Joe Ciffa Leads 26 Third Flight Survivors

The third of four starting flights for the 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $200 No-Limit Hold'em drew 159 entries Saturday, making it the biggest flight so far.

With that, the total entries has reached 378 and the $50,000 guarantee has been officially demolished. Plus, there's still one flight to come tonight beginning at 6 p.m. local time.

They played the full 14 levels in this flight and some 26 players survived. That makes it 57 through to Sunday's Day 2 so far.

This afternoon, Joe Ciffa grabbed the lead late. He'll take a little over 260,000 into the play down to a champion Sunday. Mark Roberts retains the overall lead, coming out of the first flight with over 300,000.

PokerNews' Summer Slam coverage will this evening with the fourth and final starting flight in this $200 No-Limit Hold'em reentry event starting in just minutes.