$300 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam
$300 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam
Buy-in
$265
Entries
144
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
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Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
The 2014 Seneca Summer Slam continued Saturday with Event #2, a $300 no-limit hold’em event at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New York. The event attracted 114 entries, and after 15 hours on the felt it was Joe Ciffa who claimed the $10,151 top prize and the trophy.
Ciffa was short stacked early in the day and signed himself up for the cash game list, but shortly before his name was called he hit a two-outer to double up and he never looked back. Ciffa is on the run of a lifetime having won the Bad Beat Jackpot at the Seneca Poker Room just last month for more than $67,000.
Ciffa defeated Dan Wagner heads-up for the title after a short heads-up match. The final table also included Chris Damick, Mark Roberts, Alex Rivera and Sam Guercio, who made his second final table in as many days at the Summer Slam.
Event #2 provided a slower structure than Friday’s turbo tournament, creating much more play in the later stages. The top 15 players received minimum paydays of $616 after Araj Ham Imani landed on the money bubble, and from there Jimmy Thomson, Todd Saffron, Travell Thomas, Tom Smolinski and Peter Raimondi earned paydays but fell shy of the final table.
Seneca Poker regular Mark Roberts exited in 10th place when his 
was outrun by Damick’s 
. Then, after Ciffa eliminated Dan Weitzenkorn in 9th place, Damick went back to work by eliminating David Schrader (8th place) and Alex Rivera (7th place) to take a huge chip lead.
Ricky Fuller busted in sixth place at the hands of Wagner, and then Damick’s downward spiral began. His biggest slide came against Wagner when Damick had the 
on a 
flop. Wagner had the 
for a flopped flush, and after all the money went in on the flop Damick bricked the turn and river. He was sent to the rail two hands later by Guercio.
Four-handed play lasted 90 minutes as the short stack doubled up eight times in a row. Eventually, Guercio moved all in for his last 220,000 and Mike Camizzi re-shoved. Dan Wagner folded his big blind and the cards were revealed.
Guercio: 
Camizzi: 
The board ran out 
and Guercio's run ended in fourth place.
Camizzi was the next to go when he shoved the 
into Joe Ciffa’s . That set up the heads-up match between Ciffa and Wagner with the stacks nearly even, and Ciffa put it away early when his 
held up against Wagner’s 
.
Summer Slam Event #2 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Ciffa | $10,151 |
| 2 | Dan Wagner | $6,272 |
| 3 | Mike Camizzi | $4,532 |
| 4 | Sam Guercio | $3,390 |
| 5 | Chris Dimick | $2,465 |
| 6 | Ricky Fuller | $1,885 |
| 7 | Alex Rivera | $1,450 |
| 8 | David Schrader | $1,124 |
| 9 | Dan Weitzenkorn | $906 |
| 10 | Mark Roberts | $743 |
Coming up on Sunday at the Summer Slam is Event #3, a $200 no-limit hold’em tournament. That will be followed by a $125 buy-in no-limit hold'em event with six starting flights and a $50,000 prize pool beginning on Monday.
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Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Joe Ciffa raised to 130,000 from the button and Dan Wagner moved all in for close to 1 million. Ciffa thought it over briefly before announcing a call and throwing his face up on the table. He was ahead of Wagner's .
The final board of the night ran out 
. Ciffa's jack kicker played to give him the title and $10,151 in prize money.
That's it for Event #2 of the 2014 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam! We'll be posting a recap later tonight.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
After a series of preflop raises Mike Camizzi committed all of his 600,000 in chips with against Joe Ciffa's . The 
flop shifted Camizzi into the lead, but Ciffa hit Broadway with the 
on the river to eliminated Camizzi in third place.
We're now heads-up between Ciffa and Dan Wagner, and the stacks are nearly even
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,480,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
1,400,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Sam Guercio moved all in for his last 220,000 and Mike Camizzi re-shoved. Dan Wagner folded his big blind, and the cards were revealed.
Guercio:
Camizzi:
The board ran out and Guercio's run ended in fourth place.
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
We've now been four-handed for nearly 90 minutes, and if we're counting correctly the short stack has doubled up eight times in a row. The final level on the structure sheet is coming up so we're bound to start losing players soon...
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,290,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
980,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
325,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
|
220,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Sam Guercio was all in for 226,000 with the against Mike Camizzi's 
. Guercio remained in front on the 
flop, and the turn and 
river secured another double up for the elder statesman of the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
485,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
140,000
-395,000
|
-395,000 |