Hayden Glassman Wins Seneca Summer Slam 2018 High Roller for $27,966
After a more than 15-hour grind, Hayden Glassman emerged victorious in the first event of the 2018 Seneca Poker Summer Slam. Glassman took the top honors in Event #1: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack High Roller earning a top prize of $27,966.
Equally as impressive is Glassman still got the max after a four-way chop. Glassman turned down multiple requests for a chop at the final table until the other three finalists broke down and offered to give Glassman the full value of first place and they would chop the rest. After a brief discussion, Glassman agreed to give back $1,000 to play for along with the trophy, which he was swiftly able to get back.
Glassman is no stranger to the felt. The win will put Glassman over $300,000 in career live-recorded tournament earnings that include a 340th place finish in this year's World Series of Poker Main Event for $37,500 and a career-best cash of $72,054 in the Colossus II at the 2016 WSOP.
Final Table Results:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayden Glassman | United States | $27,966 |
| 2 | Barry Kruger | Canada | $12,800 |
| 3 | Steven Filipovic | Canada | $12,800 |
| 4 | Budwey Salhab | United States | $12,800 |
| 5 | Scott Murawa | United States | $6,525 |
| 6 | Silvio DeRubeis | United States | $4,847 |
| 7 | Paul Bitterman | United States | $3,915 |
| 8 | Frank Parisi | United States | $3,169 |
| 9 | Kurt Boutelle | United States | $2,517 |
A record-breaking total of 104 entries were received this afternoon creating a prize pool worth $93,220. The mark easily surpassed the 83 entries received in 2016 and 82 last summer. The top 12 spots were paid with anyone making the money guaranteed at least $1,958.
Local heroes such as Dan Wagner, Dave Grana, Rob Zaenglein, Chris Meyers, Jason Eisele, Patrick Tighe, Mark Roberts, Mike Rellinger, and defending champion, Peter Raimondi, were just some of the players to depart long before the money.
Well-known local poker grinder DJ MacKinnon was the last player to bust before hand-for-hand play on the bubble began. MacKinnon raced for his tournament life with pocket eights against Hayden Glassman's ace-jack, but an ace on the river left the field one off the money.
Play on the bubble lasted for 13 hands before Allison Schultz was down to just a couple big blinds and was forced all in by paying the big blind and ante. Both Steven Filipovic and Blake Napierala were also in the pot, and each checked down the board with Filipovic making two pair, and it was good to burst the bubble and leave the field in the money. Napierala busted soon after in 11th place.
The final table was formed shortly before midnight, and the final nine players completed a whole level before Kurt Boutelle became the first casualty. Boutelle lost a classic race to Silvio DeRubeis which left him with less than two big blinds and Filipovic swept up the rest a couple of hands later.
A monster pot involving Frank Parisi and Glassman tilted the table quite significantly as a four-million chip pot when Glassman's way and Parisi, left with just five big blinds, was taken out by Budwey Salhab moments later. It didn't take long for the next player to fall. Paul Bitterman had been battling the short stack for the majority of play at the final table and eventually got it in dominated against Barry Kruger and was unable to improve.
The action didn't slow down as Silvio DeRubeis had pocket aces cracked by Scott Murawa. Both players piled chips in the middle preflop, and the rest of it went in on a jack-high flop. Murawa had king-jack with DeRubeis holding aces. A king on the river ended DeRibeis' run in sixth.
The final four players decided to chop up the remaining prize pool. With Glassman having a massive lead, he locked up $26,966, removing $1,000 to play for. Kruger, Salhab, and Filipovic each received $12,800 with the trophy and an extra $1,000 to play for.
The very next hand Salhab was eliminated after losing a race with pocket nines to Glassman's king-jack. Glassman claimed Filipovic's stack next before the battle with Kruger began. Glassman had more than nine times the amount of chips as Kruger, but a run that included three double ups had them about even.
Glassman would pull away and not long after flopped trip fives and got Kruger to put himself at risk with two pair. Glassman was able to fade the turn and river and secured the victory, claiming the top prize and champion's trophy.
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