2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Event 1: $200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$6,285
Event Info
Buy-in
$170
Entries
139
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000

Easy Game

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Marcy Jo Phillips
Marcy Jo Phillips

Marcy Jo Phillips was only too happy to make the call holding {a-}{k-} after she flopped an ace and an opponent shipped his whole stack in with pocket tens.

She rode that to a stack close to 80,000 and although she was recently pushed off a decent pot by Peter DeSantis on a {q-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Spades} board when he bet 17,000 into her on the turn, Phillips still holds a spot close to the top of the chips counts.

Player Chips Progress
Marcy Jo Phillips us
Marcy Jo Phillips
75,000

Foxwoods Poker Classic Beginning March 14-30 with $1,600,000 Guaranteed

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Foxwoods Poker Classic
Foxwoods Poker Classic

Foxwoods Resort Casino, the largest resort casino in North America, is hosting the annual Foxwoods Poker Classic from March 14-30. The two-week tournament will attract top fields of both professional and amateur poker players, so you don't want to miss out!

Held in the largest poker room on the East Coast and spanning 17 days, this 21-event series will be highlighted by a $600 No-Limit Hold’em event, which will feature a $500,000 guarantee; and a $2,700 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, which will also feature a $500,000 guarantee.

Last year’s Foxwoods Poker Classic had a total of 4,458 entries and paid out over $2.1 million in prize money, with the Main Event drawing 226 entries and a prize pool of over $548,000. This year, Foxwoods added several increased guarantees to their events, totaling $1,600,000.

Foxwoods Poker Room boasts close to 100 tables in the sprawling main room featuring a variety of live-action games that are spread around the clock. An additional 60 tournament tables are located in a separate tournament room offering weekly no-limit hold’em events with total payouts over $200,000 and guarantees totaling over $70,000. Foxwoods is also associated with the World Series of Poker and will host a WSOP Circuit event beginning May 13-24, so mark your calendar. In addition, Foxwoods will also offer satellites for the WSOP Main Event from June 1-14.

For more information and results from the Foxwoods Poker Classic, as well as other poker events happening at Foxwoods Resort Casino, visit www.foxwoods.com, like Foxwoods on Facebook, and follow Foxwoods on Twitter.

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100,000-Chip Man

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Keith Macomber
Keith Macomber

Williamsville's Keith Macomber has become the first player up and over 100,000 in chips.

The massive hand that vaulted Macomber to the top of the counts saw him make quad threes against one player with a full house and another holding a flush.

He scooped it all and now holds the lead with just five tables left.

Player Chips Progress
Keith Macomber
Keith Macomber
105,000
105,000
105,000

It's On Now

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Jeffrey Hobrecker
Jeffrey Hobrecker

The biggest hand of the tournament so far just played out vaulting Jeffrey Hobrecker into the chip lead and sending Adam Suraf to the rail.

Suraf raised under the gun and Hobrecker three bet. Suraf called with {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and when the flop came {7-}{3-}{2-} with two hearts, he got it all in against Hobrecker's pocket queens.

Neither a king nor a heart fell on the turn or the river and Hobrecker held, pushing his stack up to 140,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jeffrey Hobrecker
Jeffrey Hobrecker
140,000
140,000
140,000
Adam Suraf
Adam Suraf
Busted

The Bubble Boy is a Girl

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Alicia Pachla
Alicia Pachla

Alicia LaPorte Pachla just busted on the bubble getting the last of her increasingly short stack in with top pair on the flop.

Unfortunately for her, Michael Milewski had two pair and it held to send her packing 16th. Everybody officially gets paid from here on in.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Milewski
Michael Milewski
180,000
-30,000
-30,000
Alicia LaPorte Pachla us
Alicia LaPorte Pachla
Busted

Milewski Doubles

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Michael Milewski
Michael Milewski

Michael Milewski and Jerry Calvaneso got in a preflop raising war that saw Calvaneso eventually call Milewski's 120,000-chip shove with {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}.

Milewski held {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and it held on a {4-Spades}{4-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} board to push him up among the leaders and knock Calvenso down a peg or two.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Milewski
Michael Milewski
280,000
129,000
129,000
Jerry Calvaneso us
Jerry Calvaneso
260,000
-40,000
-40,000