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.
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.
To the surprise of no one who has been paying attention to the results of the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge thus far, Jerry Calvaneso has vaulted in the chip lead and is the first player to hit the six-figure mark.
He bumped it up to 5,000 preflop and got one caller, who shoved all in on an flop after Calvaneso checked.
Calvaneso called with and was in front against his opponent's . He stayed there after two blanks on the turn and river and is now stacking the chips - a familiar site at Seneca Niagara.
Jody Peterson, from nearby Olean, NY, is having quite a day so far.
He's made a few flushes and generally run pretty good to push up into the early chip lead.
A few moments ago he joined a chorus of limpers into a flop, but was the only caller when the small blind led out for 3,000. He called again when the small blind bet 4,000 on the turn.
Both players checked the river and Peterson showed a jack to collect yet another pot.
Tonawanda, NY's own John Jemiolo got three streets of value, betting all the way down a board, even getting his heads-up opponent to call all in and go broke on the river.
Add that to a number of small pot wins early on and he has vaulted into the chip lead.
Rochester, NY's Brian Morse is the first player past the post today having found an early double up.
When one opponent bet 500 preflop and he looked down at two kings he three-bet, making it 2,500. His opponent called and they went heads up to a queen high flop.
That's when Morse piled it in and got the call from his opponent holding a queen. Kings held and Morse jumped into the early chip lead.
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to Billy Snead's set of fives to make Snead the end-of-day chip leader.
flop after Calvaneso checked.
and was in front against his opponent's 
. He stayed there after two blanks on the turn and river and is now stacking the chips - a familiar site at Seneca Niagara.
into pocket queens to lose the last of an increasingly short stack.
flop, but was the only caller when the small blind led out for 3,000. He called again when the small blind bet 4,000 on the 
turn.
river and Peterson showed a jack to collect yet another pot.
