Shamel Thomas limped from late position, Jason Nablo raised to 35,000 from the small blind, and Thomas Hawthorne flatted from the big. Thomas then responded with a raise to 90,000, and Nablo folded. Hawthorne called, and they went to the flop.
The action moved quickly from there. In fact, Thomas acted out of turn and announced "all in" a split second before Hawthorne did. They were both ruled all in. Nablo shot out of his seat because he folded sevens preflop, The other two flipped their hands over, and neither had a pair.
Hawthorne:
Thomas
Thomas was in front with his ace-high, but Hawthorne took command when the peeled off on the turn. The completed the board, and Thomas was eliminated. Hawthorne is now nearing 1 million in chips.
After being crippled in a huge pot against Jason Nablo, Brett "Roscoe" Short was just eliminated at the final table.
First, Short raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Nablo three-bet to 120,000 from the small blind. Short called, and the flop rolled out . Nablo moved all in for 165,000 and Short called.
Nablo:
Short:
The turn () and river () bricked for Short, and he was left with around 80,000.
Two hands later, Nablo raised to 50,000 from the cutoff, Thomas Hawthorne called, and Short called all in for 48,000 from the small blind. Kevin Mathias also called in the big, and the three players checked it down on a board of . Mathias revealed for two pair, which was good enough to trump Short's . Short earned $1,581 for his day of work.
Action folded to Kevin Mathias in the small blind and he put Jason Nablo all in. Nablo called off for around 300,000, and the cards went on their backs.
Mathias:
Nablo:
Nablo was in good shape to double, but Mathias drilled the runout by making trips. With that, we're heads up between Mathias and Hawthorne.
It took only a few hands of heads-up play for Event #1 of the WNY Poker Challenge to come to an end. Kevin Mathias and Thomas Hawthorne saw a flop of . Mathias led out with a bet of 40,000, Hawthorne raised to 100,000, and Mathias moved all in for more than 1.2 million, having Hawthorne covered. Hawthorne called, and the cards were tabled.
Mathias:
Hawthorne
Mathias flopped a straight and was two cards away from the title, but the on the turn gave both the same nine-high straight. Mathias did pick up a flush draw on the turn, though, and sure enough the arrived on the river to give him the victory and a $6,514 payday.
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peeled off on the turn. The 
completed the board, and Thomas was eliminated. Hawthorne is now nearing 1 million in chips.
. Nablo moved all in for 165,000 and Short called.
) and river (
) bricked for Short, and he was left with around 80,000.
. Mathias revealed 
. Short earned $1,581 for his day of work.
