Border crossing Niagara Falls Poker Room regular Cameron Bartolotta took down the fifth event on the 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge schedule at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Tuesday night.
The Canadian rounder was a part of a four-way even chop, winning the title and trophy in a flip for all the glory.
The reentry tournament drew 95 entries, creating an $11,282 prize pool that paid 12 spots.
Bartolotta actually bought in three times and sat on the brink of elimination several times throughout the late levels before making a comeback for the ages at the final table.
Position
Player
Prize
1
Cameron Bartolotta
$2,007
2
Chuck Friedman
$2,007
3
Patrick Fernandez
$2007
4
Chris Harker
$2,007
5
Joe Litz
$670
6
Geno Pessecow
$587
7
Todd Anthony
$474
8
Carol Leonardi
$384
9
Goran Velimirovic
$305
Once the final table started, short stacks Carol Leonardi and Goran Velimirovic held on for a while, but ultimately could not beat the odds.
Making his second final table in two nights, Todd Anthony busted seventh before Geno Pessecow essentially blinded out sixth. When Joe Lutz busted fifth, 2016 Seneca Summer Slam runner-up Chris Harker had a big lead, but could not hold onto it.
Picking his spots carefully, Bartolotta came back from short stack to big stack and ultimately all the stacks evened out. That's when a deal was struck.
PokerNews' coverage of the 2017 WNYPC will continue tomorrow with the Niagara Falls Poker Room's First Wednesday of the Month tournament beginning at 7 p.m.
After making fourth last night this was the second final table in a row for Todd Anthony.
This time he exited seventh after running into the Chris Harker machine. They got it in preflop with Anthony on the and Harker the . No surprises on the ads Harker made a flush to bounce Anthony.
Welcome Back to PokerNews' continuing coverage of the 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge.
Tonight we present Event #5 on the WNYPC schedule, a $150 No Limit Hold'em reentry tournament with a $10,000 prizepool guarantee.
A similarly structured event was held Monday and it drew 72 players creating a slight overlay to cover the $10,000 guarantee. Alicia LaPorte Pachla chopped heads up with fellow local tournament regular Art Demmerley and she ended up with the trophy and title. It marked her second 2017 WNYPC win in a row as she had also earned the title in a chop in the first $150 event of the series Sunday.
Pachla is reportedly taking the night off to let somebody else have a chance to win tonight.
Play begins at 5 p.m. and players start with 10,000 in chips in this quickly structured tournament. The Levels are just 20 minutes long. Registration and unlimited reentry is available up until the beginning of Level 10.
The action last night was solid and speedy, so hold on to your hats, Event #5 on the WNYPC schedule starts now!
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