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
Winner
Prize
$5,700
Event Info
Buy-in
$39
Prize Pool
$41,040
Entries
1,026
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Two Gone

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Kali Zurek
Kali Zurek

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
Kali Zurek
Kali Zurek
95,000
18,000
18,000
Peter Raimondi ca
Peter Raimondi
Busted

Short Stack Shove

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Christy Willams got short and just busted out leaving only 18 players.

Player Chips Progress
Christy Willams
Christy Willams
Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Kali's Aces

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 {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. She held {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} and it held on a {q-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} run out.

Player Chips Progress
Kali Zurek
Kali Zurek
185,000
90,000
90,000

It's Over

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.

End Of Day 1e Chip Counts

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kali Zurek
Kali Zurek
190,700
5,700
5,700
Tom Law
Tom Law
151,200
70,200
70,200
Peter Craniotis
Peter Craniotis
144,100
62,100
62,100
Jeff Klein us
Jeff Klein
131,100
Maurice Sessum
Maurice Sessum
86,000
Taylor Redrick
Taylor Redrick
83,400
83,400
83,400
Michael Boncore
Michael Boncore
74,600
Emmett Caldwell
Emmett Caldwell
74,300
-30,700
-30,700
Jason Harvey
Jason Harvey
68,800
-5,200
-5,200
Robert Burgstahler
Robert Burgstahler
61,800
Yong Wolfer
Yong Wolfer
57,000
-35,000
-35,000
Janet Tricoli us
Janet Tricoli
49,500
Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
34,700
-40,300
-40,300
Jordan Lagano us
Jordan Lagano
34,600
Daniel Campbell
Daniel Campbell
33,300
-4,700
-4,700
Shawn Somerville
Shawn Somerville
25,000

Day 1e Done; Zurek Leads

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Kali Zurek
Kali Zurek

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.

Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1e Completed