2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Event Info
Buy-in
$200
Prize Pool
$108,205
Total Entries
670
Players Left
2
Average Chip Stack
5,025,000
Total Chips
10,050,000
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 2 / 670
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$200 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1a Completed

Andy Spears Bags Best on Day 1a of $50,000 Guaranteed $200 Hold'em Event

Day 1a chipleader Andy Spears
Day 1a chipleader Andy Spears

Thie first of four starting flights of Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guarantee has wrapped up as Day 1a saw 134 entries accumulate over 14 levels. Just 20 remain in the hunt carrying their stacks forward onto Day 2. When the final hand was dealt, Andy Spears was atop the counts.

Spears cruised through Day 1a en route a monstrous stack of 326,700. In fact, between Spears and second-best stack, Craig Gerringer, who ended play with 253,600, the two bagged more than 25% of the chips in play. David Tokash (123,400), Rob Zaenglein (120,500), Ira Basil (120,300),Justin Quin (110,000), and Will Murray (103,500) were the only players to bag over 100k.

Notables Mark Roberts and Paul Bitterman are also on to Day 2. Roberts saw a bit of his stack dispersed around the table during the latter stage of Day 1a but will have a seat locked up on Day 2 with 80,000 in the bag. Bitterman, who final tabled the Summer Slam High Roller event on Thursday night also made it through with 46,100.

Any player unfortunate enough to not make it through Day 1a will have three more chances to secure a seat on Sunday for Day 2. Day 1b gets underway at 6 p.m. Friday evening with two more flights scheduled for the same times on Saturday.

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Tags: Andy SpearsIra BasilMark RobertsPaul BittermanRob Zaenglein

End of Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
326,200
Profile photo of Craig Gerringer us
Craig Gerringer
253,600
Profile photo of David Tokash
David Tokash
123,400
Profile photo of Rob Zaenglein us
Rob Zaenglein
120,500
Profile photo of Ira Basil ca
Ira Basil
120,300
Profile photo of Justin Quin us
Justin Quin
110,000
Profile photo of Bill Murray us
Bill Murray
103,500
Profile photo of Tom Wukovits us
Tom Wukovits
99,800
Profile photo of Jeremy Hoeltke us
Jeremy Hoeltke
97,000
Profile photo of Tom Matacale
Tom Matacale
93,900
Profile photo of Christophe Vercoustre
Christophe Vercoustre
92,500
Profile photo of Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
80,000
Profile photo of Ron Wheeler
Ron Wheeler
64,800
Profile photo of Joseph Dunbar
Joseph Dunbar
62,500
Profile photo of David Scott us
David Scott
51,500
Profile photo of Tom Shooter
Tom Shooter
50,900
Profile photo of Paul Bitterman us
Paul Bitterman
46,100
Profile photo of James Williams gb
James Williams
43,300
Profile photo of Stephen Bullard us
Stephen Bullard
30,700
Profile photo of Devonte Whitsett us
Devonte Whitsett
29,600

Day 1a of $50,000 Guaranteed $200 Hold'em Event Kicks off at 10 a.m.

The first two starting flights of Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em get underway on Friday with a guaranteed prize pool of $50,000 up for grabs. Day 1a will see cards get in the air at 10 a.m. while Day 1b kicks off at 6 p.m.

Players will start with 15,000 in chips and play 30-minute blind levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until the start of Level 9. Players may fire more than one flight with only their largest stack moving forward to Day 2.

There will be another two flights on Saturday at the same times with the surviving field converged on Sunday where they will play down to a winner.

At the 2017 Summer Slam, a total of 520 entries were received. Jeff Roth took home the top honors after multiple deals chopped up the prize pool at the final table. Roth cashed for $8,992 and took home the trophy after play ended four-handed with him in the lead.

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$200 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1a Started