That's A Wrap; Snead Leads

The first Day 1 flight of Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge is in the books.

The flight drew a total of 113 entries but 100 of those players will not see the event's second day.

Play was cut short of the 15 levels planned as they reached 12 percent of the total entries midway through the day's 14th level, ending with two players busting out on the same hand and just 13 remaining.

While Event #1 champ Jerry Calvaneso built up a chip lead in the late levels, he lost a big hand with to Billy Snead's set of fives to make Snead the end-of-day chip leader.

All 13 players remaining will return Thursday at 12 p.m. local time to combine with survivors from the other starting flights to play down to a winner.

This was the first of six starting flights that will play out over the next three days. The second starting flight will go off at 7 p.m. local time tonight.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back to keep you updated on all the action throughout.