Day 2 of the 2016 Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event Starst Now!
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Day 2 of the 2016 Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event will go off inside the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino just a few blocks from Niagara Falls, beginning at 11 a.m. this morning.
After two starting days drew a total of 244 entries, just 50 players pushed through and will battle it out on the felt today, looking to book a seat at the area's most prestigious final table.
Following up on his third-place finish on the 2015 Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event this past November, top local tourney grinder Alex Visbisky made quads twice and was on the right side of an aces-over-kings cooler to set the pace on Day 1a, becoming the only player to bag over 300,000.
However, a bigger field on Day 1b produced three others with as much or more. In fact, thanks to a set-over-set debacle late in the day that saw Chris Meyers give away heaps with an ill-advised river shove, Orchard Park, NY's own Jeff Kandefer will bring the chip lead into the start of Day 2 on a massive 425,500.
Mike Rellinger also played the field like a fiddle, switching gears constantly on the way to bagging 300,000-plus, and Jim Burkett ran hot longer than even he expected, hanging on to 324,000 by the time play ended.
The group just under also includes several venerable Seneca grinders like Jeff Wells, Joseph Elia, Andy Ranaletti, World Series of Poker bracelet winner Greg Ostrander and multiple Seneca Niagara title holder Rick Block, who are all expected to have at least some say in how this thing shakes out today.
Plus, 2015 Seneca Fall Classic Main Event champ Kurtis Boutelle, local cash king Dan Wagner and the always dangerous Pat Tighe and Blake Napierala are among those who still have chips and chairs.
It should be an exciting day of poker here as they play into the money and beyond and PokerNews will be on hand for all the action.
Stay tuned right here to see how the 2016 Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event contenders separate themselves from the pretenders.