$300 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1c Completed
$300 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1c Completed
At the end of the third of four flights at the 2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic in Event #1 $300 No-Limit Hold'em with a $75,000 guarantee, there were 191 entries with 29 players moving on to Day 2 on Sunday at 11:00AM. Combined with 1a and 1b, the total entries came to 434 with a total of 69 players moving forward to Day 2.
After 14 levels of play, Jocelyn Hinz leads the way with 299,200 chips - good for the overall chip lead as well as the lead at the end of Day 1c. Hinz was grinding away all day but ended on a high note with a very healthy stack. Mike 'The Mayor' Rellinger is second in chips in this flight with 269,800 in the bag, and Blake Napierala rounds out third with 220,200.
Other notable players to make it through include Peter DeSantis (94,000) and Joe Ciffa (59,100), to name a couple.
Players who were not happy and fired multiple times and bagged multiple bullets will take their biggest stack forward to Day 2 on Sunday at 11:00AM.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jocelyn Hinz | 299,200 | |
Mike Rellinger |
269,800
99,800
|
99,800 |
Blake Napierala |
220,200
60,200
|
60,200 |
Derek Schaud | 175,900 | |
Amin Akhlagi | 153,000 | |
Darrin Bracken | 139,000 | |
Geoffrey O'Connor | 127,100 | |
Steve Solodiuk
|
125,600
-4,400
|
-4,400 |
Maurice Sessum | 117,500 | |
John Abraham | 114,000 | |
Elliot Shermet |
107,100
35,100
|
35,100 |
Peter DeSantis |
94,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Brian Bordinaro |
91,200
26,200
|
26,200 |
John McLean | 90,000 | |
April Than | 81,000 | |
Lee Sylvester | 73,000 | |
James Lindsay | 67,800 | |
Ken Johnston
|
62,000 | |
Joe Ciffa |
59,100
1,100
|
1,100 |
Richard Bausch
|
52,100 | |
Sharman Olshan | 51,000 | |
Walt Blodgett
|
48,000
-62,000
|
-62,000 |
Don Kerr
|
42,700
-2,300
|
-2,300 |
Ryan Bonello | 41,500 | |
Joseph Bazyansky
|
39,500 |
Just like that, Level 14 is here and it's the last level before players bag up for the night to return for Day 2 tomorrow at 11:00AM.
The last flight of this event is at 6:00PM, with late registration closing at 10:25PM.
The prize pool is well over $108,000 so far.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
As expected, when a player gets aces or kings, they typically try and get all of their money in the middle as soon as they can!
This is true for both Mike 'The Mayor' Rellinger and Brian Bordinaro.
Rellinger held while Bordinaro tabled , while being the player at risk for his last 30,700.
The flop came , which was fairly benign for Rellinger. The turn was a safe , but the river was the , causing the table to erupt.
The chips went to Bordinaro and Rellinger said, "I'm glad you only had 30,000. He had a Sabres jersey on, too. How perfect was that?"
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Rellinger | 170,000 | |
Brian Bordinaro | 65,000 |
On a board reading , with about 10,000 in the pot, Elliot Shermet managed to get his remaining 29,100 chips in the middle against Brian Bowen.
Shermet:
Bowen:
The turn was the and the river was the , giving Shermet the double up he was looking for.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Elliot Shermet | 72,000 | |
Brian Bowen |
40,500
-24,500
|
-24,500 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
One last break before the last two levels of the night are played out! Play resumes at 4:35PM.
The last flight begins at 6:00PM with late registration open until 10:25PM.
Day 2 begins tomorrow at 11:00AM and a winner will be crowned!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Blake Napierala | 160,000 | |
Walt Blodgett
|
110,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Derek Schlaud
|
90,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Peter DeSantis |
90,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Rik Bausch
|
85,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Brian Bowen | 65,000 | |
Joe Ciffa |
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Don Kerr
|
45,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Sam Smith |
40,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
George Harp
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Sahar Khajavi |
20,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |