Main Event Day 1b | 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

03-14-2015 19:56 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Reid	120,000
Travell Thomas	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Molica	70,000
Joe Ciffa	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Art Demmerley	165,000 62,000	62,000
Carol Leonardi	96,500 16,500	16,500
Dave Olshan	90,000 60,000	60,000
Douglas Cloud	84,000 6,000	6,000
Buck Ramsay	60,000 -25,000	-25,000
Kyle Gauchat	59,000 33,500	33,500
Steve Przybyl	51,000 9,000	9,000
Aaron Olshan	35,000 35,000	35,000
Maria Parlatore	30,000 -3,000	-3,000
Greg Ostrander	30,000 -5,000	-5,000

Jeff Hobrecker	23,000 -7,000	-7,000
DJ MacKinnon	13,000 -17,000	-17,000

You Shall Not Pass

[user153906]

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Registration for the Main Event is officially closed. The tournament board reads 183 entries here on Day 1b, and poker room manager Amanda Scarcelli says that number should be accurate, barring any last-second additions. We'll post the prize pool information as soon as it is handed to us.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

03-14-2015 18:24 UTC-4

Chow Time!

[user127999]

Level 9 : 400/800, 75 ante

The players are off on a 60-minute dinner break with the end of Level 9 upon them.

03-14-2015 18:19 UTC-4

Take Me Back To The Start

[user127999]

Level 9 : 400/800, 75 ante

Travell Thomas busted his first bullet early on, then quickly fired another.

He did find a way to double up during the last level, but after picking up pocket kings and three-betting, he got the call from a player with . They eventually got it all in with Thomas' kings well in front, but an ace on the river spoiled his high hopes for a run up the chip count ladder.

He's back down to 30,000 in chips and starting to sound a lot like Phil Hellmuth.

"I hate poker," he said. "If it weren't for luck, you guys would have no shot."

Player	Chips	Progress
Travell Thomas	30,000

03-14-2015 17:53 UTC-4

Ciffa Survives

[user127999]

Level 9 : 400/800, 75 ante

A short stacked Joe Ciffa got his last 7,725 in on an flop holding .

Nick Walker looked him up with and was behind Ciffa's two pair. Bricks on the turn and river ensured Ciffa's double, but he still has less than what he started the day with.