Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1c Started
2015 Western New York Poker Challenge
Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
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
Day 1c Ready To Roll
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The start of Day 1c of Event #5, a $25,000 Guaranteed No-Limit Hold'em tournament with a $50 buy-in, is just minutes away.
This is third of six starting flights that will continue to play out over the next two days. The first wrapped up just after 4 p.m. Monday with 113 total entries and just 13 survivors.
The second finished just after midnight this morning, drawing a total of 136 entries with 17 making it through to Thursday's second and final day.
Players get 10,000 in tournament chips and will play 15 20-minute levels or until just 12 percent of the total entries remain.
Unlimited re-entries are permitted up until the start of the 13th level and players can jump in as many starting flights as they like, carrying the biggest stack forward to the final day.
The affordable buy-in and re-entry format is designed to attract both veteran rounders and recreational players and should be a fun ride throughout as players try to build a contending stack.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team promises keep you updated on all the action from start to finish.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
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.
Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | -20,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
A Hand For Hanner
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,000 |
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.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
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: 
.
He was up against 
and faded the two outer on a 
run out to double up and bust a player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,500 | 19,500 |