Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
After an action packed day, things have settled down here in the first ten minutes of the last level of the flight.
At this point, the 35 players remaining are thinking more about bagging up than accumulating more chips. There's a couple of short stacks who may want to take a chance to either bag up or beat the traffic, but the bigger stacks appear to have taken their foot off the gas a little.
They will play until ten minutes remain in the level and conduct a draw to determine the number of hands left to play before bagging and tagging.
They drew a three!
The clock was stopped with ten minutes left in Level 15 and a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands left to play. They drew a three! Three more hands!
Full chip counts for the survivors and a recap will follow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Brunskole |
371,500
71,500
|
71,500 |
Nick Pfaffenbach |
276,500
76,500
|
76,500 |
Omar El-Nasrallah |
257,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Adam Foster |
219,500
-500
|
-500 |
Thomas Matacale | 216,000 | |
Blake Napierala |
204,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
Colin Reid | 198,000 | |
Steven Przybyl | 191,500 | |
Jason Nablo |
155,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Deitrich Kuhlmann | 153,000 | |
Mark Roberts |
144,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Peter Bodnar |
138,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Jason Sardo |
133,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
Gabriel Frank |
123,500
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
Thomas Smolinsky | 119,500 | |
Kevin Berry |
118,500
-26,500
|
-26,500 |
Brian Croak | 111,000 | |
.Joseph Elia
|
104,000 | |
Ray LaRouche | 96,000 | |
[Removed:339]
|
91,500 | |
Jeff Roth
|
89,500 | |
Nick Walker |
87,500
-52,500
|
-52,500 |
DJ Mackinnon |
82,500
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
Michael Jung | 80,000 | |
Chris Damick |
80,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
The 2017 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event drew 145 entries for the first of two starting flights inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Friday.
A bevvy of local legends, players having a hot Summer Slam series, and defending 2016 Summer Slam Main Event champ Russ Campanella were among those who entered.
By the time 15 40-minute levels of play were through a total of 33 survived and Campanella's title defense is still alive as he was among them.
Canadian Matt Brunskole, who pulled this same trick in the Spring at the Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event, managed to bag the chip lead on over 370,000. He joined the leaders early and got a double knock out late to secure the biggest bag from this group headed to Day 2 Sunday. Chris Damick was right there with him until a late slide. He bagged, but under 100,000.
Other recognizable names that bagged big included Blake Napierala, Adam Foster, Mark Roberts and Jason Nablo. Plus, a host of capable rounders remain in the mix.
In the meantime, the 2017 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Main Event moves on to its second and final starting flight Saturday. It should be a big one beginning at 11 a.m. local time with registration and reentry available until the start of Level 11. Anyone who can survive that will join this group on Sunday.
PokerNews will of course be on hand to cover all the action, so stay tuned.
$600 Main Event
Day 1a Completed