2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Event Info
2015 Western New York Poker Challenge
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$5,700
Event Info
Buy-in
$39
Prize Pool
$41,040
Total Entries
1,026
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 1,026
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Baller!

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante
Kenny Ball
Kenny Ball

Kenny Ball is off to a hot start here having earned triple what he started with.

Most of the stack was built when the Batavia, NY resident flopped trip nines holding {k-}{9-} against {k-}{k-} and getting his opponent to commit all his chips.

A quick look around the room proves Ball as the early leader.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

The House That Debi Built

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante
Debi Moore
Debi Moore

Debi Moore found herself on the right end of a full house over full house situation.

She now has twice the starting stack after relieving her unlucky opponent of all his chips.

Pocket Rockets

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

After a series of raises heads-up preflop, Tom Stanley made a quick call for all his chips holding everyone's favorite hand: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}.

He was up against {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and faded the two outer on a {9-Clubs}{10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades} run out to double up and bust a player.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

The Regular Crowd Shuffles In

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

The board now reads 49 entries as latecomers continue to hit the cage to register for today's third Day 1 flight.

Among those who just took a seat is Event #3 runner-up Cameron Bartolotta. It was a busy weekend for Bartolotta as he also made the final table of Event #1, finishing seventh.

A Hand For Hanner

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante
David Hanner
David Hanner

David Hanner has found an early double up.

The Austrian turned Buffalonian flopped a set of queens and was lucky enough to get one player willing to get all his chips in the middle with king-high.

Needles to say, the set held.

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Familiar Faces

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante
Mike Boncore
Mike Boncore

Mike Boncore was one of the 13 survivors from Monday's Day 1a flight.

But since he bagged just 30,500 in chips after losing a few key pots near the end of the day, he's back to try to build a bigger stack today.

Boncore is one of a few familiar faces in the field today who also played one of the two Day 1 flights Monday.

A Little Light

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

It's a little quieter here in the Niagara Falls Poker Room this morning when compared to the first two Day 1 flights of this event.

The board currently reads just 30 entries, the lowest starting number for all three flights so far.