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2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam

Seat | Player | Chips |
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1 | Todd Saffron | 841,000 |
2 | Buck Ramsay | 1,072,000 |
3 | Travell Thomas | 682,000 |
4 | John Grace | 352,000 |
5 | Jacob Ostrander | 955,000 |
6 | Geoff O'Connor | 741,000 |
7 | Brian Healy | 586,000 |
8 | Ray Book | 260,000 |
9 | Vince Palma | 1,518,000 |
10 | Dan Wagner | 375,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,518,000
-82,000
|
-82,000 |
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1,072,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
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955,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
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841,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
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741,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
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682,000
322,000
|
322,000 |
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586,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
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375,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |
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352,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
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260,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
John Theofilopoulos just ran his pocket tens into the pocket of aces of Jacob Ostrander, leaving us with 10 players here in the Main Event. They're currently redrawing for the final table. We'll have a seat draw for you momentarily.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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870,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
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Busted |
Dave Olshan shoved for 250,000 from under the gun and Buck Ramsay flatted from two spots over. The rest of the table folded and Olshan was in bad shape.
Olshan:
Ramsay:
Ramsay's ace held up as the best hand and Olshan picked up $2,801 for his second 12th-place finish of the 2014 Summer Slam series.
Frank Arena moved all in for 120,000 with the {kdTd] and Geoff O'Connor called with the . Arena came up empty on the
board and he was eliminated in 13th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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790,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Action folded to Buck Ramsay in the small blind and he moved all in, putting Blake Napierala to a decision for his 270,000 chips in the big blind. Napierala slowly peeked at his cards and called.
Ramsay:
Napierala:
Napierala was safe through the flop but the
drilled the turn to give Ramsay a pair. Napierala picked up a flush draw in addition to his overcards but he whiffed on the
river. Blake wished his tablemates good luck before leaving the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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800,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
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Busted |
Aaron Obstein shoved for around 250,000 preflop and Vince Palma called. Once again Palma had the best of it with the against Obstein's
and the
rang true for the chip leader.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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Busted |
Two big stacks just went to battle and created a pot worth 1.3 million. Vince Palma is now the overwhelming chip leader.
With the board showing , Rickner moved all in for more than 500,000. Palma called and showed the
for a rivered two pair and Rickner mucked. After the stacks were counted down it was revealed that Palma had Rickner outchipped and Rickner headed to the cashier.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,300,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
Busted |