2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$600 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$23,316
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$220,869
Entries
414
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Another Olshan Out, Napierala Chips Up

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Todd Saffron raised under the gun and Blake Napierala and Ray LaRouche called before Aaron Olshan jammed in some 80,000.

Only Napierala called and it was a race with Olshan on the {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} versus Napierala's {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}.

The {k-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{j-Hearts} flop was a bad one for Olshan, and the {8-Diamonds} turn and {q-Spades} river didn't help much either. Olshan is out now with Napierala chipping up over the 300,000 mark.

Player Chips Progress
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Blake Napierala
350,000
146,000
146,000
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Aaron Olshan
Busted

The Scott Hosbach Show Continues

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Chip leader Scott Hosbach continues to extend his lead now into Level 18.

He picked up a little over 100,000 this past level and has crossed the 700,000 mark with 64 players remaining.

Hosbach is building a final table stack and they haven't even reached the money yet.

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Hosbach
720,000
105,000
105,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Olshan Out, El-Nasrallah Chips Up

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Jeffrey Hobrecker made 11,500 under the gun and David Olshan ripped it in behind him for 115,000.

It came to Omar El-Nasrallah in the big blind and he called. Hobrecker threw away the {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and it was Olshan's {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} versus El-Nasrallah's {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} in a classic match up with Olshan's tournament life hanging in the balance.

The {10-Spades}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Spades} board would have made Hobrecker a flush, but Olshan still busted and El-Nasrallah was pushed the pot instead.

Player Chips Progress
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Omar El-Nasrallah
350,000
93,000
93,000
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David Olshan
Busted

Wasted Away Again In Margaritaville

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jason Clark
Jason Clark

It's back to the pool for DJ Mackinnon, who ran {a-}{10-} into William Liang's {a-}{q-}.

In the meantime, Jason Clark is climbing up the counts after picking up jacks and picking off one shorty.

He also played bluffcatcher with a turned pair of aces and is rapidly approaching the 400,000 mark with 70 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
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William Liang
200,000
-62,000
-62,000
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DJ Mackinnon
Busted

Hosbach Extends Into Level 17

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Scott Hosbach
Scott Hosbach

Chip Leader Scott Hosbach hasn't busted anyone out yet.

However, he will enter Level 17 with an additional 100,000 chips in his stack after pushing his table around a little.

They are now down to 78 and moving quickly towards the money bubble.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Pace Sets Up DiPasquale

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
James DiPasquale
James DiPasquale

James DiPasquale just went from hero to zero in the matter of two hands with the legendary Bruce Pace.

Pace got it in for almost 140,000 with queens against DiPasquale's kings. A queen on the board gave Pace the two-outer set, it held, and he got the rest of a still reeling DiPasquale's chips when DiPasquale shoved the {a-}{9-} into his kings and missed.

DiPasquale hit a high water mark of just under 400,000 chips heading into the late levels Saturday. Then he got moved to chip leader Scott Hosbach's table and started a slide that would see him bag just a little over 200,000.

Now, in just the first few hands of the day, that slide is complete. He's out with Pace creeping up on Hosbach's lead.

Player Chips Progress
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Bruce Pace
350,000
130,500
130,500
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James DiPasquale
Busted

Double D's Live On The Internet

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Dennis Durante just doubled through Jon Giordano after an internet poker runout took them on a wild ride.

Durante raised it up under the gun and Giordano three-bet. Durante made the call and shoved the {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop for around 100,000.

Giordano called with the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} flush draw and Durante was ahead with the {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. The {k-Clubs} turn made Giordano the better pair, but Durante's tournament life was miraculously saved by the {10-Diamonds} set-making river.

Giordano had dust left, but that's since been vacuumed up with Durante joining the group over 200,000 at the top of the counts.

Player Chips Progress
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Dennis Durante
220,000
109,500
109,500
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Jon Giordano
Busted

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500