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2014 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

Carol Leonardi's run in this event just ended in ninth place. Leonardi moved all in for 63,000 from under the gun and Siavash Banai reraised from directly behind. The rest of the table folded, and Leonardi needed to improve.
Leonardi:
Banai:
Leonardi picked up some help on the 7c3d8h] flop but the bigger pair held up, sending her to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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760,000
-90,000
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-90,000 |
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Busted |
Tomasz Westler opened from middle position, Michael Sweeney three-bet from directly behind, and Mirko Medic called all in from the big blind with his short stack. Werstler released, and the cards were turned up.
Medic:
Sweeney:
Medic was hoping to be live but was in bad shape against Sweeney's pair, and the board provided no help. Medic grinded his short stack all day into the 10th place result.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,450,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted |
Seat | Player |
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1 | Sonny Rattan |
2 | Chris Ventura |
3 | Alex Rivera |
4 | Tomasz Werstler |
5 | Michael Sweeney |
6 | Peter Riamondi |
7 | Darrin Bracken |
8 | Carol Leonardi |
9 | Mirko Medic |
10 | Siavash Banai |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
On a flop of , Micheal Sweeney bet 90,000 and Mandy Smith moved all in for 340,000 total. Sweeney took his time crunching the numbers and decided to call.
Smith:
Sweeney:
Sweeney was drawing to a straight but he also had to overs. He pleaded for Duke the dealer to help him out, and Duke obliged with the on the turn. The
river finished off Smith in 11th place.
The remaining 10 players are making their way to the final table. We'll have a seat draw for you shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,300,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
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Busted |
Peter Raimondi and Tyler Hutchinson saw a flop of and Raimondi led out for 70,000. Hutchinson raised to 210,000, and Raimondi sat still in his seat for more than a minute before electing to call.
The arrived on the turn and Raimondi wasted little time in announcing all in. Now it was Hutchinson's turn in the tank; he took about two minutes to decide on a call, and he was already drawing dead.
Raimondi:
Hutchinson:
The meaningless landed on the river and Raimondi's flush was good enough to boost him up to 1,480,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,480,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
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Busted |
Mandy Smith opened from under the gun, Sandy Lam moved all in from the hijack and Carol Leonardi called all in for less from the button. Smith called as well, and the cards went on their backs.
Lam:
Smith:
Leonardi:
Leonardi had live cards and they turned to gold on the board, giving her the winning flush and the main pot. Smith took the side pot, and Lam was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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600,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
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260,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
With nearly a million chips in the middle preflop, Ron D'Grillo was in great shape to double up with his against Darren Bracken's
. But the poker gods had other ideas.
Bracken drilled a set on the flop, and D'Grillo couldn't improve when the
and
completed the board. D'Grillo made his way to the cage, telling his bad beat story to several friends on the way. Bracken, meanwhile, began stacking his 1.2 million chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,200,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
Busted |