Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Darrin Bracken, DJ MacKinnon and Jason Nablo posted their $1,000 entry during the break. We've also seen Travell Thomas, Barry Kruger and Jeff Hobrecker re-enter. Thomas was eliminated by Jim Girdlestone and then was re-seated at the same table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
DJ MacKinnon |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Darrin Bracken |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jason Nablo |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Travell Thomas | 30,000 | |
Jeff Hobrecker |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Barry Kruger |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Dave Lisacchi took down Event #6 at the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge Thursday night.
With 150 entries in the $200 No-Limit Hold'em event, first was worth $6,781.
Today, he's taken a seat in the Main Event right next to respected local rounder DJ MacKinnon, who ran up a big stack yesterday only to bust out in the later levels.
MacKinnon was a late registrant today, but has already found a way to earn more than a double up.
However, it was Lisacchi who got the best of him just moments ago. MacKinnon opened a pot to 1,300 but Lisacchi came over the top for 3,600 and forced him to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
DJ MacKinnon |
66,500
36,500
|
36,500 |
Dave Lisacchi | 27,500 |
We walked over to Table 3 to see four players looking at a flop of . The player in Seat 6 moved all in for 7,000, Seat 9 folded, Randy Pfeifer reraised to 17,000, Scott Szatkowski moved all in for around 50,000, and Pfeifer called.
Pfeifer:
Szatkowski:
Seat 6:
Szatkowski was in front but everyone was drawing live for the main pot. The turn completed the straight for the shortest stack, and the shifted things again by giving Pfeifer a better two pair and the huge side pot.
"I got it in bad again," he told us with a smile. The other player made his way to the rail, but not before telling his bad beat tale to a friend.
Pfeifer, who recently made a World Poker Tour final table at Borgata, is sitting comfortably with 120,000 on his second bullet of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Randy Pfeifer |
120,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
John Joslyn got it all in with two aces, but Vincenzo Abate turned into two pair to send him to the rail.
Apparently Abate just sat down, won the first hand he had cards and busted Joslyn with the second to vault up the leaderboard.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vincenzo Abate | 68,000 | |
John Joslyn
|
Busted |
Art Demmerley made it 1,200 from the button and both blinds called. The flop came and after two checks, Demmerley continued for 1,700.
Only the small blind called and they both checked the turn. The river came the and after the small blind tapped the table a third time, Demmerley bet 4,000.
The small blind called with , but his boat wasn't as big as Demmerley's, who held to pick up the pot and push over the 100,000 chip mark.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Art Demmerley |
103,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
After being crippled by a flush in the previous hand, DJ MacKinnon committed his short stack with the and was flipping against the . The flop gave MacKinnon additional outs, but he whiffed on the turn and river.
MacKinnon re-entered and is now seated with Randy Pfeifer at Table 3.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
DJ MacKinnon |
30,000
-36,500
|
-36,500 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Randy Pfeifer has moved into chip boss position after felting yet another foe.
With about 18,000 in the middle and the board reading , Pfeifer's heads up opponent led for 12,000.
Pfeifer responded by raising enough to set his opponent all in and he made the call with . Pfeifer was ahead with and although his opponent picked up a flush draw on the turn, the river did not complete it.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Randy Pfeifer |
155,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
We're in the home stretch of the 2015 WNY Poker Challenge. Six of the eight events on the schedule are in the books. In addition to the Main Event today there's a $200 no-limit hold'em event on Sunday. Here's a look at the winners so far, as well the the rest of the schedule:
Event | Date | Tournament | Winner |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Friday, March 6 | $200 No-Limit Hold'em | Jerry Calvaneso |
2 | Saturday, March 7 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em | Jason Stockfish |
3 | Sunday, March 8 | $300 No-Limit Hold'em | Pat Tighe |
4 | Sunday March 8 | $100 No-Limit Hold'em | Frank Monaco |
5 | Monday, March 9 | $50 No-Limit Hold'em | Randy Pfeifer |
6 | Thursday, March 12 | $200 No-Limit Hold'em | Dave Lisacchi |
7 | Friday, March 13 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event | TBD |
8 | Sunday, March 15 | $200 No-Limit Hold'em | TBD |