Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1f | 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1f Started

03-11-2015 18:38 UTC-4

Day 1f Set To Go!

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The sixth and final starting flight for Event #5, a $50 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament, will begin at 7 p.m. this evening.

The first five played out over the past three days with 691 total entries putting the prizepool well above its $25,000 Guarantee already.

There are 83 players through to tomorrow's second and final day so far, with tonight's survivors headed there as well.

Tonight, players will start with 10,000 in tournament chips and 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 Thursday.

The affordable buy-in and re-entry format was designed to attract both veteran rounders and recreational players and has done so thus far with field sizes growing by the session. Being the last chance to build a stack for Day 2, this session promise to be the busiest yet.

Keep it locked right here as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team does its best keep you updated on all the action.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

03-11-2015 19:19 UTC-4

Lined Up Around the Block

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Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

As this flight represents the last chance to build a stack for Day 2 of this $25,000 Guaranteed event, the field is expected to be the biggest yet.

So far, all signs point to that happening with the board already reading 95 entries and a line up around the corner at the registration cage with the first level just underway.

03-11-2015 19:20 UTC-4

Double Your Pleasure

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Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Cheektowaga NY's EJ Villone is off to a hot start, having busted the player on his right with over and a turn, flop and river that kept his hand ahead the whole way.