Mike Shavensky Eliminated in 15th Place ($565)
Mike Shavensky got his last chips in good with the against Rio Mansour's , but the on the flop spelled the end of Shavensky's tournament in 15th place.
Mike Shavensky got his last chips in good with the against Rio Mansour's , but the on the flop spelled the end of Shavensky's tournament in 15th place.
Two of the chip leaders just went head-to-head for a pot worth more than 300,000, and Josh Ross finished on top. We walked over to Table 3 to see Ross and Bob Koentegen staring at a board of . Koentegen was standing in disbelief as he was the victim of a set-over-set situation; Koentegen's was no good against Ross' after all the chips went in on the flop.
Ross now boasts a massive stack of 330,000, while Koentegen was crippled down to 5,000.
The Western New York Poker Challenge isn't the only thing generating excitement here at the Seneca Poker Room. The Bad Beat Jackpot is currently $142,764!
Seneca Poker Room Manager Amanda Scarcelli told us that the jackpot is the biggest it has been since 2010. This room is filling up right now with cash game grinders looking to hit that big score. The qualifying losing hand is a minimum of quad twos, and both of your hole cards must be used to be eligible.
Seneca Poker Room Manager Amanda Scarcelli just handed us the payouts for Event #3. The 132 entries created a prize pool of $33,231, and the top 15 finishers will earn a minimum payday of $565. The eventual winner will take home $9,305.
Place | Payout | Place | Payout | |
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1 | $9,305 | 7 | $1,329 | |
2 | $5,749 | 8 | $1,030 | |
3 | $4,154 | 9 | $831 | |
4 | $3,107 | 10-12 | $681 | |
5 | $2,260 | 13-15 | $565 | |
6 | $1,728 |
We've reached the third day of coverage here at the 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge in Niagara Falls, New York. Sunday's event is a $300 no-limit hold'em event with re-entries available until the start of Level 5. Each player will receive 20,000 in chips and the blind levels will increase every 30 minutes.
Last night, Joseph Elia took down Event #2: $500 No-Limit Hold'em for $14,364 after besting a field of 112 entries. The final table included three of our Players to Watch for this series: Jason Nablo (5th place), Randy Pfeifer (3rd place) and Rick Block (2nd place). It marked the second final table in as many days for Nablo, and he told us he'll return on Sunday to try to make it three in a row.
Event #3 begins at 11 a.m., and the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be bringing you hand updates, photos, chip counts and more from the floor of the Seneca Poker Room. We will also be activating the MyStack App for this event, allowing players to directly update their chip counts in the PokerNews blog using their iPhone or Android phone. You can even write up hand recaps yourself to update your family and friends of your progress.
The action gets underway in less than an hour. See you then!