Main Event
Day 1b Started
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
Day 1b of the the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event Starts Now!
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The second of two Day 1 starting flights for the Main Event of the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge will begin at 11 a.m. this morning at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls, NY.
The $1,000 buy-in event features a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and players will sit down with 30,000-chip stacks to play 13 levels today.
Friday's first Day 1 flight saw a total of 92 entries with only 25 players surviving. With a while to go before the guarantee is met, today's Day 1 flight is expected to be twice the size.
Damian Baird finished with the lead yesterday on 443,700 in chips, setting a rather high bar for today's entrants.
Registration and unlimited re-entries are available for the first nine 45-minute levels today.
The area's top rounders are expected to be taking a shot at the title here and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on site to provide updates of all the action from the tournament floor throughout.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Familiar Faces
The Regular Crowd Shuffles In
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Part way through the day's first level and there is a line up at registration.
The board currently reads 64 entries and counting.
Ruff Day
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Joe Ruff appears ready for some early action.
He pushed all in on a 
board in a three-way pot. Both opponents tanked and folded with one showing 
.
Ruff claimed aces but didn't show.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,000 |
Familiar Stacks
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,400
-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
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: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
A Steady Stream
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
A steady stream of players continues to roll on to the tournament floor.
Now into the day's second level the board reads 88 entries and counting.
Chen Slipping
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Toronto, Canada's Xiaohu Chen took down the second event on the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge schedule last weekend, besting a field of 117 entries to book a $15,242 win - the biggest payday of the series so far.
However, his run for the Main Event title has started in the wrong direction.
Chen paid off a 13,375-chip shove on the river of a 
board, mucking when his opponent showed 
for the flush.
Chen lost close to half his starting stack in the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,500
-13,500
|
-13,500 |