2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$1,000 Deep Stack High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$11,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$73,501
Entries
82
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Catching Up With The Blinds

Level 14 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Level 14 saw some chips change hands, as reflected in the current leaderboard.

However, with such deep stack sizes, only a pair of players busted through the last 30 minutes. That means 30 of 32 players that entered the level, will leave it, heading into Level 15 now.

Being that this is a single-day event, the blinds will start to catch up at some point soon.

Level: 14

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

The Dinner Bell

Level 13 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Seneca Niagara
Seneca Niagara

The 32 players remaining in this event are now off on a 30-minute dinner break.

Peter Raimondi remains the current chip leader.

Play will resume at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time.

Everybody Loves Raimondi

Level 13 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Peter Raimondi has moved to the top of the counts here in Level 13.

Here's how the rest of the big stacks look heading towards a 30-minute dinner break at the end of this level:

Player Chips Progress
Peter Raimondi ca
Peter Raimondi
490,000
Chris Damick us
Chris Damick
360,000
Andrew Mosey
Andrew Mosey
325,000
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
315,000 15,000
Art Demmerley us
Art Demmerley
300,000 50,000
Sammy Smith
Sammy Smith
290,000 25,000
Dave Grana us
Dave Grana
280,000 10,000
Alex Visbisky us
Alex Visbisky
265,000 75,000
Norge Mastrangelo
Norge Mastrangelo
260,000 -130,000
Veerab Zakarian ca
Veerab Zakarian
WPT 1X Winner
250,000 100,000
Kurtis Boutelle us
Kurtis Boutelle
215,000 80,000
Ray Williams us
Ray Williams
200,000
Medhat Ramzy ca
Medhat Ramzy
200,000 30,000
Blake Napierala us
Blake Napierala
180,000 90,000
Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
100,000 -65,500

Level: 13

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

The Boys Of Summer

Level 12 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Andy Spears at the final table of the 2017 WSOP $ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Andy Spears at the final table of the 2017 WSOP $ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em

'Buffalo' Ray Williams just doubled up again. This time he got it in with top two pair, aces and jacks, versus Art Demmerley's turned set of sixes.

Williams made top full house when a miracle ace came on the river and clapped his hands so hard he may have done permanent damage to neighbor Matt Shanahan's eardrum.

In the meantime, the legend of Andy Spears continues to grow as he registered in Level 8 and has ran it up to 300,000 already.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
300,000
Art Demmerley us
Art Demmerley
250,000 -45,000
Ray Williams us
Ray Williams
200,000 80,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Overkill

Level 11 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Cameron Bartolotta's convalescence continues as he's fast approaching the 400,000-chip mark.

His latest move up the leaderboard came when one opponent shoved 60,000 with a weak ace and he called with big slick.

Bartolotta flopped the unnecessary king and rode off into the sunset with his opponent's stack.

Player Chips Progress
Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
365,000 2,000

One Foot Out The Door

Level 11 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

'Buffalo' Ray Williams bet 15,000 into a 20,000-chip pot heads up with Nick Walker on a {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop.

Walker fired back moving all in for more than the less-than 50,000 Williams had in total. Williams tank-called all in with the {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}, but ace-high was ahead versus Walker's {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flush draw.

The board finished up {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and although they both paired the ace, Williams' kicker played to vault him above starting and leave Walker with peanuts.

Player Chips Progress
Ray Williams us
Ray Williams
120,000 20,000
Nick Walker us
Nick Walker
10,000 -90,000