Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$239,212
Entries
271
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Another 38 Through To Day 2 of the Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event
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Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The second and final starting flight for the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event drew 176 entries inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Resort Saturday.
That made for a total of 271 over the two flights, creating a $239,212 prize pool. The top 27 finishers will all get paid with a $58,608 top prize awaiting to the winner, and over $10,000 for anyone that can make the top six.
After 15 levels of play in the second starting flight, just 38 players survived. Add them to the 19 from the first flight and a total of 57 are going through to Sunday to fight for a spot at the final table.
Paul McLean will take the overall lead into Sunday's Day 2 on a massive heap of 468,000 in chips. It was simply a day where he always seemed to have the better pair, the bigger straight or the higher flush. Not to mention so many full houses he could build a subdivision full of them. He even made a Royal Flush in the last few hands of the night to put a cherry on the cake that was his day.
Tomorrow is another day, however. Anything can happen and PokerNews will be on hand for it all. Play will resume at 11 a.m. local time in Niagara Falls. Be sure to click through to see how it all shakes down in the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
468,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
|
268,500
-111,500
|
-111,500 |
|
267,000 | |
|
259,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
238,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
237,500 | |
|
211,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
|
203,000 | |
|
201,000 | |
|
197,500 | |
|
176,500 | |
|
|
157,500 | |
|
155,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
154,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
144,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
142,500
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
141,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
121,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
113,000 | |
|
109,500 | |
|
108,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
|
105,500 | |
|
101,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
96,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
95,500
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
Whack-A-Mole
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Jason Zawacki wants the Internet to know he's likely had one too many.
He had 160,000 in chips spread out in front of him in heaps moments ago. It took six minutes in the middle of a hand to count them up.
He's been belligerent with the floor staff, confrontational with other players, and used an excessive amount of foul language. So much so that the floor had to pull him away from the table and ask him to get it together, giving him a warning.
He returned to the table asking PokerNews to go get him another beer and tell the world his story, no matter how embarrassing it may be. We asked the waitress to cut him off and wrote this post.
Interestingly, Zawacki has been able to build a contending stack through all this, although he's not a favorite to remember how.
In the meantime, it looks like Paul McLean may have snatched the lead getting up to 400,000 after a decent stack ran queens into his kings. Tommy Tomasello may still bag the lead, however, as he's close to that. It's neck-in-neck down the stretch.
They'll play six more hands and count them up. We'll be back to let you know who takes the day with the full list of end-of-day chip counts and a recap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Hi-Lo Stud
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Hayden Glassman flopped top two aces and jacks, then played bluffcatcher with it against Joe Shaw to win a 100,000-chip pot.
Shaw's now trending downwards heading into the last level of the night and Glassman's moving up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
120,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Tommy Can You Hear Me?
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Tommy Tomasello picked up another 100,000 raising preflop and continuing on a seven-high flop with the old 
.
When his heads-up opponent turned the tables and started betting on the turn and river, he went runner-runner to make two pair and drag the pot.
Midway through Level 14 Tomasello's looking like the favorite to bag big.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Chip Distribution Information
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Below is a look at how the stacks shape up halfway through Level 13.
There's 52 left all hoping to bag at least something for Sunday, where the money awaits. There will be a short break coming up at the end of Level 13 and they will return to play just two more levels before bagging up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000 | |
|
|
250,000 | |
|
|
240,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
230,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
220,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
210,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
210,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
160,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
150,000 | |
|
|
150,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
150,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
150,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
120,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
115,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
100,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
80,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
65,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
65,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300