$300 Pot Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
$300 Pot Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
A 27-year-old roofer from Depew, NY took down the 2016 Seneca Fall Poker Classic $300 Pot Limit Omaha event inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino on Thursday.
Jeff Salhab had a 2:1 chip lead heads-up with Matt Marcinkiewicz when they agreed to a chop, giving Salhab $5,897 and the title.
Position | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Jeff Salhab | $5,897 |
2 | Matt Marcinkiewicz | $5,200 |
3 | Matt Shanahan | $2,779 |
4 | Dave Piano | $1,954 |
5 | Mark Roberts | $1,450 |
6 | Varun Palackan | $1,128 |
7 | Chad Martin | $926 |
8 | Anthony Falco | $806 |
The event drew 80 entries and reentries creating a $20,140 prize pool that paid the top eight. Thomas Keeper busted on the money bubble before Anthony Falco took eighth, running his short stack into a Marcinkiewicz monster.
Seventh place went to Chad Martin when he ran queens into Matt Shanahan's aces and only Shanahan improved. Varun Palackan then got his jacks cracked sixth and Mark Roberts ran out of gas fifth, getting it in with a straight draw and missing.
Dave Piano had the lead for a good portion of the day, but was outrun four pots in a row before finishing fourth.
They traded chips around three handed until things were relatively even. Finally, Salhab doubled up through Shanahan with a rivered straight, then sent him home third flopping a flush to crack Shanahan's kings.
Salhab, who was in contention all day after busting big stack Bruce Pace in the early going, then agreed to the chop that left him with the most money, the coveted trophy and Seneca Niagara poker glory.
Next up at Seneca Niagara is the $1,000 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event beginning with the first of two starting days at 11 a.m. local time Friday.
They struck a deal giving Jeff Salhab $5,897 and the trophy.
Matt Marcinkiewicz earned $5,200 for his second-place finish. A recap will follow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Marcinkiewicz |
1,600,000
1,040,000
|
1,040,000 |
Jeff Salhab | Busted |
After a series of big raises on a flop, Jeff Salhab got it all in for almost 300,000 against Matt Shanahan.
It was Salhab's against Shanahan's and Salhab made a straight on the run out to double up, take the lead and leave Shanahan short.
The next hand Shanahan got it in with the against Salhab's and Salhab made a flush on the board to bust Shanahan third.
Heads up play and Level 23 will begin after a short break with Salhab holding an almost 2:1 lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Salhab |
1,040,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
Matt Marcinkiewicz |
560,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Matt Shanahan | Busted |
Things have evened up here three-handed now after Matt Marcinkiewicz doubled through Jeff Salhab.
Marcinkiewicz made it 60,000 and Salhab defended his big blind before potting it on an flop. Marcinkiewicz shoved for 220,000 total and Salhab called with the .
Marcinkiewicz was ahead with the but not out of the woods yet. He held through the turn and river to double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Salhab |
550,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
Matt Shanahan |
550,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Matt Marcinkiewicz |
500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 0
Jeff Salhab made it 50,000 and Matt Marcinkiewicz and Matt Shanahan called in the blinds.
Marcinkiewicz shoved 57,000 at the flop and both players called.
They checked down the turn and river on the side. With Salhab claiming kings and queens and Shanahan a queen, Marcinkiewicz took it down with aces and kings and all kinds of spades in his hand, tripling up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Salhab |
775,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Matt Shanahan |
525,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Matt Marcinkiewicz |
300,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Dave Piano got outdrawn four hands in a row and is now out fourth.
He got the last 150,000 in with the preflop against Jeff Salhab and his .
Salhab made a bigger pair on a board to end Piano's run.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Salhab |
840,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Matt Shanahan |
610,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Dave Piano | Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
Matt Shanahan has now leapfrogged Dave Piano in the chip counts and continues to pound away at him.
The latest example of this saw Piano limped the small blind and Shanahan make it 30,000 more. Piano called and they both checked the flop. Piano followed suit on the turn, then folded when Shanahan made it 45,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Shanahan |
510,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Dave Piano |
240,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |