Main Event
Day 2 Started
2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Day of the 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event Starts Now!
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After two starting flights drew 271 entries and reentries in the $1,000 buy-in 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event, just 57 players remain heading into Day 2 at 11 a.m. local time Sunday.
The money starts at 27 with a min-cash worth $1,818. Once the bubble pops they will vie for seats at Monday's final table where a $58,608 top prize, Seneca Niagara poker glory and a spot on the cover of CardPlayer Magazine awaits the winner. Plus, the top six will all earn over $10,000 in prize money.
The levels increase to 60 minutes today as the decisions get tougher and the tension mounts inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, NY.
Two local regulars who have had big years in Recurring Tournaments on the property lead the field.
Paul McLean will come in with the most chips, as the only player over the 400,000-chip mark. He'll be looking for some kind of redemption after falling in 15th in this event last year, leaving behind what was once a big stack in that one.
Leo Kaplin is right behind McLean, and having his best year in poker ever earning over $85,000 in live tournaments so far, including a second-place finish in the opening event here for over $20,000.
Defending champ Dan Wagner did not make Day 2, but there's plenty of local talent still in the mix.
The always solid Dave Grana is in the top ten. Guy Klass, who won the 2017 Seneca Summer Slam Main Event title just a few months ago sits with a threatening stack. Plus, local heros like Blake Napierala, Silvio DeRubeis, Cameron Bartolotta, and the hot running Chris Meyers are all in with more than just the average chance of booking a big score.
There's also a host of top rounders from near and far still in the hunt and with blinds beginning at 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante, and an average stack of 142,632, anything can happen and most likely will.
Sit back and enjoy as PokerNews presents live updates from the room throughout the day, from the call to shuffle up and deal until a 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event final table is set.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Kandia Kan
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The action heated up right out of the gate with Illan Kandiah raising from the cutoff and 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge champ Guy Class three betting the big blind.
Kandia called and Klass made it 25,000 after the 
flop. Kandia flatted, but when Klass bet another 25,000 on the 
turn, Kandia bumped it to 75,000. Klass folded reluctantly.
As a result, Kandia leapfrogged Leo Kaplin to move to second in chips to Paul McLean. They are the only players over 400,000 now with 53 left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | 63,500 |
|
120,000 | -63,500 |
No Fold Sundays
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Tom Babiarz tried to snow Mark Roberts with ace high, but Roberts has decided it's "No Fold Sunday" in the poker room today.
Roberts played the sheriff, making two pair out of 
to bust Babiarz.
Roberts suddenly had a much deeper stack than what he started with, but that only lasted one hand.
Lou Procopio jammed over a Roberts open with the 
. Roberts called with 
. Procopio defied domination to win the hand and while he admitted he got lucky, he apparently doesn't feel bad about it one bit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 142,000 |
|
120,000 | 24,500 |
|
Busted |
The Long And Short Of It
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Chris Meyers took a 100,000-chip pot off Rob Bourkney, betting 83,500 on an 
board.
Bourkney just didn't think he could be bluffing and folded.
In the meantime,Tadeusz Blaszczak doubled through Joe Catalano running aces into a set of queens and finding a flush on the river.
Plus, Rob Reynolds has moved close to the 400,000 mark and Dennis Durante suddenly has a threatening stack. The latter got caught up in a Lue Huang trap with versus and a third player all in for much less with .
An ace on the flop was all Durante needed to get out of the trap and with Huang gone, he's got almost 300,000. There's 44 left heading into Level 17.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000 | 169,000 |
|
270,000 | 100,500 |
|
250,000 | 128,000 |
|
220,000 | -81,200 |
|
115,000 | 24,500 |
|
|
100,000 | 37,500 |
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Kaplin Gets There
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Leo Kaplin has vaulted into the chip lead after a huge hand saw him knock yet another player out.
It started with Kaplin becoming the fourth caller to a raise from the blinds with the . He bet the 
flop and only one player called. Kaplin also led the turn after picking up trips, and when his opponent called and the river filled him up, he bet it all.
Kaplin's opponent called all in with two fives, but his full house was smaller. As he hit the exit, Kaplin moved on to the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
495,000 | 136,500 |
Green With Envy
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Blake Napierala admitted he's a little jealous of Leo Kaplin right now.
"He's running like I usually do," Napierala said.
In fact, Kaplin just keeps on having it, picking up two kings to bust Jason Sardo when he shoved queen-high a minute ago. Kaplin's got 600,000 now and proving momentum is real.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000 | 105,000 |
|
Busted |
Flip Flop
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Michael Young started the day with a top ten chip stack, but will not make the money.
He ran queens into Hassan Jamil's kings to go broke and it's Jamil holding a top ten stack now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | 202,500 |
|
Busted |