2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam

Event Info
Buy-in
$200
Prize Pool
$108,205
Entries
670
Players Left
2
Average Chip Stack
5,025,000
Total Chips
10,050,000
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Chatham Cracks Queens to Double

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Ryan Chatham open-jammed for 43,500 preflop and was isolated by Devonte Whitsett who three-bet jammed over the top.

Ryan Chatham: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}
Devonte Whitsett: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and with nobody having a diamond, a pair of aces was best, and Chatham doubled.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Chatham
90,000
45,100
45,100
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Devonte Whitsett
12,000
-17,600
-17,600

Tags: Devonte WhitsettRyan Chatham

Prize Pool & Payout Structure Released

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The official numbers are in. With a total of 670 entries, a prize pool of $108,205 was created, smashing the $50,000 guarantee. The top 63 spots will get paid with anyone making the money guaranteed at least $390.

Making the final table will lock up $2,164 and awaiting the eventual champion is, of course, the champion's trophy, and a top prize worth $24,343.

Payout Strucutre:

PlacePrize
1$24,343
2$15,040
3$9,857
4$6,882
5$5,140
6$3,863
7$3,246
8$2,705
9$2,164
10-12$1,699
13-15$1,244
16-18$963
19-21$714
22-24$682
25-27$638
28-36$595
37-54$498
46-54$422
55-63$390

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Cards in the Air at Noon for Day 2 of $50,000 Guarantee

Andy Spears (from the 2018 WSOP)
Andy Spears (from the 2018 WSOP)

Through four Day 1 qualifying flights of Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guarantee, a total of 670 entries were received. The guarantee was smashed with just 91 making it through for Day 2 chasing their share of a more than $100,000 prize pool.

The overall chip lead belongs to Andy Spears who set the mark way back on Day 1a. Spears will return to a stack of 326,200 with his closest competitor, Day 1d top stack Matt Ahrens, bringing forth 287,200.

Mike Curtiss (271,300), Craig Gerringer (253,600), Jason Zawacki (240,500), Chris Gras (235,700), Tom Smolinski (233,800), Rob Bourkney (220,900), Ken Wasik (208,000) Tyler Dietz (207,000), Don Moeller (202,300) represent all the players who were able to bag more than 200k in their respective flights.

Since Day 1c was cut short due to the field being narrowed down to 12%, Day 2 will start with about 10 minutes left on Level 14 before going straight into Level 15. From there, play will continue until the last player is standing.

Stay tuned to the blog as PokerNews will be on the floor providing live coverage throughout the series.

Tags: Andy SpearsChris GrasDon MoellerJason ZawackiKen WasikMatt AhrensMike CurtissRob BourkneyTom SmolinskiTyler Dietz

$200 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Started