Main Event Day 2 | 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

11-12-2017 17:34 UTC

The Cat Came Back The Very Next Day

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Joe Catalano is back in the top ten after getting it in on a paired flop with kings versus Colin Padgett's queens.

Catalano hit a king for good measure and after suffering a massive downswing in the first level and a half, he's back in the thick of things once again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Catalano	280,000 60,000	60,000
Colin Padgett	15,000 -81,000	-81,000

11-12-2017 17:43 UTC

The Big Stacks

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Here's how the big stacks look headed into the day's first break with 37 left:

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Kaplin	980,000 380,000	380,000
Paul McLean	540,000 72,000	72,000
Illan Kandiah	480,000 80,000	80,000
Hassan Jamil	470,000 70,000	70,000
Rob Reynolds	390,000 10,000	10,000
Ernie Guardarramas	300,000 87,500	87,500
Dennis Durante	260,000 -10,000	-10,000
Dave Grana	250,000 -17,000	-17,000
Joe Ciffa	250,000 133,500	133,500
Chris Meyers	240,000 -10,000	-10,000
Lou Procopio	170,000 -80,000	-80,000
Tommy Tomasello	160,000 -108,500	-108,500
Jason Zawacki	140,000 -98,000	-98,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

11-12-2017 18:14 UTC

August and Everything After

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Anne Jones started the day with just 95,000 in her stack. Now there's 450,000.

The stack started growing after she ran into and flopped three kings. Jones then cruised up the leaderboard without having to show too many hands.

Then, she busted a player with top two, getting in in with a massive combo draw and getting there. Jones now returns from the break as a contender.

In the meantime, Leo Kaplin has one million chips now, leading the 33 left by a lot with the money bubble fast approaching,

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Kaplin	1,000,000 20,000	20,000
Anne Jones	450,000 354,500	354,500

11-12-2017 18:42 UTC

One More For The Road

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Chris Licht got it in for his last 100,000-plus with a flush draw and one over against Ernie Guardarramas' two queens.

Licht missed and said goodbye as Guardarramas climbed the counts.

There's 31 left now, just four spots from the money as play tightens up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ernie Guardarramas	380,000 80,000	80,000
Chris Licht	Busted

11-12-2017 18:57 UTC

The Candy Man Can

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Illan Kandiah just picked off a Chris Meyers bluff to climb way up the counts.

Meyers had been building all day, but that construction job has just been halted. After Kandiah checked the river of a board, with 300,000 already in the pot, Meyers bet 145,000.

Kandiah snap-called and Meyers was forced to show the . Kandiah had the straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Illan Kandiah	800,000 320,000	320,000
Chris Meyers	300,000 60,000	60,000

11-12-2017 19:10 UTC

The Barber Bubbles The Bubble

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Mark Roberts is starting to climb back into the thick of things here after busting Andy Ranaletti.

Ranaletti had the misfortune of running two jacks into Roberts' two queens. A board of bricks didn't even give Ranaletti a glimmer of hope.

There's 29 now. One more elimination and they will play hand-for-hand on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Roberts	350,000 230,000	230,000
Andy Ranaletti	Busted

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

11-12-2017 19:29 UTC

No Chop

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Josh Steven shoved 60,000 with the and Lou Procopio called with the .

No chop this time, as the board brought four hearts to send Steven home before the money. There are now 28 remaining and they are playing hand-for-hand on the bubble.