Jason Nablo's legions of fans will be disappointed to hear he is now out.
The last of his chips went in with a lowly queen-five off-suit running into big slick. Big slick flopped Broadway.
Information on the real cause of Nablo's downfall was hard to decipher, he turned a second bullet into a decent stack for most of the evening, but he left bemoaning an opponent's raise with three-high that somehow hurt.
Marcy Jo Phillips looked headed for the exits holding just the scraps left behind from a massive cooler versus Dan Frederick.
They both flopped three tens, but the 
turn gave Frederick a boat. Phillips got it in with the 
and bricked the river.
A hand later those scraps were donated elsewhere and Phillips is gone.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Jeffrey Hobrecker has had many beers. For most of the night, he hasn't had many chips. However, here on what may be his sixth bullet, the more intoxicated he appears, the more chips he seems to amass.
Between naps at the table and slurred speech that doesn't seem to make sense to anyone but him, Hobrecker has played a relatively aggressive style that has earned him more than his fair share of pots without showdown.
It could all be some brilliant rope-a-dope, but if it is, Hobrecker's giving an Academy Award performance.
It's unclear how this will play out in the end. However, Hobrecker is sure to wake up with a hangover, and may need to be reminded that he'll be coming back Sunday to a big bag of chips to boot.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
More than half the field is long gone, but the chips are spread around the room rather equally. In fact, only a couple of big stacks have emerged with a lot of players sitting between the 30,000 and 40,000 mark.
Here's how the top half of the chip counts look, alongside some of the fallen:
As expected, this Friday night second flight for the 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $200 No-Limit Hold'em has been a busy one.
The registration and reentry period is now closed and the flight drew a whopping 131 entries, dwarfing the early flight's 88.
Of course, there's still two more chances to get in Saturday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and both of those flights will also have unlimited registration and reentry until the end of the eighth level.
As a result the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Resort is well on it's way to smashing this event's $50,000 guarantee and putting up a big prize pool number. The only question remaining is how big?
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Blake Napierala got it all in three ways with the 
versus one player's 
and Alex Visbisky's 
.
Like only Napierala can, he flopped the case queen and rode to victory on a 
board.
Napierala is now in contention, but Visbisky looks to be calling it quits after five buy-ins and too many beers to count.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
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