Pat Tighe got the best of a field of 135 entries to win the third event on the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge schedule early Monday morning.
Although a deal was struck four-handed Tighe officially recorded a $9,514 win after outlasting a marathon final table and beating Cameron Bartolotta heads up.
Tighe showed up near the top of the chip counts at the final three tables, and while he made the final table with a healthy stack, there were several times he found himself short as play went short handed.
Getting key double ups to survive just when he needed them, Tighe grinded his way into four-handed play and took control from there.
He entered heads-up facing a deficit, but doubled through Bartolotta to take the lead and eventually got him to commit all his chips dominated.
PokerNews will be back for coverage of the first flight of Event #5 of the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge beginning at 11 a.m. local time on Monday.
Rob Davis defended his big blind against a 60,000-chip open from John Michalak.
The flop fell and after a Davis check, Michalak continued for another 60,000. Davis check-raised all in having Michalak covered and he pondered the call for a good two minutes before making it with .
Incredibly, he was right, Davis was on a flush draw with . Davis missed on the run out.
Left crippled on the next hand Davis ran sixes into Cameron Bartolotta's jacks and busted out.
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against Pat Tighe's dominating 
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and since Tighe had Bartolotta covered it was all over.
against Bartolotta's 
and stayed behind all the way through the 
run out.
against Tighe's 
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and Michalak exited fifth.
and after a Davis check, Michalak continued for another 60,000. Davis check-raised all in having Michalak covered and he pondered the call for a good two minutes before making it with 
. Davis missed on the 
to place 12th.
, but Trybus' good run of cards continued with a jack falling on the 
board to send Elia home 14th.
, busted a player with jacks over threes and even managed to win a decent pot making quad eights.
, flop an open-ender and turn a straight to drag one decent pot.
