2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

$120 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$3,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$120
Prize Pool
$14,630
Entries
154
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Money Matters

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
That cash just looks so sweet
That cash just looks so sweet

The prize pool numbers are and they're fat for a $120 on a Monday in Niagara Falls, NY. A total of 154 entries made for a $14,630 prize pool that will pay the top 18 spots.

The winner will get the title, trophy and $3,949 in prize money.

The top four spots will all earn over $1,200 and the min-cash is $205.

Nobody's getting rich, but there will be more than a few people leaving happy tonight. Check the Payouts Tab above for all the details.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Hometown Hero

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Edward Liner
Edward Liner

Born right here in Niagara Falls, NY, Edward Liner moved to Texas back in 1981. He's back in town visiting family this week and figured he'd give this 2017 Seneca Fall Poker Classic event a shot tonight. After all, it is Texas Hold'em.

Good thing he did. He can't even remember all the hands he's won so far, there's been so many. Liner's on 145,000 in chips right now and that's good for a healthy Level 11 lead.

That empty chair with 90,000 in front of it turned out to belong to Jacob Durjeman. He and Steve Herman are the closest to Liner's lead.

There's 32 left now moving to 1,200-2,400 blinds with a 300 ante.

Player Chips Progress
Edward Liner
Edward Liner
145,000
145,000
145,000
Jacob Durjeman
Jacob Durjeman
90,000
90,000
90,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Big Numbers

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

With registration and re-entry now closed we can confirm tonight's Seneca Fall Poker Classic event drew a whopping 154 entries, absolutely crushing the $10,000 guarantee and creating an estimate $14,630 prize pool.

Full prize pool and payout information will be released shortly.

For now, 40 players remain headed into a 10-minute break.

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Do Your Thing

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Steve Herman
Steve Herman

Steve Herman still leads after his tens held against ace-king and king -queen in a massive three-way all-in pot.

In fact, he's got 90,000 now. There's a chair on the other side of the room with about 90,000 sitting in front of it as well, and we'd have to agree with it. That many chips this early and you can afford to take a break when you want to.

Alicia LaPorte Pachla and Rayshawn Smalls always do. They've been doing her thing through the early levels and both have healthy stacks with the registration and re-entry period minutes from closing.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Herman
Steve Herman
90,000
17,000
17,000
Rayshawn Smalls
Rayshawn Smalls
55,000
45,000
45,000
Alicia LaPorte Pachla us
Alicia LaPorte Pachla
51,000
31,000
31,000
Julie Billiteri us
Julie Billiteri
Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

#Winning

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Matt Brunskole
Matt Brunskole

A 30-year-old window installer from Niagara Falls, Canada won $36,024 and the Seneca Fall Poker Classic Opening Event in the wee hours of the morning.

Matt Brunskole got the best of a 636-entry field that built a $160,113 prize pool and stayed up late to play for the biggest chunks of it.

Local legend Jason Nablo was also spotted roaming around last night taking $10,183 of it by making fourth. He turned up at the cage and bought a ten big-blind stack about ten minutes ago. Five minutes ago he fired again. Two minutes ago, he was back at the cage pondering bullet number three, and yes, it looks like he just bought it. Legendary.

Fellow Seneca legend Jerry Calvaneso was certainly happy to see his buddy Nablo go deep, and fire away with a bit of that cash he earned, but tonight he's doing it for Enzo.

Player Chips Progress
Jerry Calvaneso us
Jerry Calvaneso
36,000
36,000
36,000
Jason Nablo us
Jason Nablo
10,000
10,000
10,000