Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
2015 Western New York Poker Challenge
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$910
Prize Pool
$241,491
Entries
275
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
MacKinnon Busts, Re-Enters
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
-36,500
|
-36,500 |
It's An Art
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
103,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Cracked!
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Pfeifer "Gets It In Bad Again"
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Tough Table
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,500
36,500
|
36,500 |
|
27,500 |
Late Arrivals
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Break Time!
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Players are taking a 10-minute break, and we're taking one with them.
Do It To Me One More Time
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Armando Pagliari was one of the 25 players who survived this event's first Day 1 flight Friday.
But having bagged just 70,800, he figured he'd play again today and take a shot at building a bigger stack.
All is going according to plan so far, as Pagliari woke up with aces on the first hand of the day, snatched a decent early pot and has been building ever since, now on over 60,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
-9,800
|
-9,800 |