Another 16 Through to Day 2; Rice Leads The Group
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The second of six starting flights for this third event on the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic schedule drew 94 entries at the Niagara Falls Poker Room inside the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino tonight.
From there, just 16 made it through to the final day of the $50,000 Guaranteed $100 No-Limit Hold'em event set for Thursday — Joining the 13 that came through from a 56 player field in the morning session.
With 150 entries so far, the event isn't exactly on pace to meet the guarantee, but big numbers are expected in four more flights over the next two days, making it a good bet to happen.
Jim Goertz busted Marcy Jo Phillips in a set-over-set debacle to push into the chip lead as the day wore on. However, local tourney grinder Keith Mueller made quads against him to take that lead into the last level of the night.
In the end, a late rush from local Edward Rice saw him grab the overnight lead on 152,200.
Just seven other players made it past the six-figure mark, including PokerNews Pal Alex Rivera, going from 45,000 to over 130,00 by playing every one of the last six hands.
However, they all still trail Day 1a chip leader Anthony Knoll and the 161,400-chip stack he built in the early flight.
With Monday and the first two flights now out of the way, the third and fourth flights will go off tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time.
Tune in then as PokerNews will be on hand to capture all the action from start to finish.