2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$8,992
Event Info
Buy-in
$200
Prize Pool
$50,000
Entries
520
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Another Friday-Night Tilt

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

As expected, this Friday night second flight for the 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $200 No-Limit Hold'em has been a busy one.

The registration and reentry period is now closed and the flight drew a whopping 131 entries, dwarfing the early flight's 88.

Of course, there's still two more chances to get in Saturday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and both of those flights will also have unlimited registration and reentry until the end of the eighth level.

As a result the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Resort is well on it's way to smashing this event's $50,000 guarantee and putting up a big prize pool number. The only question remaining is how big?

Full Moon

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

More than half the field is long gone, but the chips are spread around the room rather equally. In fact, only a couple of big stacks have emerged with a lot of players sitting between the 30,000 and 40,000 mark.

Here's how the top half of the chip counts look, alongside some of the fallen:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Blake Napierala us
Blake Napierala
115,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of David Stephens
David Stephens
87,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Jeff Ferenc
Jeff Ferenc
80,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Cole Nuefeld
Cole Nuefeld
74,400
74,400
74,400
Profile photo of Jason Nablo us
Jason Nablo
65,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Jimmy Siler
Jimmy Siler
60,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Aaron Olshan us
Aaron Olshan
55,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Dan Frederick
Dan Frederick
55,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Marcy Jo Phillips us
Marcy Jo Phillips
45,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Ron Kowaleski
Ron Kowaleski
40,000
-5,000
-5,000
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David Battaglia
30,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Scott Aitchison
Scott Aitchison
20,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Maria Parlatore ca
Maria Parlatore
10,000
-6,000
-6,000
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[Removed:339]
Busted
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David Olshan
Busted
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Bob Kiehl
Busted
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Thomas Mader
Busted
Profile photo of Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas
Busted
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Keith Mueller
Busted
Profile photo of Todd Saffron us
Todd Saffron
Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

One More For The Road

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Jeffrey Hobrecker
Jeffrey Hobrecker

Jeffrey Hobrecker has had many beers. For most of the night, he hasn't had many chips. However, here on what may be his sixth bullet, the more intoxicated he appears, the more chips he seems to amass.

Between naps at the table and slurred speech that doesn't seem to make sense to anyone but him, Hobrecker has played a relatively aggressive style that has earned him more than his fair share of pots without showdown.

It could all be some brilliant rope-a-dope, but if it is, Hobrecker's giving an Academy Award performance.

It's unclear how this will play out in the end. However, Hobrecker is sure to wake up with a hangover, and may need to be reminded that he'll be coming back Sunday to a big bag of chips to boot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jeffrey Hobrecker
Jeffrey Hobrecker
60,000
60,000
60,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

The Cooler

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Marcy Jo Phillips looked headed for the exits holding just the scraps left behind from a massive cooler versus Dan Frederick.

They both flopped three tens, but the {8-} turn gave Frederick a boat. Phillips got it in with the {k-}{10-} and bricked the river.

A hand later those scraps were donated elsewhere and Phillips is gone.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dan Frederick
Dan Frederick
80,000
25,000
25,000
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Marcy Jo Phillips
Busted

Nablo Out!

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jason Nablo's legions of fans will be disappointed to hear he is now out.

The last of his chips went in with a lowly queen-five off-suit running into big slick. Big slick flopped Broadway.

Information on the real cause of Nablo's downfall was hard to decipher, he turned a second bullet into a decent stack for most of the evening, but he left bemoaning an opponent's raise with three-high that somehow hurt.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Nablo
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Tavolino Takes The Lead

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Anthony Tavolino
Anthony Tavolino

Yet another massive cooler has pushed Anthony Tavolino into the lead.

He limped, re-raised and five-bet shoved with aces. Kings called off, claiming it was the fourth time he'd ran into the exact same scenario, but still couldn't get away from it.

Tavolino's aces held and with 34 remaining he's closing in on 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Anthony Tavolino
180,000
80,000
80,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300