Western New York Poker Championship
Day 3 Started
2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Seneca Niagara
Western New York Poker Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Seneca Niagara
Buy-in
$1,350
Prize Pool
$281,234
Entries
217
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Welcome to Day 3
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Hello and welcome to Day 3 of the DeepStacks Poker Tour Western New York Poker Championship! Today, we've moved from the Seneca Niagara Casino Events Center to the gorgeous final table set in the Bear's Den, where six players will play down to a winner and a top prize of $71,827.
The tournament began with 217 players, including several high-profile members of Team DeepStacks, none of which were able to advance to Day 3. Among the pros who made the trek to the Cataract City were Michael Mizrachi, Mike Matusow, Karina Jett, Randal Flowers and Robert Croak. Mizrachi was the chip leader going into Day 2, but he busted in 14th place on Saturday evening.
Every member of the final table is from Upstate New York, making the tournament a true Western New York Poker Championship. William Vogel is the chip leader going into the day, but he's followed closely by Sal Procopio. Those two players have. Also taking his seat today will be Steve Przybyl, who has made his second straight final table at a $1,500 DeepStacks event at Seneca Niagara Casino.
Action will get under way here shortly, so keep it locked in to PokerNews.com for all the updates from the final table here in Niagara Falls, New York.
Seat 1: Steve Pryzbyl
Cheektowaga New York's Steve Pryzbyl is a Compensation and Benefits Manager who's biggest poker accomplishment to date was finishing second in this same event at Seneca Niagara last year.
His dream is to own his own business and he says his biggest moment in this tournament so far came when he tripled up by cracking an opponent's aces.
Seat 2: Tom Krol
Lake View, New York's Tom Krol is a lawyer who got into poker after seeing the WSOP on TV.
His dream is to own an NFL franchise and says his biggest moment in this event came when he doubled up turning pocket threes into a full house early on in the second day.
Seat 3: William Vogel
Chip Leader William Vogel is from Stockport, New York and has been playing poker professionally for seven years.
He bought into this event as a birthday present to himself and says the biggest moment for him so far came when he grabbed the chip lead getting it in with big slick versus jack-ten.
Seat 4: Lou Procopio
Liverpool, New York's Lou Procopio is a Gold and Silver Buyer who previously played poker for a living for a decade.
With 18 players left he got all in with kings versus aces and turned a king to win a million-chip pot marking the biggest moment in his tournament so far.
He says he`s living his dream right now.
Seat 5: Nicholas Goetz
Williamsville, New York's Nicholas Goetz has been playing poker for five years and has dreamed of being a pro poker player and journalist ever since he saw the movie Rounders.
For now, he does Debt Collections for the Department of Education and says his biggest moment in this event was when he called a 30k Michael Mizrachi bluff on Day 1.
He gained entry into the tournament through a $55 satellite.
Seat 6: Michael Wachowski
Buffalo, New York's Michael Wachowski is a Mortgage and Business Analyst who says he followed his poker hero Daniel Negreanu into the game.
He bought into this event because he'd never played in a televised tournament and says his biggest moment came when he got it all in with pocket kings and had to go runner-runner to make a straight to survive with 28 players left.
The Final Table
Here's a few photos of the players in today's final:
Steve Przybyl Eliminated in 6th place ($13,359)
Play got under way shortly after 3 p.m. EST, and it took only two hands to lose our first player. Lou Procopio raised to 46,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Steve Przybyl, who moved all in for 173,000 from the big blind. Procopio made the call, and the cards were tabled:
Przybyl: 
Procopio: 
Przybyl was out in front preflop, but a queen-high board sent him to the rail in sixth place for $13,359.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000 | 195,000 |
|
Busted |