Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
2016 Western New York Poker Challenge
$1,000 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$910
Prize Pool
$215,379
Entries
244
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
The Final 10
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Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Below is how the final ten looks. They are now on a 10 minute break and will resume play with the start of Level 23.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray LaRouech | 620,000 |
| 2 | Mike Rellinger | 160,000 |
| 3 | Rick Block | 1,600,000 |
| 4 | Frank Dellaria | 390,000 |
| 5 | Jeff Wells | 660,000 |
| 6 | Newton Graziano | 850,000 |
| 7 | Dan Wagner | 1,800,000 |
| 8 | Joseph Reichenbacher | 560,000 |
| 9 | Jeremy Halaska | 220,000 |
| 10 | Charles Johnson | 550,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000 | 100,000 |
|
1,600,000 | 200,000 |
|
850,000 | 250,000 |
|
660,000 | -40,000 |
|
620,000 | 350,000 |
|
560,000 | 110,000 |
|
550,000 | -80,000 |
|
390,000 | 50,000 |
|
220,000 | 80,000 |
|
160,000 | -140,000 |
The (Unofficial) Final Table Is Set
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Thomas Mader ran second pair into Joseph Reichenbacher nut straight to exit 12th.
Seconds later, Dan Wagner shoved blind from the small blind into short stack Jonathan Shah in the big. Shah called off with queen-high, but Wagner somehow had pocket aces to send him home 11th.
With that, they have combined to one table of ten and the official final table of nine will be set with one more elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Volpe Vanquished By Dellaria
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Julian Volpe shoved short with a weak ace and ran smack into Frank Dellaria's strong one.
It was 
versus 
and Volpe never found any footing, saying goodbye 13th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000 | 180,000 |
|
Busted |
Boutelle Bounced By Block
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Kurtis Boutelle made it 3,500 and Rick Block called. Boutelle open-jammed around 130,000 on the 
flop with the 
.
Block called with the 
and found a nine on the river to send the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event champ home 14th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | 400,000 |
|
Busted |
Jeff On Jeff Crime
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Jeff Kandefer ran pocket tens and the last of his chips into Jeff Wells and pocket kings.
A board of bricks sent the start-of-day chip leader home 16th.
In the meantime, short stack ninja and World Series of poker bracelet winner Greg Ostrander finally relented after nursing a less-than-ten-big-blind stack for the past two hours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Wagner Gets There
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Dan Wagner opened to 26,000 and both blinds called, including Joseph Elia in the small.
The 
flop checked to Wagner and he continued. Elia raised to 110,000, and after the big blind folded, Wagner three-bet to 300,000. Elia shoved for a couple hundred thousand more and Wagner called off with the monster draw on 
. Elia had top two with the 
.
The 
turn gave Wagner more outs and the 
river made him a flush, giving him 1.7 million in chips, and the big lead, as Elia bowed out 17th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000 | 790,000 |
|
Busted |
Tighe Tanked
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Pat Tighe shoved 150,000 over a Charles Johnson raise, and the suddenly hot running Johnson made the call with the 
.
Tighe had him crushed with the 
, but sure enough, Johsnon was all over the 
flop. Johnson's set held through the 
turn and 
river and Tighe said goodbye 18th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
630,000 | 150,000 |
|
Busted |
The Final 18 (full)
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Charles Johnson has found aces and nines to double up twice out of the basement.
In the meantime, updated counts for the final 18 are listed below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
910,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
600,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
520,000 | 270,000 |
|
|
480,000 | 350,000 |
|
|
450,000 | |
|
|
450,000 | -300,000 |
|
|
350,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
320,000 | -130,000 |
|
|
300,000 | |
|
|
300,000 | -190,000 |
|
|
270,000 | |
|
|
250,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
220,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
210,000 | 38,000 |
|
|
160,000 | -48,500 |
|
|
140,000 | 65,500 |
|
|
75,000 | -45,000 |