Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$125 No-Limit Hold'em Reentry
Day: 1e
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
One Time!
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Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Al Bianco finally got a hand to hold.
Suffering through a three outer on the river is bad once. Bianco was on the wrong end of that equation three times yesterday. It's hard to blame him for thinking the worst when he got it in with two tens on a nine-high flop versus 
. After all, he was facing even more than three outs.
Fortunately, Bianco held on this time and joins the Level 5 leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Run Bad Karma
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Brian Bowen has been running bad all week. If a two outer could beat him, it has. Yesterday, his day ended with aces cracked.
Today, He got it in three ways with tens versus eights and king-queen. The eight on the flop seemed inevitable.
Bowen had a few chips left but shoved them in and talked John Stempien into calling with rags in the blind. Bowen missed and Stempien made two pair. Be careful what you wish for.
Saving his reversal of fortune for this weekend's $600 Summer Slam Main Event, Bowen decided not to reenter again. He's hoping to run better there. At this point it would be hard for things to get any worse.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Big, Getting Bigger
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
A few more reentries today has the numbers for this flight up. They had yet to break 50 for a morning flight through the first two, but the board reads 67 and counting right now.
Of course, this serves to juice up the prizepool as well and it is fast approaching $30,000 now, with registration open for another hour and a sixth and final starting flight set for 6 p.m. tonight.
A little creative math allows us to estimate there will be a $9,000-plus first place prize at the end of this thing, plus some decent cash for those running deep. It all represents a pretty solid return on investment for the $125 buy-in.
With word of this opportunity spreading across Western New York fast, tonight's field should be the biggest yet and that could push the numbers up even higher.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Let It Be
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
Phil Lennon may not look enthused in the attached photo, but he really is.
The Buffalo, NY resident has had a few good levels here and sits in chip lead position headed into the second break.
Add a couple good rivers to a few sets, throw in some good luck and you too can have 66,000 and a chance to bag even more heading into the second half of the flight.
Lennon is just letting the game come to him. His advice to others: Don't press too hard, just let it be.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Three Big Pots and a Curmudgeon
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Three big pots have helped Lockport, NY's Joe Klein climb up to a spot at the top of the counts.
Making the second-nut straight started the streak. Then, Klein got it in with kings against 
and held.
The third big pot saw him get in in three ways and make quad sixes. Now Klein is running hot and sitting on 85,000 in Level 8.
In the meantime, Bill Lewandowski finally busted the curmudgeon who came in complaining about running bad at 10 a.m. He ripped fives for 30,000 into Lewandowski's queens and is still blaming it all on bad luck.
The board currently reads 74 entries with registration a reentry about to close. However, a speedy pace to the day sees just 21 remaining now. Unless there's a last minute flood of new entries it appears they will play down to nine players remaining before ending play in this fifth of six flights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | |
|
82,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100