Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up
$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$39,021
Entries
155
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000
John Perri Eliminated on the Bubble Just Before Break
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
The remaining 18 players are now in the money after the elimination of John Perri. They are now on a quick, 10-minute color-up break. Play resumes at 8:20PM.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Two-Table Redraw
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Here is a look at the final two tables:
Table 1:
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Stephany | 60,000 | |
| 2 | Leo Kaplan | 270,000 | |
| 3 | Sahar Khajavi | 50,000 | |
| 4 | George Crozier | 90,000 | |
| 5 | Ed Reid | 230,000 | |
| 6 | Rob Greene | 290,000 | |
| 7 | Varun Palackan | 60,000 | |
| 8 | John Perri | 40,000 | |
| 9 | Jeff Klein | 120,000 | |
| 10 | Jeffrey Hobrecker | 85,000 |
Table 2:
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Wagner | 360,000 |
| 2 | Mike Rellinger | 420,000 |
| 3 | Dietrich Khulmann | 135,000 |
| 4 | Jim Girdlestone | 125,000 |
| 5 | Paul McLean | 100,000 |
| 6 | John Brock | 110,000 |
| 7 | Tyler Orshini | 110,000 |
| 8 | Charles Johnson | 140,000 |
| 9 | Jim Pifer | 60,000 |
On the Bubble!
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
With the recent eliminations of Omar Stefanini in 21st place and Alan Findlay in 20th place, the tournament is now on the money bubble.
Stefanini got his remaining chips in with 
with a short stack and couldn't improve against Jeffrey Hobrecker's pocket sevens and was eliminated.
Findlay was all in before the flop with 
against Dan Wagner's 
. The board ran out ace high and Findlay was eliminated.
With 19 players remaining, there will now be a re-draw for seats.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Rob Greene Pulls Ahead as the Money Bubble Looms
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
With 22 players remaining, Rob Greene has taken over the chip lead.
Here is a look at the top five stacks:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
372,000 | 94,000 |
|
325,000 | -25,000 |
|
290,000 | 35,000 |
|
250,000 | -10,000 |
|
145,000 | -75,000 |
George Crozier is King
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Action folded around to Dan Wagner in late position and he raised to 11,000. The button called and George Crozier moved all in for 71,000 from the small blind. Wagner called and the button folded.
Crozier: 
Wagner: 
The board ran out 
and Crozier secured the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
255,000 | -75,000 |
|
160,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
The Mayor is Running Things
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Mike 'The Mayor' Rellinger is on a tear. He was down to just 30,000 chips on the dinner break and after almost 30 minutes he is the new chip leader, edging Dan Wagner out by a hair.
On a board reading 
, with about 60,000 in the middle, the big blind checked, as did Rellinger from under the gun. Leo Kaplan was in late position and bet 13,000. The big blind and Rellinger both called.
The turn was the 
. The big blind checked and Rellinger immediately fired out a bet of 50,000. Kaplan cut out some chips and thought about it for a moment before releasing his hand. The big blind folded and Rellinger raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000 | 210,000 |
Final Three Tables: Top Stacks
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The tournament is progressing quite rapidly and is down to the final three tables.
Here is a look at the top stacks as of now:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000 | 180,000 |
|
|
278,000 | 33,000 |
|
|
260,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
220,000 | |
|
200,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
125,000 | -50,000 |
|
100,000 | 35,000 |
|
90,000 | 18,000 |