Event 8: $200 No-Limit Hold'em | 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Event 8: $200 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Started

03-15-2015 10:26 UTC-4

Event 8: $200 No-Limit Hold'em Starts Now!

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The final event on the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge schedule, a $200 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, will kick off at 11 a.m. this morning.

With the second day of the Main Event going on in the background, this tournament will feature 30-minute levels and 15,000-chip starting stacks.

Registration is open until the start of Level 5 and there is unlimited re-entries for the first 8 levels. This is a one-day event and will play down to a winner today.

As this is the last chance for 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge glory, a tough field is expected to compete.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor providing live updates of all the action for your reading pleasure.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

03-15-2015 11:09 UTC-4

Here They Go

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Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Just a few minutes into the first level the board reads 52 entries.

03-15-2015 11:22 UTC-4

Calvaneso Dumps

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Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

2015 Western New York Poker Challenge Event #1 Champ Jerry Calvaneso bet 3,000 into an flop heads up with Tim Becker.

Becker made it 7,000 and Calvaneso piled it in. Becker called with for top set having Calvaneso's overpair crushed.

The run out gave Becker double the starting stack and sent Calvaneso to the rail real early.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Becker	30,000	30,000
Jerry Calvaneso	Busted

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

03-15-2015 11:34 UTC-4

They Keep Coming

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Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Now into the day's second level the board reads 76 entries and counting, already an impressive turnout for the last event on the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge schedule.

03-15-2015 11:46 UTC-4