2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Event 8: $200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$5,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$27,132
Entries
168
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Joe Palumbo Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,764)

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Joe Palumbo
Joe Palumbo

Short stacked Joe Palumbo limped, Scott Muwara made it 70,000 and Rob Burgstahler called.

Palumbo shoved for 130,000 total and both players called and checked down the {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{7-Spades}{a-Hearts}{2-Clubs} board.

Muwara showed {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and it was good, sending Palumbo out fifth.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Palumbo
Joe Palumbo
Busted

Up In The Cloud(s)

Level 12 : 500/1,000, 300 ante
Jill Cloud
Jill Cloud

Jill Cloud continues to ruin the dreams of everyone in this tournament.

This time she got one opponent all in dominated and held up. Cloud had {a-Spades}{k-Spades} against her opponent's {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and although they both hit an ace Cloud's kicker played.

Player Chips Progress
Jill Cloud
Jill Cloud
370,000 90,000

Hank's Big Day

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Hank Chimes
Hank Chimes

It has been a great day for Hank Chimes so far.

He picked up aces to double through a player with kings. Then when he ran queens into aces, he flopped a set.

Chimes is now over 100,000 in chips and climbing fast.

Player Chips Progress
Hank Chimes
Hank Chimes
130,000

It's a Cloud(y) Day

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Jill Cloud
Jill Cloud

Jill Cloud is running away with this thing.

She limped under the gun joining a chorus of callers into a {j-Spades}{4-Spades}{9-Spades} flop. The big blind led out for 1,500 and just Cloud and one other player made the call.

The big blind led out again on the {5-Clubs} turn, this time making it 2,500. Once again, Cloud and the third player in the hand called. The river brought the {k-Diamonds} and a check from the big blind. Cloud led for 5,000 and only the big blind called.

She turned over {a-Spades}{2-Spades}, having flopped the nuts to drag yet another pot and is closing in on 200,000 fast.

Player Chips Progress
Jill Cloud
Jill Cloud
178,500 48,500

The Collecter

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
Rudy Navas
Rudy Navas

Turns out it was Rudy Navas who was the recipient of most of Greg Sutton's chips.

Navas simply sat back and called after flopping a boat on a {3-}{7-}{7-} flop, holding {3-}{3-}. Sutton had nines and while he did not improve, it didn't stop him betting every street.

Navas now has a contending stack as the seventh level plays out.

Player Chips Progress
Rudy Navas
Rudy Navas
68,000

Get Off Of My Cloud

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jill Cloud
Jill Cloud

Lackawanna, NY's Jill Cloud has emerged as the chip leader here building a massive early stack.

She's on better than 85,000 now after making a boat against a nut flush once and quad nines a little later.

Player Chips Progress
Jill Cloud
Jill Cloud
85,200