. There's a November crispness in the air hinting at the winter to come. But for now, it's definitely Fall in Niagara Falls, NY and that means it's time for the annual Seneca Fall Poker Classic.
Things will get started, as they mostly always do, with a multi-flight re-entry event boasting a huge six-figure guarantee.
In fact, the first of four starting flights for the $100,000 guaranteed 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $300 No Limit Hold'em will begin at 10 a.m. local time Friday inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino.
The second starting flight is set for 6 p.m. Friday evening and there will be two more at the same times 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 players will kick off the proceedings holding 20,000 in tournament chips. The levels are 30 minutes each and the plan is to play to the end of the 14th or when just 12 percent of the field remains, whichever comes first.
Registration and unlimited re-entry is open until the start of Level 9. Plus, even players who finish a flight with chips can get in another one. Those players will carry their best stack forward to Day 2 Sunday.
The Seneca Fall Poker Classic consistently draws some of the best poker talent from Western New York and beyond in big numbers. As a result, this event should have no issue meeting and surpassing its $100,000 guarantee. The only question remaining is just how big the prize pool will get.
The PokerNews live update team will endeavor to answer that question, bring you a slice of the action and a look at the leaders throughout.
Get ready, the time for the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic is upon us.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
It's On Now!
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The tournament is now into the second level of the day with the board reading a healthy 43 entries already.
There has been a steady stream of late comers signing up at the cage, so that number should continue to grow throughout. In fact, registration and re-entry is available through the first eight levels of play, guaranteeing it.
The action has been on the tight side to start, as expected. However, regular readers of this blog will certainly recognize the names on the leaderboard below and we can expect them to push that action as the day moves forward.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
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20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Miles To Go
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Clarence, NY's Todd Miles has picked up several big hands early, keeping him active and moving him into chip lead position here in Level 3.
We caught him firing 3,500 into a 
flop heads up with one opponent. After a call, Miles checked the 
turn. He also called when that opponent bet 3,000. The 
river went check-check and Miles dragged the pot with the 
.
He also told PokerNews he picked up a decent pot when he hit a king on the river holding the 
against the same opponent a little earlier. Miles now has over 40,000 and counting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,500 |
Sardonic Wit
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Perennial Seneca tourney contender Jason Sardo is at it again.
He flopped a set of fours on a 
board three handed and got one caller when he led out. The 
turn filled Sardo up and he kept betting. His lone opponent kept calling as well.
In fact, she ultimately called a big bet on the 
river, having chased Sardo down with just the 
, only to find out her four-flush was no good.
Sardo sits close to the chip lead now, working on almost a double stack as the field heads into the first 10-minute break of the flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,500 | 17,500 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25