$1,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2016 Western New York Poker Challenge

04-24-2016 16:33 UTC-4

Tighe Times Two

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Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Pat Tighe shoved for less than 100,000 with the and Charles Johnson looked him up holding the .

Tighe liked the flop and the turn that made him top pair. The river didn't improve Johnson and Tighe doubled, leaving Johnson short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Tighe	205,000 123,500	123,500
Charles Johnson	130,000 -330,000	-330,000

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04-24-2016 16:42 UTC-4

Visbisky Bites The Dust

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Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Alex Visbisky ran the into Rick Block's for his last 140,000, and looked good for the double up.

However, Block managed to flop a flush draw and hit the river to send Visbisky home 19th. With that, there is now a redraw for seats at the final two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rick Block	950,000 350,000	350,000
Dan Wagner	900,000 20,000	20,000
Alex Visbisky	Busted

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04-24-2016 17:02 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Rick Block	1,000,000 50,000	50,000
Dan Wagner	910,000 10,000	10,000
Newton Graziano	600,000 140,000	140,000
Joseph Elia	520,000 270,000	270,000
Charles Johnson	480,000 350,000	350,000
Jeff Wells	450,000
Joseph Reichenbacher	450,000 -300,000	-300,000
Jeff Kandefer	350,000 140,000	140,000
Thomas Mader	320,000 -130,000	-130,000
Jonathan Shah	300,000
Mike Rellinger	300,000 -190,000	-190,000
Ray LaRouech	270,000
Kurtis Boutelle	250,000 30,000	30,000
Pat Tighe	220,000 15,000	15,000
Julian Volpe	210,000 38,000	38,000
Frank Dellaria	160,000 -48,500	-48,500
Jeremy Halaska	140,000 65,500	65,500
Greg Ostrander	75,000 -45,000	-45,000

Tighe Tanked

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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
Charles Johnson	630,000 150,000	150,000
Pat Tighe	Busted

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04-24-2016 17:27 UTC-4

Wagner Gets There

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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
Dan Wagner	1,700,000 790,000	790,000
Joseph Elia	Busted

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Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

04-24-2016 17:38 UTC-4

Jeff On Jeff Crime

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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
Jeff Wells	700,000
Jeff Kandefer	Busted
Greg Ostrander	Busted

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04-24-2016 17:54 UTC-4

Boutelle Bounced By Block

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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
Rick Block	1,400,000 400,000	400,000
Kurtis Boutelle	Busted

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04-24-2016 17:58 UTC-4

Volpe Vanquished By Dellaria

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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
Frank Dellaria	340,000 180,000	180,000
Julian Volpe	Busted

04-24-2016 18:04 UTC-4

The (Unofficial) Final Table Is Set

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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.