Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
2015 Western New York Poker Challenge
Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
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
Short Work
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Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Josh Deskovic made short work of Marcy Jo Phillips.
First he doubled through her, somehow cracking her aces all in preflop with 
.
A short time later he picked up a big hand of his own, taking the rest of her chips with versus 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,300 | |
|
Busted |
Quad Jacks
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
John Molino ran jacks into queens all in preflop.
He was ready to go home empty handed until he made quad jacks. Now he's working on a close to 50,000-chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
49,900 | 49,900 |
Frogger
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Shayne Shackelford spiked an ace on the flop to crack Burt Kopaskie queens and got his value bet paid off on the river to leapfrog Kopaskie near the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000 | 61,000 |
|
|
40,000 | 6,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
In The Lead
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Randy Lingenfelter has moved into chip boss position thanks to a pair of aces in the hole.
He had his three-bet called prelop by a player with 
, then called when the same player jammed on a ten-high flop.
The aces held and he's now closing in on a 90,000-chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,000 | 36,800 |
Easy Game
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
It wasn't exactly a tough call for Brian Burns holding two kings on a 
board when three players in front of him each pushed all in.
He managed to make it, the flopped full house held and he's among the leaders now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 |
Saffron Slides
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Todd Saffron made the call when one opponent pushed with 
on an 
flop,
Holding 
he was behind, but a statistical favorite. Unfortunately for him, the stats didn't hold up with the 
run out and he fell from a spot near the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 | -17,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
The Punisher
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Facing a late position limp, Randy Lingenfelter raised, only to see the big blind push all in for a few chips more.
He was the only caller with 
against the shorter stack's 
. The big blind managed to river a set on the 
run out, the only issue being Lingenfelter had turned a bigger one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,200 | 11,200 |