$1,000 Deep Stack High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$1,000 Deep Stack High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$910
Prize Pool
$74,397
Entries
83
Level
24
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
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Level 24
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Kurtis Boutelle won the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller for $23,807 at the Niagara Falls Poker Room in Western New York on Thursday night, becoming yet another in an ever-increasing list of multiple Seneca Niagara title holders.
Boutelle, a A 30-year-old machine operator from Frewsburg, NY, previously won the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event title this past November for $62,933.
Thursday, he got the best of an 83-player field to take down the title, first moving into a three-way dead heat for the lead at the final two tables, then picking his spots carefully at the final table, before crushing short-handed play.
The 10-handed final table began with Blake Napierala and Chris Meyers jockeying for the lead. Maria Parlatore was the short stack, but she held on to cash with Guy Klass bubbling the money.
Boutelle busted Tom Babiarz ninth, and after he and Napierala chopped up Jon Shah's stack, sending him home eighth, Boutelle got in a massive hand with Meyers, making top two against top pair.
Meyers may be regretting the call he made for his tournament life tonight, but either way, Boutelle moved into the lead after the hand, and never really looked back.
The bustouts came fast after that, with Bud Salhab, Sammy Smith, and Steve Bullard all going home in that order, within five or 10 minutes of one another.
Satisfied with going from short stack on the bubble to third place, Parlatore put up a bit a fight, allowing Boutelle to take advantage of a table dynamic that had Napierala handcuffed, increasing his lead.
Once Parlatore busted, Boutelle took an almost 3-1 lead into heads-up play and dispatched Napierala in just two hands.
The 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam continues on PokerNews on Friday with the first two of four starting flights for Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guaranteed beginning at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time. Tune in then.
Level 24
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
In just the second hand of heads-up play, Blake Napierala limped the button and Kurtis Boutelle jammed in.
Napierala called off with the 
and was dominated by Boutelle's 
. The board rolled out 
and Napierala took second, making Kurtis Boutelle the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $1,000 Deep Stack High Roller champion. A recap will follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,300,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Kurtis Boutelle shoved the small blind and Maria Parlatore called it off for close to 500,000 with the 
.
She had defied domination to chop a few hands earlier, and looked good to double through on the 
flop against Boutelle's 
, but the 
turn was a killer.
The river could not bring her back from the dead and as Parlatore hit the exit third, Boutelle took an an almost 3:1 lead into heads-up play with Blake Napierala.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,000,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
2,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 23
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,450,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
650,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Level 23
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Steve Bullard shoved the big blind for 1,065,000 over a 250,000-chip open from Kurtis Boutelle on the button.
Boutelle called with the 
and Bullard was racing for his tournament life with the 
. It was over pretty fast with the 
flop making Boutelle a set. The 
turn and 
river did little for Bullard and he said his goodbyes fourth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,600,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 22
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Short stack Sammy Smith shoved for 300,000 and Blake Napierala called without looking, turning over the 
.
Smith was live with the 
but didn't get there on the 
run out. Out fifth, Smith turned a $145 satellite win into $5,505, making him the ROI leader in the clubhouse.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,700,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 22
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Bud Salhab got it in for his last 600,000 with the 
running smack into Blake Napierala's dominating .
The board ran out 
and Salhab's tournament life ended.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |