2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$58,608
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$239,212
Entries
271
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

When You're Guy Klass

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

When you're Guy Klass you can show up late from the break with a Hayburner in hand.

When Ernie Guardarramas makes it 100,000 preflop, you can make it 300,000 from the small blind. Then, you can open ship it all in on a {j-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop and get Guardarramas to fold.

After that, you'll have 3,000,000 in chips and be leading the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
3,000,000
285,000
285,000
Ernie Guardarramas
Ernie Guardarramas
900,000
-315,000
-315,000

Ernie Guardarramas Eliminated in 5th Place ($14,592)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Ernie Guardarramas
Ernie Guardarramas

Ernie Guardarramas open jammed the cutoff for under one million and Mark Roberts went all in for a little less from the small blind.

Guardarramas was caught with the {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} against Roberts' timely {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}. Aces held and Guardarramas had 125,000 left.

Those chips went in with queen-high the next hand and Guy Klass and Hassan Jamil called. Klass made a straight to end Guardarramas' run.

There's four left and chop negotiations have begun.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
1,300,000
280,000
280,000
Ernie Guardarramas
Ernie Guardarramas
Busted

The Top and Bottom

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Guy Klass continues to add to his lead, playing aggressively with the big stack.

In the meantime, Jason Sagle is in the danger zone, but appeared to have just enough to get others to fold the two times he shipped it in.

Play continues four handed.

Player Chips Progress
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
3,700,000
500,000
500,000
Hassan Jamil
Hassan Jamil
2,300,000
200,000
200,000
Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
1,100,000
-200,000
-200,000
Jason Sagle ca
Jason Sagle
700,000
-380,000
-380,000

The Lead Is Large

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Guy Klass now has more than half the chips in play after flopping a straight and getting a big raise on the turn and a big bet on the river paid off by Mark Roberts.

However, Roberts got all that back doubling through Hassan Jamil with {A-}{Q-} versus fours. Roberts flopped two pair and boated up on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
4,700,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
1,400,000
300,000
300,000
Hassan Jamil
Hassan Jamil
1,000,000
-1,300,000
-1,300,000

Jason Sagle Eliminated in 4th Place ($19,615)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Jason Sagle
Jason Sagle

Jason Sagle got his last half million in super good with jacks versus Mark Roberts' {a-}{j-}.

Roberts spiked an ace and the very dangerous Canadian, who has over $1 million in tournament cashes, is now out.

Three handed, Roberts is now the closest to Guy Klass with Hassan Jamil on the short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
5,000,000
300,000
300,000
Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
2,100,000
700,000
700,000
Hassan Jamil
Hassan Jamil
800,000
-200,000
-200,000
Jason Sagle ca
Jason Sagle
Busted

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

Tight Is Right

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Playing poker when you're facing a $10,000 pay jump can be a tricky proposition.

In fact, it basically has these three players handcuffed and the action has slowed down considerably. No one wants to be the next to go. No one wants to commit ICM suicide. There have been just a few flops lately, and the only turns and rivers have come after a series of checks.

Here's how the stacks look as they trade small pots:

Player Chips Progress
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
4,750,000
-250,000
-250,000
Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
2,150,000
50,000
50,000
Hassan Jamil
Hassan Jamil
1,000,000
200,000
200,000

All Klass

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

If there's one player not handcuffed by the pay jump it's Guy Klass.

He's pushing the other two players around, playing the big stack bully and taking down the blinds again and again.

It also helps that he seems to have had an ace in his hand almost 80 percent of the time. The lead just keeps getting bigger.

Player Chips Progress
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
5,900,000
1,150,000
1,150,000
Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
1,500,000
-650,000
-650,000
Hassan Jamil
Hassan Jamil
600,000
-400,000
-400,000

Jamil Doubles Through Klass

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Hassan Jamil
Hassan Jamil

Guy Klass made it 210,000 and Hassan Jamil went all in for 430,000 more than that.

Klass made the call to put Jamil at risk.

Klass: {7-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Jamil: {a-Clubs}{5-Hearts}

The {5-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Spades} flop gave Klass the best hand, and the best draw. The {2-Diamonds} turn missed them both, but the {a-Spades} river came down and saved Jamil's tournament life, giving him two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
5,100,000
-800,000
-800,000
Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
1,600,000
100,000
100,000
Hassan Jamil
Hassan Jamil
1,400,000
800,000
800,000