$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1b Started
2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Large Field Expected for Day 1b of $50,000 Guaranteed $200 Hold'em Event
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With Day 1a in the books, the focus shifts to Day 1b of Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em. The action will get underway on Friday evening with a guaranteed prize pool of $50,000 up for grabs. Day 1b will see cards get in the air 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.
Day 1a played out starting at 10 a.m. Friday morning and gathered 134 entries before registration closed. Just 20 were left with chips to bag. The player with the largest stack heading to Day 2 was Andy Spears with 326,200.
There will be another two flights on Saturday at the same times with the surviving field converging 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 the play ended four-handed with him in the lead.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Familiar Faces Kicking Off the Action
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Latest Additions to the Field
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 |
Kaplin Scoops Three-way Pot
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
We didn't catch the action but caught the rather large stack of Leop Kaplin stacked up in front of him. Kaplin has already more than tripled his starting stack after a sick hand saw three players get it in.
Two of the players had flopped sets, Kaplin having the best and Marcy Jo Phillips having the worst. Both improved to a full house by the river while the third player in the hand had made a flush. Phillips got the side pot to stay alive while Kaplin tripled and the third player in the hand was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
10,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Fresh Faces in the Field
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 |
Bearden Sniffs Out the Bluff
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
A player in early position opened to 1,100 and then called a three-bet to 2,400 from Chris Bearden in the small blind. The flop came down 
and Bearden check-called a bet of 3,000 to see the 
hit the turn.
Bearden checked once more and this time his opponent moved all in. Bearden went into the tank having 5,775 behind and eventually made the call.
His opponent tabled the 
and was drawing dead to Bearden's 
. The 
completed the board and Bearden shipped the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,000 |