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

07-22-2017 22:31 UTC-4

Clash Of The Titans

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Two legends of the Seneca felt just went heads up against one another. Two men entered, but only one man left.

It was Canadian Cameron Bartolotta versus local Niagara Falls hero Jason Nablo in a heavyweight tilt that saw Bartolotta try to trap with two kings and Nablo fall head first into it, shoving a gutshot.

Sure enough, the local boy made good, spiking the gutshot on the river and sending Bartolotta back across the border too late to fire a fifth bullet into this event.

'Murica...$@#k yeah!

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Nablo	30,000 30,000	30,000
Cameron Bartolotta	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

07-22-2017 22:59 UTC-4

The Fifth Amplement

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Gene Amplement just passed the 100,00-chip mark.

It was two hands that did the trick for him. First he cracked aces flopping a set of eights, and even managing to fade the dreaded four flush.

Then, he flopped top pair and got second pair to commit heaps. After holding again, Amplement has joined the leaders now into Level 10.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gene Amplement	101,000

07-22-2017 23:02 UTC-4

The Sum Of All Things

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

With registration and reentry now closed in this final flight, it appears to have drawn 142 players.

That brings the event total to 520 entries, which created a guarantee smashing $83,891 prizepool that will pay the top 54.

The official payouts are yet to come, but it appears the winner will earn $19,300. Not bad for a $200 buy-in.

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

07-22-2017 23:36 UTC-4

Just 38 Remain

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

They are quickly down to 38 here and will stop early if that number hits 19.

For now, here's how some of the bigger stacks look:

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Martin	130,000
Gene Amplement	120,000 19,000	19,000
Marcy Jo Phillips	105,000 -5,000	-5,000
Charles Smith	95,000
Jason Clark	95,000 95,000	95,000
Justin Quinn	94,000
Tim Brennan	90,000 25,000	25,000
Ray LaRouche	75,000
James DiPasquale	66,000 -1,000	-1,000
DJ MacKinnon	50,000 33,500	33,500
Aaron Obstein	24,000 -16,000	-16,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

07-23-2017 00:21 UTC-4

DiPasquale Limp-Shoves His Way Out

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

James DiPasquale limped jacks and Tim Brennan raised right behind him with eights.

When it came back to DiPasquale, he shipped and Brennan felt priced in and made the call.

Brennan hit an eight for the set and DiPasquale whiffed. That left 33 players remaining and put Brennan back in contention for the flight lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Brennan	150,000 60,000	60,000
James DiPasquale	Busted

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Obstein	80,000 56,000	56,000