$200 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1d | 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$200 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1d Completed

07-23-2017 01:48 UTC-4

Jay Clark Leads 20 Fourth Flight Survivors, 77 Total Through To Sunday

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Level 14 : 1,400/3,000, 400 ante

The fourth and final starting flight for the 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $200 No-Limit Hold'em drew 142 entries Saturday.

With that, the total entries reached 520 over four flights, smashing the $50,000 guarantee, and creating an $83,981 prizepool.

They played the full 14 levels in this flight and some 20 players survived. That makes it a total of 77 through to Sunday's Day 2.

This evening, Jay Clark grabbed the lead after finally getting aces to hold up in a key pot late. He'll take 206,500 into the play down to a champion Sunday. Mark Roberts retains the overall lead, coming out of the first flight with over 300,000.

They should play into the money fairly quickly Sunday with the top 54 all earning. The payouts will be updated Sunday, but it appears they will be playing for a healthy $19,300 first-place prize. It's an impressive number considering the $200 buy-in.

PokerNews' Summer Slam coverage will continue with final day of this $200 No-Limit Hold'em reentry event starting at 12 p.m. local time Sunday and they will play until a winner is crowned. Stay tuned.

07-23-2017 01:46 UTC-4

End of Flight Four Counts (full)

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Level 14 : 1,400/3,000, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Clark	206,500	56,500
Jeremy Martin	193,600	63,600
Thomas Crawford	183,900
Tim Brennan	157,700	7,700
Eugene Applement	151,100
Keith Plunkett	130,000
Justin Quinn	129,100	35,100
Mike Latour	124,300	109,300
Wayne Cleveland	102,900
Ray LaRouech	101,400
Kyle Jeffery	86,500
Louis Jacklin	75,800
Aaron Obstein	73,900	-6,100
Charles Smith	66,300	-28,700
Paul Herberger	65,800
Tareck Ashwas	63,400
Fabrizio Buonaguro	60,700
Marcy Jo Phillips	58,500	-46,500
Carrie Marciniak	53,300
Varun Palackan	44,500

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07-23-2017 01:26 UTC-4

Five More Hands!

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Level 14 : 1,400/3,000, 400 ante

With ten minutes left in the level the clock was stopped and a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands left to play. They drew a five.

Five more hands and the remaining players will bag up chips for Sunday's Day 2.

Full chip counts and a recap of the flight is coming.

07-23-2017 01:09 UTC-4

The Unluckiest Man In Western New York

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Level 14 : 1,400/3,000, 400 ante

In Friday night's second flight, Jay Clark, also known as the unluckiest man in Western New York, got in a chip-lead pot in Level 14 with aces versus tens on a six-high board. Needless to say, he did not win.

Tonight, entering the last level of the night, Clark picked up aces again and couldn't help but think it was all going to go wrong again somehow. Only this time it didn't.

Despite his fears Clark didn't shy away from getting in a massive pot again and when the dust settled this time, he actually won. Now he's vying for the chip lead as the flight comes quickly to a close, turning his fortunes around.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Clark	150,000	55,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,400/3,000

Ante: 400

07-23-2017 00:55 UTC-4

The Barnacle

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Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Aaron Obstein has been short stacked for the past four and a half hours at least.

But like a barnacle sticking to the side of the boat, you just can't get rid of this guy.

He has a reputation for playing the short stack like a ninja, waiting patiently for big hands and even laying them down when the timing is not right. As seen when he folded queens an hour ago despite being down to 25,000 in chips. Ray LaRouche had aces in the hand and Obstein seem to sniff it out somehow.

Moments ago he picked up a hand he could not fold, however. This time he got it in with the aces to double up to 80,000. Now he's going nowhere for real.