2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$56,352
Event Info
Buy-in
$910
Prize Pool
$241,491
Entries
275
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

The Final 25 (full)

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Xiaohu Chen and Peter Riamondi were the first in-the-money eliminations. Here's a look at the final 25 and their chip counts.

TABLE 1

SeatPlayerChips
1Adam Foster455,000
2EMPTY 
3Randy Pfeifer300,000
4Brad Perkins454,000
5Calvin Johnson, Jr260,000
6Lawrence Schumacher495,000
7David Kelly625,000
8Jeff Hagen195,000
9Alex Rivera733,000

TABLE 2

SeatPlayerChips
1Michel Ferrer70,000
2Kevin Cunningham133000
3Sil Derubeis400,000
4Ivan Mamuzic265,000
5Damian Baird610,000
6Nick Pfaffenbach175,000
7Paula Ferro160,000
8Trushang Desai78,000
9Alicia Pachla120,000

TABLE 5

SeatPlayerChips
1Scott Hosbach753,000
2Blake Napierala310,000
3Guy Klass160,000
4Cameron Bartolotta155,000
5Brad May231,000
6Buck Ramsey436,000
7James DiPasquale420000
8EMPTY 
9David Conron160,000
Player Chips Progress
Scott Hosbach us
Scott Hosbach
753,000 43,000
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
733,000 63,000
David Kelly ie
David Kelly
625,000 510,000
Damian Baird us
Damian Baird
610,000 -50,000
Lawrence Schumacher
Lawrence Schumacher
495,000 5,000
Adam Foster us
Adam Foster
455,000 85,000
Brad Perkins
Brad Perkins
454,000 39,000
Buck Ramsay ca
Buck Ramsay
436,000 156,000
James DiPasquale
James DiPasquale
420,000 220,000
Sil Derubeis
Sil Derubeis
400,000 175,000
Blake Napierala us
Blake Napierala
310,000 -50,000
Randy Pfeifer
Randy Pfeifer
300,000 -120,000
Ivan Mamuzic
Ivan Mamuzic
265,000 155,000
Charles Johnson Jr us
Charles Johnson Jr
260,000 15,000
Brad May
Brad May
231,000 -99,000
Jeff Hagen
Jeff Hagen
195,000 25,000
Nick Pfaffenbach
Nick Pfaffenbach
175,000 55,000
Guy Klass us
Guy Klass
160,000 10,100
David Conron us
David Conron
160,000 120,000
Paula Ferro
Paula Ferro
160,000 30,000
Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
155,000 -5,000
Kevin Cunningham us
Kevin Cunningham
133,000 -87,000
Alicia Pachla
Alicia Pachla
120,000 -50,000
Trushang Desai
Trushang Desai
78,000 -22,000
Michael Ferrer ca
Michael Ferrer
70,000 -57,000

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We're In The Money!

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Well, that wasn't much of a money bubble. A flurry of eliminations ended with Vic Adams moving all in with pocket nines on a {2-}{3-}{6-}{2-}{J-} board, and Alex Rivera called with {K-}{J-}. Rivera jumped out of his seat when he saw that he'd won, and he's now sitting behind a huge stack of 670,000.

The remaining players have guaranteed themselves at least $1,835, and the race is on for the $59,000 top prize!

Player Chips Progress
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
670,000 390,000
Vic Adams
Vic Adams
Busted

Rivera Calls With Ace-High

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Alex Rivera
Alex Rivera

David Wiles opened from the cutoff and Alex Rivera three-bet to 50,000 from the small blind. Wiles called, and the flop rolled out {2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. Both players checked, and Rivera led out for 30,000 on the {10-Diamonds} turn. Wiles called.

The river was the {Q-Spades} and Rivera chedked to Wiles, who bet 40,000. Rivera paused briefly before tossing in a call. Wiles showed {8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for nine-high, and Rivera tabled his {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
450,000 170,000

Pachla Busts Nablo

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Alicia Pachla
Alicia Pachla

Now it's Jason Nablo's kings that can't hold. Alicia Pachla shoved for around 18 big blinds with {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} and Jason Nablo called off his last 43,500 with the {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}. Pachla found her ace on the {A-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{7-Diamonds} flop, and Nablo failed to hit his one-outer on the turn and river.

Pachla hugged Nablo as he exited the tournament area. "Grab a beer for me."

Player Chips Progress
Alicia Pachla
Alicia Pachla
170,000 -20,000
Jason Nablo us
Jason Nablo
Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Hosbach the Hero

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Scott Hosbach
Scott Hosbach

Oh a board of {5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, Yong Wolfer was all in with a stack of 103,000 in front of him. Scott Hosbach had a tough decision and elected to make the call. He pumped his fist when the hands were tabled.

Hosbach: {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Wolfer: {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

Hosbach's small pair was in front, and he dodged the overpaid and flush outs on the {8-Diamonds} river to eliminate another player and climb past 700,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Hosbach us
Scott Hosbach
710,000 50,000

Knight, Thomson Eliminated Simultaneously

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Josh Knight
Josh Knight

After having his aces cracked by the {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} of Xiaohu Chen, Josh Knight shoved his last 32,000 from the small blind with {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Buck Ramsey called with the {Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds} from the big. The {5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} board sent Knight to the rail short of the money.

At the next table over, Jimmy Thomson was all in with {A-}{K-Clubs} against Vic Adams' aces and couldn't improve. We're down to 40 players.

Player Chips Progress
Jimmy Thomson
Jimmy Thomson
Busted
Josh Knight
Josh Knight
Busted

Kings No Good at Table 1

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Shortly after Veerab Zakarian lost with kings at Table 1, Andy Spears had his own kings cracked by Kevin Cunningham.

Spears opened to 9,000 from the button, Cunningham three-bet from the big blind and Spears shoved. Cunningham called off for 104,000 total.

Spears: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Cunningham: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{7-Hearts} flop shifted the advantage to Cunningham, and Spears was unable to catch up on the {6-Spades} turn and {9-Hearts} river.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Cunningham us
Kevin Cunningham
220,000 80,000
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
190,000 15,000

Pfeifer Survives Again

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Randy Pfeifer
Randy Pfeifer

After doubling through Cameron Bartolotta with {Q-}{9-} against {A-}{K-}, Randy Pfeifer came from behind again versus Veerab Zakarian. Pfeifer was all in with {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and saw the bad news when Zakarian tabled {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}.

"What the f***!"

But Pfeifer's mood changed when the board ran out {5-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}, giving him a winning pair of aces.

Player Chips Progress
Veerab Zakarian ca
Veerab Zakarian
WPT 1X Winner
265,000 -45,000
Randy Pfeifer
Randy Pfeifer
150,000 25,000