$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1d Completed
2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
Matt Ahrens Bags Second Overall Stack After Day 1d Concludes
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Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
All the bullets have been fired as Day 1d wrapped up the qualifying flights for Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guarantee. Another 190 entries were received before registration with 28 survivors joining the field on Day 2.
Day 1d drew a total of 190 entries to bring the overall total to 670. Though the number is not yet official, the prize pool should be over $100,000. More than double the guarantee.
After 14 levels of play, Matt Ahrens was the top stack in the room boasting 287,200 in his stack by the time the last card came off the deck. Which also gives him the second-best overall stack heading into Day 2.
Tom Smolinski finished slightly behind Ahrens due in large part to a massive pot on the final hand of the night. Smolinski picked up pocket aces and had two players shove into him with pocket queens and pocket jacks. Smolinski scooped the pot to score a near triple up and end the night with 233,800.
Sam DeSabio (198,500), [Removed:339] (194,300), Jack Kerr (184,900), Justin Stratton (171,500), Lew Pizza (165,000), Raymond Larouech (121,900), Jason Clarke (115,900), Shawn Wilmot (114,500) round out the players who were able to cross the 100k mark.
Unfortunately, for the likes of DJ MacKinnon, Anne Jones, Matt Marcinkiewicz, Mike Rellinger, Jason Nablo, Blake Napierala, Brett Colson, David Battaglia, and Jordan Lagano, their final bullets missed the mark and they will have to wait to the next event to trophy hunt.
The remaining players will all converge on Sunday for Day 2 where they will play down to a winner with cards in the air at noon. For anyone else not involved, the Summer Slam 2018 rolls on with Event #3: $150 No-Limit Hold'em kicking off at 1 p.m boasting a $10,000 guarantee.
Stay tuned to the blog as PokerNews will be on the floor providing live coverage throughout the series.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
287,200 | 22,200 |
|
|
233,800 | |
|
198,500 | -36,500 |
|
|
194,300 | 24,300 |
|
|
184,900 | |
|
171,500 | 21,500 |
|
|
165,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
121,900 | |
|
115,900 | 45,900 |
|
114,500 | |
|
|
88,800 | |
|
87,800 | -75,200 |
|
85,900 | -31,100 |
|
78,400 | 4,400 |
|
73,800 | |
|
65,500 | 34,500 |
|
|
64,500 | |
|
|
57,500 | |
|
|
52,400 | |
|
|
52,100 | 11,100 |
|
|
52,100 | |
|
49,000 | |
|
47,300 | -25,700 |
|
46,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
45,000 |
Snaps of the Big Stacks
Top Stacks in the Room
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000 | |
|
|
235,000 | |
|
|
170,000 | |
|
|
163,000 | |
|
|
160,000 | 82,000 |
|
|
150,000 |
MacKinnon & Heiligenthaler Among Recent Eliminations
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Final Level of the Night
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The field has entered the final level of the night. Just 36 players remain. Play will continue throughout the level unless the field is narrowed to 23. Otherwise, once the clock reaches 10 minutes left, it will be paused and each table will play a set number of hands before the survivors bag their chips for the night.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Ostrander Outdraws Soluri
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Anthony Soluri open-jammed from late position for about 25,000 and Jacob Ostrander put him at risk in the small blind.
Anthony Soluri: 
Jacob Ostrander: 
The board ran out 
and Ostrander caught a ten on the flop to bust Soluri in the penultimate level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,000 | |
|
Busted |
Soluri Gets Some Back
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Anthony Soluri open-jammed from middle position for about 20,000 and the player in the small blind called off for less, having 7,000 behind.
Anthony Soluri: 
Opponent: [86h]
The board ran out 
and Soluri had his opponent drawing dead on the turn and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000 | 8,000 |