$1,000 Main Event
Day 3 Started
2018 Seneca Fall Poker Classic
$1,000 Main Event
Day: 3
2018 Fall Poker Classic Champion Will be Crowned Today
The Fall Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event had a total of 249 entries, now just seven remain as they battle it out for the title today at Seneca Niagara Casino & Resort. Canada's Peter Mancini is leading going into the final day with a whopping 2,010,000 in chips, sitting alone as the only player to eclipse the two million mark.
Mancini took the lead of the tournament during a crazy few hands that catapulted his chips from average to enormous. He came to the unofficial final table at one million in chips and it took just one hand to over double his stack with cowboys against Maximilian Droege's jacks. The Canadian has shown off a lot of patience and great decision making thus far as the front-runner to take down the title.
Alex Visbisky will be starting the day with a stack of 1,367,000 and will be looking to surpass his last years finish of sixth place in this exact tournament. Right behind him on the leader board is Day 1c chipleader Vadim Rozin who looked at one point like he was going to run away with the tournament. Rozin lost a few pots during the latter stages of Day 2 but still managed to find a very healthy stack size of 1,359,000 for the final day.
The rest of the players to make up the final seven include Seneca regular Chris Meyers (910,000), well-known pro Jason James (708,000), St. Louis native Tim Vance (665,000), and coming in as the short-stack is Canadian Victor Adams (451,000).
After the first two flights saw only 96 slips sold and it seemed as tho this event might not hit the guarantee, but Day 1c deleted any thought of that, pulling in 153 entries and rocketing the 2018 Main Event prize pool to $219,792. At the beginning of Day 2 it was announced that top 27 places would be paid, with the eventual champion of the tournament pulling in a cool first place prize of $53,853.
Players will be taking their seats at 12 p.m. on level 23 and the blinds will be at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante. All remaining players are now guaranteed at least $7,913 for cashing and play will not end until a winner is crowned champion of the Fall Poker Classic 2018 Main Event.
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Shuffle Up and Deal
The tournament director has now instructed for the dealer to shuffle up and start pitching the cards to the final seven.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Meyers Slows Rozin Down
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Vadim Rozin started the final day off well by pulling in a few pots and overtaking second place on the leader board. Chris Meyers showed no fear to Rozin's aggressive play in this hand.
Meyers opened to 45,000 from late position, Vadim Rozin three-bet to 110,000 and Meyers was now facing a tough decision. Meyers took a few moments before moving in a four-bet of 295,000, putting Rozin to the test.
Rozin made the call, showing little hesitation and the dealer fanned out 
on the flop. Meyers pushed in a bet of 225,000 and Rozin looked uneasy as he folded his hand, giving the pot to Meyers.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000 | 91,000 |
|
1,250,000 | 340,000 |
Adams Secures a Double Through Visbisky
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Victor Adams moved all in with his ladies and found a caller in Alex Visbisky on a flush draw. Adams would dodge Visbisky's outs to grab a double up with his queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000 | -217,000 |
|
827,000 | 376,000 |
Chips are Starting to Spread
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,640,000 | -370,000 |
|
|
1,510,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
1,290,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
1,025,000 | -125,000 |
|
805,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
780,000 | -47,000 |
|
420,000 | -288,000 |
Rozin Goes for Value on the River
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The turned board read 
, action checked to Vadim Rozin on the button who bet 125,000 into a pot around 250,000. Tim Vance check-called the bet from the big blind position and a 
landed on the river.
Vance would check-call a bet of 125,000, turning over 
for deuces full of sevens but it was not good enough after Rozin showed 
for a higher full house, taking down the pot from Vance and moving himself into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,850,000 | 340,000 |
|
|
485,000 | -320,000 |
Mancini Takes Some from James
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Jason James opened to 45,000 from under the gun, Peter Mancini called from the button and the dealer fanned out a 
flop. James pushed in 75,000, Mancini snap-called and the turn fell a 
.
James checked to Mancini who pushed 100,000 into the middle and James quickly made the fold, giving Mancini the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,895,000 | 255,000 |
|
|
305,000 | -115,000 |
Jason James Eliminated in 7th Place ($7,913)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Victor Adams opened to 50,000 from under the gun and when action got around to Jason James in the small blind he moved all in for around 300,000. Adams quickly made the call and the players turned over their hands with James at risk of elimination.
Victor Adams: 
Jason James: 
The flop came down with some hope for James when the dealer turned over 
, but the 
on the turn and 
on the river did not help him as he was eliminated by Adams and his aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
885,000 | 105,000 |
|
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Busted |