$600 Main Event
Day 1b Started
2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$600 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$283,823
Entries
532
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Summer Slam 2018 Main Event Continues With Day 1b Action at 11 a.m.
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Day 1b of the $200,000 guaranteed Event #8: $600 Main Event gets underway Friday morning with cards in the air at 11 a.m. This is the second of three qualifying flights for the Summer Slam 2018 Main Event with 103 total entries piled up thus far.
Players will start with 30,000 tournament chips and blinds will increase every 40 minutes. Registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 11 with each Day 1 flight playing 15 levels or until the field is reduced to 12%. Players may play in any flight but only their largest stack will carry over into Day 2.
The eventual champion will join the ranks of Blake Napierala (2017), Russ Campanella (2016), William Liang (2015), and Buck Ramsay (2014) as former champions of the event.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
In Their Seat to Kick Things Off
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Couple of Late Entries
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Few More Familiar Faces
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Pifer Doubles Through Martin
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
A string of preflop bets led to Jim Pifer being all in and at risk for about 25,000 against Leon Martin.
Jim Pifer: 
Leon Martin: 
The board ran out 
and Pifer scored the double. Martin was left with around 15,000 and was eliminated on the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Three More Additions
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0