2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam

$300 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$10,151
Event Info
Buy-in
$265
Entries
144
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

$300 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Congratulations to Joe Ciffa, Winner of the Seneca Niagara Summer Slam Event #2 ($10,151)

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Joe Ciffa -- Event #2 Champion
Joe Ciffa -- Event #2 Champion

The 2014 Seneca Summer Slam continued Saturday with Event #2, a $300 no-limit hold’em event at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New York. The event attracted 114 entries, and after 15 hours on the felt it was Joe Ciffa who claimed the $10,151 top prize and the trophy.

Ciffa was short stacked early in the day and signed himself up for the cash game list, but shortly before his name was called he hit a two-outer to double up and he never looked back. Ciffa is on the run of a lifetime having won the Bad Beat Jackpot at the Seneca Poker Room just last month for more than $67,000.

Ciffa defeated Dan Wagner heads-up for the title after a short heads-up match. The final table also included Chris Damick, Mark Roberts, Alex Rivera and Sam Guercio, who made his second final table in as many days at the Summer Slam.

Event #2 provided a slower structure than Friday’s turbo tournament, creating much more play in the later stages. The top 15 players received minimum paydays of $616 after Araj Ham Imani landed on the money bubble, and from there Jimmy Thomson, Todd Saffron, Travell Thomas, Tom Smolinski and Peter Raimondi earned paydays but fell shy of the final table.

Seneca Poker regular Mark Roberts exited in 10th place when his {A-Spades}{10-Clubs} was outrun by Damick’s {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades}. Then, after Ciffa eliminated Dan Weitzenkorn in 9th place, Damick went back to work by eliminating David Schrader (8th place) and Alex Rivera (7th place) to take a huge chip lead.

Ricky Fuller busted in sixth place at the hands of Wagner, and then Damick’s downward spiral began. His biggest slide came against Wagner when Damick had the {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} on a {3-Spades}{K-Spades}{9-Spades} flop. Wagner had the {8-Spades}{2-Spades} for a flopped flush, and after all the money went in on the flop Damick bricked the turn and river. He was sent to the rail two hands later by Guercio.

Four-handed play lasted 90 minutes as the short stack doubled up eight times in a row. Eventually, Guercio moved all in for his last 220,000 and Mike Camizzi re-shoved. Dan Wagner folded his big blind and the cards were revealed.

Guercio: {A-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Camizzi: {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {2-Clubs}{6-Spades}{9-Hearts}{K-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Guercio's run ended in fourth place.

Camizzi was the next to go when he shoved the {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} into Joe Ciffa’s {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}. That set up the heads-up match between Ciffa and Wagner with the stacks nearly even, and Ciffa put it away early when his {A-Spades}{J-Spades} held up against Wagner’s {A-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}.

Summer Slam Event #2 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Joe Ciffa$10,151
2Dan Wagner$6,272
3Mike Camizzi$4,532
4Sam Guercio$3,390
5Chris Dimick$2,465
6Ricky Fuller$1,885
7Alex Rivera$1,450
8David Schrader$1,124
9Dan Weitzenkorn$906
10Mark Roberts$743

Coming up on Sunday at the Summer Slam is Event #3, a $200 no-limit hold’em tournament. That will be followed by a $125 buy-in no-limit hold'em event with six starting flights and a $50,000 prize pool beginning on Monday.

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Tags: Alex RiveraChris DamickJoe CiffaSam GuercioSummer Slam

Dan Wagner Eliminated in 2nd Place ($6,272)

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Joe Ciffa raised to 130,000 from the button and Dan Wagner moved all in for close to 1 million. Ciffa thought it over briefly before announcing a call and throwing his {A-Spades}{J-Spades} face up on the table. He was ahead of Wagner's {A-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}.

The final board of the night ran out {4-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}. Ciffa's jack kicker played to give him the title and $10,151 in prize money.

That's it for Event #2 of the 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam! We'll be posting a recap later tonight.

Tags: Summer SlamDan Wagner

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Mike Camizzi Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,532)

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

After a series of preflop raises Mike Camizzi committed all of his 600,000 in chips with {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} against Joe Ciffa's {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}. The {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}{10-Spades} flop shifted Camizzi into the lead, but Ciffa hit Broadway with the {Q-Clubs} on the river to eliminated Camizzi in third place.

We're now heads-up between Ciffa and Dan Wagner, and the stacks are nearly even

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
1,480,000
190,000
190,000
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Joe Ciffa
1,400,000
420,000
420,000
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Mike Camizzi
Busted

Still Four-Handed

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

We've now been four-handed for nearly 90 minutes, and if we're counting correctly the short stack has doubled up eight times in a row. The final level on the structure sheet is coming up so we're bound to start losing players soon...

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

Guercio Doubles Again

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Sam Guercio was all in for 226,000 with the {A-Spades}{8-Diamonds} against Mike Camizzi's {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}. Guercio remained in front on the {K-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} flop, and the {5-Diamonds} turn and {6-Diamonds} river secured another double up for the elder statesman of the table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Guercio
Sam Guercio
485,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Michael Camizzi
Michael Camizzi
140,000
-395,000
-395,000