Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
2015 Western New York Poker Challenge
Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$39
Prize Pool
$41,040
Entries
1,026
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
The Money Bubble Looms
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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.
McKeever Finds The Flush
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Mike McKeever is sitting just to the left of start-of-day chip leader Shayne Shackelford and now has a stack to battle him with.
McKeever got it in with 
on the turn of a board with two aces, two spades and a ten against Dominick Muto holding 
.
The river came a spade and with Shackelford dipping down under 400,000, McKeever is now neck-in-neck with him for the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
234,300
|
234,300 |
|
360,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
|
Busted |
It's Tough At The Top
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Billy Snead and Kimlong Trieu have chipped up and joined the neck-in-neck race for the top spot on the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
355,000
200,900
|
200,900 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Here It Comes
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Tables are breaking at breakneck speed and now entering Level 17 they are just a few spots shy of the money.
Chip Leaders
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
385,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
370,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
360,000 | |
|
340,000
195,900
|
195,900 |
|
|
315,000
160,500
|
160,500 |
|
285,000
133,800
|
133,800 |
|
220,000
29,300
|
29,300 |
|
220,000
20,700
|
20,700 |
In the Money
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
They are now down to 63 players and in the money. The next player out gets paid.
New Man In Charge
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Brandon Louvier has jumped into the chip lead after taking a huge pot off Shayne Shackelford with a very lucky river card.
Louvier called Shackelford's three-bet all in on the turn for some 200,000 holding 
on a 
board. Shackelford was ahead with 
for two pair.
But that changed drastically after the 
river gave Louvier two bigger pair and now the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
410,200
|
410,200 |
|
|
190,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Break!
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
The players are off on a break with the end of Level 17 upon them.