Just 19 Survive The First Flight
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Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The 2015 edition of Summer Slam kicked off at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel poker room today with the first of four starting flights for Event #1, a $200 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament featuring 30-minute levels, 15,000-chip starting stacks and a $50,000 guarantee.
The flight drew a total of 132 entries, but just 19 players survived through 14 levels of play. A late rush from local rounder John Stempien saw him push over the 200,000-chip mark and into the chip lead.
All 19 players will return for Day 2 Sunday at 11 a.m. local time to play down to a champion. In the meantime, three more starting flights will bloat the prizepool substantially with the second already underway and two more set for 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday.