Event 12: $200 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo | 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge

04-04-2014 13:34 UTC-4

Rivers Keeps Rolling

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Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

We walked up on a big pot brewing between Ryan Rivers and Alex Barker. With 26,000 in the pot already, Rivers and Barker saw a flop of and both checked. The hit the turn and Rivers bet 10,000, enough to put Barker all in. Barker tossed his lone T10,000 chip into the pot for the call.

Rivers:
Barker:

Barker was already drawing dead, and the meaningless completed the board to send Barker to the rail.

Dan Piccioli doubled through Rivers on the next hand, but yesterday's runner-up in Event #10 is still sitting comfortably with around 65,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Rivers	65,000 47,000	47,000
Dan Piccioli	17,000 -19,000	-19,000
Alex Barker	Busted

Tags: 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge

04-04-2014 13:36 UTC-4

Pause the Clock

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Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players are on a 15-minute break while the T25-denomination chips are being removed from the tournament.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

04-04-2014 14:03 UTC-4

Hoss Flips a Virtual Coin

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

With the board showing , Hoss Colao bet an unknown amount and Dean Metzger raised to 12,700 total. Colao went into the tank, and eventually opted to let technology decide his fate. He opened up a Coin Flip app on his phone.

"Heads I call, tails I fold," he told Metzger.

It landed heads, and Colao stuck to his promise.

"Good call," Metzger said as he tabled for ten-high. Colao revealed his winning

"Does it always come up heads?" someone at the tabled asked.

Colao: "No, but I do whatever it says."

Player	Chips	Progress
Hoss Colao	70,000

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Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

04-04-2014 14:48 UTC-4

Updated Stacks

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hoss Colao	125,000 35,000	35,000
Barry Kruger	100,000 25,000	25,000
Ryan Rivers	91,000 26,000	26,000
Andy Spears	75,000 22,000	22,000
Marcy Jo Penkalski	74,000 24,000	24,000
Josh Knight	61,000 1,000	1,000
Johannes Mueller	61,000 19,000	19,000
Diana Piccioli	46,000 11,000	11,000
Cameron Bartolotta	36,000 -20,500	-20,500
Alex Visbisky	33,000 -15,000	-15,000
Tom Krol	21,000 -10,000	-10,000
Dan Piccioli	18,000 1,000	1,000
Kevin Mathias	12,500 -13,500	-13,500

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

04-04-2014 15:02 UTC-4

Bartolotta Busts Visbisky

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Alex Visbisky, who took sixth in last night's 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge Event 10: $300 No-Limit Hold'em for $1,558, got his stack all in preflop and found himself in dire straits against Cameron Bartolotta.

Bartolotta:
Visbisky:

Visbisky had woke up with "walking sticks," and they would up walking him right out the door as the board ran out a dry .

Player	Chips	Progress
Cameron Bartolotta	72,000 1,000	1,000
Alex Visbisky	Busted

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04-04-2014 15:06 UTC-4

Pfeifer Doubles Through Roberts

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Randy Pfeifer was moved to Table 3 here in Level 11, and within minutes he doubled through Mark Roberts. Action folded around to Roberts in the small blind and he opened to 4,000. Pfeifer called, bringing a flop of . Roberts bet 6,000 and Pfeifer raised to 15,900. Roberts called, and then slowed down with a check on the turn. Pfeifer moved all in for 17,900, and Roberts looked anguished as he tossed in the call.

Pfeifer:
Roberts:

Pfeifer's pair of nines were good, and he doubled through when a brick hit the river. These two have plenty of history, so we'll keep an eye out for more hands like this today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Pfeifer	75,000 23,000	23,000
Mark Roberts	60,000 -23,000	-23,000

Tags: 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge Mark Roberts Randy Pfeifer