Alfred Stempien got it in over a Kurtis Boutelle raise and Boutelle made the call.
Stempien put his tournament life on the line with the and Boutelle had the monster .
The flop was good for both as Stempien picked up a combo draw and Boutelle made a set. The turn may have made Stempien a flush, but it filled up Boutelle, leaving Stempien drawing to a river to win it.
The looked nothing like it and Uncle Karma hit the rail as Boutelle crested two million.
Alex Visibsky still leads, however, after getting his 168,000-chip river bet paid of in a pot with Ryan Rivers. holding tens and a threes.
Nine players will enter the final table of the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room today, but just one will leave a champion.
Fighting through a field of 291 entries over two starting days and a Day 2 that began with 60 players, each one is now guaranteed at least ninth-place money of $5,779, but just one will lay claim to 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event glory, the trophy and a $62,933 first-place prize that comes with it.
Cheektowaga, NY's Alex Visbisky has the chip lead coming in, but it's a tenuous one, with his zero-to-hero heater on Day 2 giving him just a few more blinds than Kurtis Boutelle will bring into play. Plus, the final table is chock full of local heroes with end-game experience and a burning desire to close again.
Here's how the final table will look when play gets going at 12 p.m. local time:
2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event Final Table
Seat
Player
Chips
1
Buck Ramsay
746,000
2
Ryan Rivers
1,219,000
3
Kurtis Boutelle
1,715,000
4
Nathan Torrance
1,384,000
5
Alfred Stempien
431,000
6
David Battaglia
534,000
7
Alex Visbisky
1,785,000
8
Tony Dojka
385,000
9
Silvio DeRubeis
533,000
It should be a great day of poker in Niagara Falls as these worthy combatants put each other to the test and PokerNews will be on hand providing live coverage until a winner is crowned, Keep it locked right here to follow all the action.