Event 2: $500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Event 2: $500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Hello and welcome to PokerNews' Day 2 coverage of the Western New York Poker Challenge! In less than an hour, the tournament staff at the Seneca Poker Room will begin Event #2, a $500 no-limit hold'em re-entry tournament. Each player will receive 25,000 in chips and the blind levels will increase every 30 minutes. Re-entry will be available for the first four levels.
The one-day tournament will end when a champion is crowned later this evening.
Last night, Kevin Mathias got the series underway by winning Event #1 : $200 No-Limit Hold'em. Mathias, a college student at the University of Buffalo, defeated his friend Thomas Hawthorne heads-up to claim the $6,514 prize and the Event #1 trophy. Mathias also owned half of Hawthorne's action and claimed 50% of his friend's $4,023 prize. Not a bad day for a college kid.
Event #2 begins at 11 a.m., and we'll be bringing you hand updates, photos, chip counts and more from the floor of the Seneca Poker Room. PokerNews will also be activating the MyStack App for this event, allowing players to directly update their chip counts in the PokerNews blog using their iPhone or Android phone. You can even write up hand recaps yourself to update your family and friends of your progress.
Stay tuned for all of the action from Event #2 of the Western New York Poker Challenge.
The action is underway here in Event #2. We're currently at 32 runners, but there's a long registration line forming next to our table. We'll have a list of entrants for you soon.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dean Metzger | 25,000 | |
Steve Przybyl | 25,000 | |
Andy Spears | 25,000 | |
Hoss Colao | 25,000 | |
Dave Olshan | 25,000 | |
Arthur Gates | 25,000 | |
Art Demmerley | 25,000 | |
Josh Knight | 25,000 |
For anyone playing Event #2 of the WNY Poker Challenge, PokerNews has activated the MyStack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.
You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.
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We look forward to your updates!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joe Ciffa |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Alex Barker |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Diana Piccioli
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Alex Rivera |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante:
The 2014 WNY Poker Challenge features 16 events through Sunday, April 6. The flagship tournament is the $1,100 Main Event with $100,000 guaranteed prize pool which kids off Saturday, April 5. The series also offers a ladies-only tournament and a Crazy Pineapple tournament, and for the first time ever players 18-and-over will be allowed to play in a series at the Seneca Poker Room (Events 10-16).
Here's a look at the full schedule for the Western New York Poker Challenge:
Event | Date | Time | Tournament |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Friday, March 28 | 11 a.m. | $200 No-Limit Hold'em* |
2 | Saturday, March 29 | 11 a.m. | $500 No-Limit Hold'em* |
3 | Sunday, March 30 | 11 a.m. | $300 No-Limit Hold'em* |
4 | Sunday March 30 | 6 p.m. | $100 No-Limit Hold'em |
5 | Monday, March 31 | 11 a.m. | $150 No-Limit Hold'em |
6 | Monday, March 31 | 6 p.m. | $100 No-Limit Hold'em |
7 | Tuesday, April 1 | 11 a.m. | $150 No-Limit Hold'em |
8 | Tuesday, April 1 | 6 p.m. | $100 No-Limit Hold'em |
9 | Wednesday, April 2 | 11 a.m. | $100 Crazy Pineapple |
10 | Thursday, April 3 | 11 a.m. | $300 No-Limit Hold'em* |
11 | Thursday, April 3 | 6 p.m. | $150 No-Limit Hold'em |
12 | Friday, April 4 | 11 a.m. | $200 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo* |
13 | Friday, April 4 | 6 p.m. | $150 No-Limit Hold'em |
14 | Saturday, April 5 | 11 a.m. | $1,100 Main Event ($100K Guaranteed)* |
15 | Saturday, April 5 | 6 p.m. | $200 No-Limit Hold'em |
16 | Sunday, April 6 | 11 a.m. | $300 No-Limit Hold'em* |
*Live reporting coverage by PokerNews
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Louie Tomassi |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Scott Gaddi | 25,000 | |
Nick Walker |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Matthew Sande |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Sharman Olshan |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Tom Kroll
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |