Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$125 No-Limit Hold'em Reentry
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$125
Prize Pool
$43,320
Entries
456
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
Best-Laid Plans
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Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
The player first to act three-handed on a 
flop bet 2,500 into 5,000. The player next to act, who had just bought in, pushed the rest of his fresh stack across the line.
Todd Saffron made it 17,000 over the top and first to act folded. It was Saffron's 
versus the fresh stack's 
and although Saffron would miss his flush draw, he still found a way to win.
The turn came the 
, giving Saffron the bigger pair, and when the 
river completed the board, the pot was his.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | 23,000 |
Open The Gates
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
Niagara Falls, NY's Arthur Gates has been hit hard by the deck so far.
He's had the Midas touch all day, turning rags into riches and cracking all the big pairs he's faced. In fact, aces went down to 
moments ago, and after his 
beat kings, Gates has got 50,000 in chips in his stack.
He's the leader by a country mile here in Level 6 with 44 entries on the board and some 26 players at the tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Bump It Up, Call It Off
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Big score hunter Veerab Zakarian bumped it up after one player limped in.
When that player shoved, Zakarian called it off and his 
was miles behind this opponent's queens. Forced to suck out or reenter, Zakarian chose the former.
Two kings on the flop did the trick and Zakarian doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Top Thrill Dragster
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
Todd Saffron got the last laugh in an up and down roller coaster of a hand that ultimately sent Jason Sardo packing.
Sardo shoved in for a little under 5,000 over a raise with the 
on a 
flop.
Saffron cold called with the 
and was ahead. The third player in the hand folded and Sardo managed to hit his flush on the 
turn. However, the turn also made Saffron two pair. In the end, he filled up on a river.
Saffron has more than double starting chips now and Sardo is nowhere to be found.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,000 | 12,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The PokerNews Curse
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Colin Reid will take the lead into the first break of the day.
Reid believes PokerNews is some kind of jinx, based on the fact the last time he had any interaction with the site he had some difficulty holding on to a once healthy stack. So it's highly likely he won't last another 30 minutes, but for now, he's on top.
In fact, despite this alleged curse, he was able to knock two players out in the early levels. One time he made a set of fives and caught someone bluffing. The other, he faded a club draw with big slick on an ace-high flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | -3,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0