2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

$150 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Event Info
Buy-in
$150
Prize Pool
$10,000
Entries
210
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000

Matt Miceli is King

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Matt Miceli called an all in before the flop and tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} while his opponent showed pocket tens.

In a classic race, the flop came down {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, putting Miceli ahead with a pair of kings.

The turn was the {8-Hearts} and the river was the {5-Clubs}. Miceli scooped the pot and sent his opponent to the rail. He now leads the entire field with close to 300,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Miceli
Matt Miceli
290,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Silvio Derubeis Continues to Climb

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Just a few moments ago, Silvio Derubeis was down to about eight big blinds. He picked up a couple of monsters and now has over 50 big blinds.

The player under the gun raised to 12,500 and Derubeis three-bet to 30,000 from early position. A player in middle position called all in for less with 15,000 and the player under the gun folded his hand.

Derubeis tabled {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} while his opponent held {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} and Derubeis scooped the pot while sending his opponent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Silvio Derubeis us
Silvio Derubeis
110,000 40,000

Blake Napierala Continues to Lead the Way

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Blake Napierala us
Blake Napierala
190,000 55,000
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
165,000
Rmichael Stebnicki
Rmichael Stebnicki
135,000 37,000
Silvio Derubeis us
Silvio Derubeis
70,000
Dave Olshan
Dave Olshan
70,000
Marcy Jo Phillips us
Marcy Jo Phillips
55,000
Phillip Girolamo
Phillip Girolamo
45,000 -3,000
Tim Gleb
Tim Gleb
40,000
Jim Girdlestone
Jim Girdlestone
40,000 12,000
Ray Williams us
Ray Williams
30,000 -37,000
Arthur Gates us
Arthur Gates
30,000 -5,000
Budwey Salhab us
Budwey Salhab
Busted
Ty Sessom
Ty Sessom
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Three-Way All In

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Silvio Derubeis, Dave Olshan and the player on the button were all in before the flop.

Derubeis: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Olshan: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Button: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Derubeis was short with 20,900, Olshan had about 55,000 and the button had them both covered with 65,000.

The board ran out {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades}{j-Spades}{8-Hearts} and Derubeis tripled up while Olshan gained a few more chips on the side.

Player Chips Progress
Silvio Derubeis us
Silvio Derubeis
70,000
Dave Olshan
Dave Olshan
70,000 24,000

Top Set for Alex Rivera

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

On a board reading {k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Hearts}, with about 65,000 in the pot already, Tim Gleb checked to Alex Rivera who moved all in.

Gleb wasted no time and tossed in a single chip, indicating a call.

Rivera tabled {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} for top set, and Gleb looked back at his cards with disgust, almost looking like he was going to muck them. He tabled {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and was drawing dead to the {9-Spades} on the river.

Rivera got a full double.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
165,000 95,000
Tim Gleb
Tim Gleb
40,000 -30,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Blake Napierala Leads the Way

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Here's a look at the stacks as the tournament has progressed:

Player Chips Progress
Blake Napierala us
Blake Napierala
135,000 70,000
Rmichael Stebnicki
Rmichael Stebnicki
98,000 43,000
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
70,000 35,000
Tim Gleb
Tim Gleb
70,000 5,000
Ray Williams us
Ray Williams
67,000 2,000
Marcy Jo Phillips us
Marcy Jo Phillips
55,000 25,000
Phillip Girolamo
Phillip Girolamo
48,000 -19,000
Dave Olshan
Dave Olshan
46,000 -19,000
Budwey Salhab us
Budwey Salhab
40,000
Arthur Gates us
Arthur Gates
35,000
Jim Girdlestone
Jim Girdlestone
28,000 13,000
Ty Sessom
Ty Sessom
27,000 -13,000
Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
Busted
Carol Leonardi us
Carol Leonardi
Busted
Leo Kaplan
Leo Kaplan
Busted
William Balcom
William Balcom
Busted
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