We saw Vince Ieluzzi walking out of the room, which led us to believe he had been eliminated.
Sure enough, a quick check with the table revealed that he had fallen when his 
failed to improve against the of Jeff Katz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
After Jim Goertz opened with a raise, a short-stacked Cam Bartolotta moved all in from the big blind for his last ten big blinds or so. Goertz snap-called and Bartolotta discovered the bad news.
Bartolotta: 
Goertz:
Bartolotta failed to find any help and became the first in-the-money casualty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 60,000 |
|
Busted |
Cos Barillari got his stack all in on an 
flop holding the 
and was well out in front of Ryan Callahan's 
. The 
turn gave Callahan the lead, which caused some reaction at the final table. That was amplified tenfold when the 
spiked on the river to give Barillari the best hand once again!
Callahan was left with a short stack, and he got it in on the button a short time later. Art Demmerley called him from the small blind and the cards were turned up.
Callahan: 
Demmerley: 
"I like that," Callahan said referencing that his cards were live. Indeed they were, but it did him little good as the board ran out a clean 
.
Even though Callahan was eliminated on the bubble, he walked away with some cash as all the finalists had agreed to a $50 save for the bubble boy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 174,000 |
|
|
Busted |
After the Elimination of Romy Segal in tenth place, the final nine are set.
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vince Ieluzzi | 130,000 |
| 2 | Robert Donegan | 275,000 |
| 3 | Ryan Callahan | 180,000 |
| 4 | Art Demmerley | 210,000 |
| 5 | Jason Clarke | 260,000 |
| 6 | Cam Bartolotta | 90,000 |
| 7 | Jeff Katz | 70,000 |
| 8 | Cos Barillari | 126,000 |
| 9 | Jim Goertz | 100,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000 | |
|
260,000 | |
|
210,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
180,000 | |
|
|
130,000 | |
|
|
126,000 | |
|
|
100,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
90,000 | |
|
70,000 |
Event #16 is down to just 14 players, and one man who is thriving is Art Demmerley.
In a recent hand, there was around 40,000 in the pot and a flop of 
when the player in the big blind led out for 30,000. Another player folded, and then Art Demmerley called from the button. Both players proceeded to check the 
turn, and then the 
river put four diamonds on board.
The big blind checked and Demmerley snap bet 50,000 (using two hands we might add). It worked as the big blind released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | 110,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
55,000 | -27,000 |
|
17,000 | -11,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
We missed the preflop action, but we do know that Sharman Olshan got her stack all in against Jim Goertz, who if you recall was eliminated from the Main Event earlier today just shy of the money.
Goertz: 
Olshan: 
Olshan had some kicker issues, and they didn't get resolved as the board ran out a dry 
.
Goertz is representing the family as his wife, Stephanie, was eliminated from the tournament earlier on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000 | 63,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
The numbers are official. Event #16 of the 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge attracted 72 entires and created a prize pool of $18,126, which will be distributed to the top eight players as follows:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $6,163 |
| 2nd | $3,825 |
| 3rd | $2,501 |
| 4th | $1,758 |
| 5th | $1,305 |
| 6th | $1,015 |
| 7th | $834 |
| 8th | $725 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000 | 36,000 |
|
|
28,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
25,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
22,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
19,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
19,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
18,500 | -1,500 |
|
|
16,900 | |
|
Busted |
