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Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1e Completed
2015 Western New York Poker Challenge
Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1e
Event Info
2015 Western New York Poker Challenge
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$39
Prize Pool
$41,040
Total Entries
1,026
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 1,026
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Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The fifth Day 1 starting flight of the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em is through.
This flight drew a total of 130 players and just 16 survived a quickly paced day that ended before the 14th level was done.
They will join the 67 survivors from the first four Day 1 flights in coming back to play down to a winner Thursday at 12 p.m. local time.
Plus, there is one more Day 1 flight set to go off this evening.
Kali Zurek grabbed the chip lead in the second to last level of the day in a huge aces over kings cooler worth some 160,000 all in preflop.
She will bring in 190,700 chips with her to Day 2 tomorrow, representing the second biggest stack to Day 1d leader Shayne Shackelford's 520,000 built so far.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back for Day 1f at 7 p.m. local time to keep you up to date on all the action from beginning to end.
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,700
5,700
|
5,700 |
|
151,200
70,200
|
70,200 |
|
144,100
62,100
|
62,100 |
|
131,100 | |
|
86,000 | |
|
83,400
83,400
|
83,400 |
|
|
74,600 | |
|
74,300
30,700
|
30,700 |
|
68,800
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
|
61,800 | |
|
57,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
49,500 | |
|
34,700
40,300
|
40,300 |
|
34,600 | |
|
|
33,300
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
|
25,000 |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The last player to register in the event, doing so in the break before the 13th level, has gone broke.
Down to 16 play has stopped with 4:22 left in the 14th level. A full player listing and chip counts are on the way.
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
We're down to 17 and Kali Zurek just chipped up into the lead after a massive cooler.
She shipped over a late position raise and her opponent called off his 80,000-chip stack with 
. She held 
and it held on a 
run out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Christy Willams got short and just busted out leaving only 18 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Kali Zurek just used pocket eights to bust two players, including a short stacked Peter Raimondi.
As a result, just 20 players are left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Registration and the re-entry period is now closed.
With a total of 130 entries they will play until the end of the 15th level or down to 16 players. There are currently 22 players left.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
