2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
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 1c Completed

Another 28 Through From Fall Poker Classic Opening Event Third Flight

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

The third of four starting flights for the $100,000 guaranteed 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $300 No Limit Hold'em drew another 159 entries inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino today.

Now, with 444 total entries, the event has already crushed the $100,000 guarantee. Plus, the fourth and final starting flight is still set for 6 p.m. local time tonight.

This third flight saw another 28 survive with Chris Damick taking the end-of-flight chip lead. He bagged 337,700.

When combined with the other flights, that's a total of 75 going through to Sunday so far. It would be 76, but David Olshan bagged twice, and instead of some 55,000, he'll take over 200,000 into Day 2 Sunday.

Toronto, Canada's Alex Avdelopoulos from the first flight still holds a massive chip lead, sitting on 440,000.

This flight is through, but the action continues here on PokerNews with the fourth and final flight beginning just minutes from now. Stay tuned to see how big the prize pool can get and how many more will give themselves a shot at a peice of it Sunday.

End Of Flight 3 Counts (full)

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Chris Damick us
Chris Damick
337,700 -62,300
Paul Zakamarko ca
Paul Zakamarko
275,000 90,000
Matt Marcinkiewicz us
Matt Marcinkiewicz
254,100 64,100
David Olshan us
David Olshan
216,500 161,900
Alex Schepis
Alex Schepis
166,500 -8,500
Rayshawn Smalls
Rayshawn Smalls
151,000 16,000
Timmy Vaillancourt
Timmy Vaillancourt
137,000 137,000
Mike Shavensky
Mike Shavensky
122,000 122,000
Aviva Chepurny ca
Aviva Chepurny
106,500 -8,500
Adam Kaczor
Adam Kaczor
105,500 105,500
Kurtis Boutelle us
Kurtis Boutelle
101,500 101,500
John Pihlak ca
John Pihlak
101,500 101,500
Christopher Fleming
Christopher Fleming
96,500 96,500
Peter DeSantis
Peter DeSantis
91,100 21,100
Leo Kaplin us
Leo Kaplin
85,000 -20,000
Matthew Miceli
Matthew Miceli
85,000 85,000
John Grace
John Grace
84,000 84,000
Rick Block
Rick Block
82,000 -3,000
Deon Thomas
Deon Thomas
76,700 11,700
Martin Mango
Martin Mango
74,500 74,500
Christopher Falanga
Christopher Falanga
68,000 68,000
Vince Palma us
Vince Palma
66,500 66,500
Don Moeller
Don Moeller
56,000 16,000
Patricia Chapin
Patricia Chapin
42,000 42,000
George Crozier us
George Crozier
40,000 -60,000

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Damn Yankees

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

Chris Damick is running unseasonably hot. First aces hold, then a set. He can do no wrong.

In fact, he's on 400,000 and threatening the big chip lead Canada's Alex Avdelopoulos put together in the first flight when he bagged 440,000.

With ten minutes left in this final level they will draw to determine a number of hands left to play. Then we'll come back at you with chip counts for everybody that survives. We'll also put together a brief recap of the flight before kicking off coverage of the 6 p.m. stanza.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Damick us
Chris Damick
400,000 140,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

It's In The Bag

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
David Olshan
David Olshan

David Olshan headed into the late levels of last nights second flight with a six-figure stack.

However, just before the close of play he lost half of it. He bagged 54,400, but figured he could do better today, taking advantage of the option to re-enter and take the best stack he can bag forward to Day 2.

Here they are, heading into the last level of the night and Olshan's got six figure's again. He got there three-betting the big blind to 21,000 over a 7,000 button open. The button flatted and Olshan c-bet the {q-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Spades} flop, making it 25,000.

The button flatted and when the {a-Spades} rolled off, Oslhan shoved for 51,400. The button let off a little steam about how horrible the turn card was before folding. He later claimed kings.

In the meantime, Olshan will head into the final level of the night hoping he can bag at least the 125,000 he has right now, improving his chances on Sunday immensely.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Boss Stacks

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

Here's a look at the favorites to bag big and a handful who went home early heading into the last two levels of the flight:

Player Chips Progress
Chris Damick us
Chris Damick
260,000 40,000
Matt Marcinkiewicz us
Matt Marcinkiewicz
190,000 20,000
Paul Zakamarko ca
Paul Zakamarko
185,000 85,000
Chris Fleming
Chris Fleming
140,000 40,000
Rayshawn Smalls
Rayshawn Smalls
135,000 -15,000
Aviva Chepurny ca
Aviva Chepurny
115,000 115,000
Leo Kaplin us
Leo Kaplin
105,000 60,000
George Crozier us
George Crozier
100,000 100,000
Goran Velimirovic
Goran Velimirovic
100,000 30,000
Rick Block
Rick Block
85,000 40,000
Peter DeSantis
Peter DeSantis
70,000 -10,000
Deon Thomas
Deon Thomas
65,000 -10,000
Brian Bowen us
Brian Bowen
65,000 45,000
John Abraham us
John Abraham
30,000 10,000
Sahar Khajavi ca
Sahar Khajavi
Busted
Kurtis Boutelle us
Kurtis Boutelle
Busted
Louie Tomassi
Louie Tomassi
Busted
Russ Campanella us
Russ Campanella
Busted
Bruce Pace us
Bruce Pace
Busted
Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
Busted
Joe Perruzza
Joe Perruzza
Busted
Sharman Olshan us
Sharman Olshan
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

So Hip It Hurts

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Matt Marcinkiewicz
Matt Marcinkiewicz

Ginger bearded hipsters of the world are rejoicing as one of their own has found his way into the chip lead here.

Matt Marcinkiewicz flopped the nut flush against two pair and aces, eventually getting it in to just about triple up. When the dust settled, Marcinkiewicz was sitting on about 170,000.

Craft IPA will be served at a drum circle later to celebrate, but there is a flannel dress code and you have to act like none of this matters to get in.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Marcinkiewicz us
Matt Marcinkiewicz
170,000