2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$5,700
Event Info
Buy-in
$39
Prize Pool
$41,040
Entries
1,026
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

The Money Bubble Looms

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

With short stacks busting all across the room the number of players left is dwindling fast.

The board now reads 87 left, just 23 off the 64th-place money bubble.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

You Know It's Trieu

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Kimlong Trieu
Kimlong Trieu

Kimlong Trieu has chipped up huge and is closing in on the leaders.

After one shorter stack limped under the gun, he raised it up with {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} from the button and called when the shorty shoved {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}.

Trieu fell behind on the {k-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop, but runner-runner clubs on the {3-Clubs}{j-Clubs} run out made him a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Kimlong Trieu
Kimlong Trieu
180,000 122,500

Calvaneso Climbing

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jerry Calvaneso
Jerry Calvaneso

After winning the first event on the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge schedule, then making the final table in the second, Jerry Calvaneso built a stack close to six figures heading into the second day here.

Now he's up above that mark after making a preflop button raise to 12,000, getting called, then taking down the early pot with a c-bet on an {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop.

Player Chips Progress
Jerry Calvaneso us
Jerry Calvaneso
110,000 11,800

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Mad Rush

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

It's a mad rush to the exits with short stacks shoving left and right.

In the meantime, with Level 11 through, the players have been sent off on a 5-minute break as the tournament staff colors up the black chips.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

The Money

Prizepool information has been released for this event.

The 1,026 total entries created a $41,040 prizepool from which 63 spots will get paid. A minimum cash is worth $148 while the first-place prize is $9,234.