Canadian Peter Raimondi had drawn about even in chips with Andrew Mosey and collected $11,500, the 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller title, and the trophy.
In the meantime, Andrew Mosey got the better end of the money chop, taking $12,500 for what will officially be recorded as a runner-up finish.
The rest of the remaining field, including Ray Williams, Alex Visbisky, Chris Damick, Guy Klass, and Maurice Sessum, will each take home $8,676.
The event drew 82 entries creating a $73,501 prize pool. In fact, it was just one entry shy of the 2016 Summer Slam High Roller, proving once again the local appetite for single-day events at this buy-in level is a consistently healthy one.
The $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller is now over, but the 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam series continues with the first of four flights in the $50,000 Guaranteed $200 No Limit Hold'em event beginning at 10 a.m. local time Friday.
Tune into PokerNews at that time to follow all the action in the chase for more Seneca Poker glory.
Chris Molica open-shoved for 49,000 and got the call from Blake Napierala before big stack Johannes Mueller shoved in behind for heaps.
Napierala took his time about it, but called with the for an additional 550,000 and his tournament life. Mueller was caught with the .
Molica had the and actually boated up on the board to survive. However, Napierala won the massive 1.1 million-chip side pot to grab the chip lead.
For those keeping score at home, Napierala fished runner-up in this event last summer and now looks like a shoe-in to go deep again after winning the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam poker festival here at the Niagara Falls Poker Room inside the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino.
The annual summer tournament series draws the best poker players from Western New York and beyond to compete for $200,000 in guaranteed prize money and starts today with the single-day $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller.
Top area rounders will be playing for big money in this one right out of the gate.
They'll begin with a deep stack of 100,000 chips and play half hour levels with increasing blinds until just one is left holding the trophy and posing for winner photos.
Last year multiple Seneca title holder Kurtis Boutelle etched his name in Seneca Poker history adding a $23,807 win here to his growing list of accomplishments.
Get your popcorn ready, the battle for Seneca Niagara's 2017 Summer Slam $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller title is on now.
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board to knock Mastrangelo out eighth.
and Napierala was racing for his tournament life with the 
. The board ran out 
taking Napierala with it.
and stayed there all the way through a 
board. Nine remain now heading into the break.
for an additional 550,000 and his tournament life. Mueller was caught with the 
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board to survive. However, Napierala won the massive 1.1 million-chip side pot to grab the chip lead.
