Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1a Completed

03-09-2015 16:28 UTC-4

That's A Wrap; Snead Leads

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

The first Day 1 flight of Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge is in the books.

The flight drew a total of 113 entries but 100 of those players will not see the event's second day.

Play was cut short of the 15 levels planned as they reached 12 percent of the total entries midway through the day's 14th level, ending with two players busting out on the same hand and just 13 remaining.

While Event #1 champ Jerry Calvaneso built up a chip lead in the late levels, he lost a big hand with to Billy Snead's set of fives to make Snead the end-of-day chip leader.

All 13 players remaining will return Thursday at 12 p.m. local time to combine with survivors from the other starting flights to play down to a winner.

This was the first of six starting flights that will play out over the next three days. The second starting flight will go off at 7 p.m. local time tonight.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back to keep you updated on all the action throughout.

03-09-2015 16:16 UTC-4

End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Snead	154,100
Tyson Yu	134,900	24,900
Mike McKeever	125,700	90,700
Chuck Friedman	104,300	28,300
David Whyte	101,300
David Conron	99,700	19,700
Jerry Calvaneso	98,200	-56,800
Mike Amyut	92,200	-12,800
Brian Morse	69,500	8,500
Eric Schmitt	68,800
Kim Tipton	31,600
Mike Boncore	30,500	-27,500
Tom Stanek	19,200

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03-09-2015 16:06 UTC-4

Just Like That

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

Thomas Fleming spent the last few levels dusting off his chip lead and got the last of it across the line in a three way all in pot with Tom Law and David Conron.

Conron had jacks and the jacks held to bust Law and Fleming on what would be the final hand of this first flight.

They are now down to just 13. A full list of the remaining players and chip counts is coming up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Law	Busted
Thomas Fleming	Busted

03-09-2015 15:59 UTC-4

The Bubble

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

Jerry Calvaneso just brought play to the end-of-day bubble busting both Rich Giambra and Jody Peterson on the same hand.

It was queens for Calvaneso up against Giambra's and Peterson's all in preflop. A board of blanks has left the tournament with just 15 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Calvaneso	155,000	37,000
Rich Giambra	Busted
Jody Peterson	Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

03-09-2015 15:54 UTC-4

Off They Go

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Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Two more short stacks busted just as Jody Peterson called a Tyson Yu shove.

Yu had two queens and Peterson just pocket fours. The queens held and Peterson was left with little more than a chip and a chair.

However, he tripled up once turning a pair of deuces into a full house, then doubled that making three fours out of to crack a weak ace and get back in the thick of it.