$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Andy Spears Bags Best on Day 1a of $50,000 Guaranteed $200 Hold'em Event
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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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End of Day Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
326,200 | |
|
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253,600 | |
|
|
123,400 | |
|
120,500 | |
|
120,300 | |
|
110,000 | |
|
103,500 | |
|
99,800 | |
|
|
97,000 | |
|
|
93,900 | |
|
|
92,500 | |
|
80,000 | |
|
|
64,800 | |
|
|
62,500 | |
|
51,500 | |
|
|
50,900 | |
|
46,100 | |
|
43,300 | |
|
30,700 | |
|
|
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