2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$10,144
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$39,021
Entries
155
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000

Leo Kaplan Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,916)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Leo Kaplan
Leo Kaplan

Leo Kaplan moved in for his remaining 100,000 and was called by Dan Wagner.

Wagner held ace seven while Kaplan tabled pocket tens.

Unfortunately for Kaplan, the flop and turn brought an ace and he was sent home in sixth place, pocketing $1,916 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
620,000
-185,000
-185,000
Leo Kaplan
Leo Kaplan
Busted

Tags: Leo KaplanAdam Stephany; Dan Wagner

John Brock Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,127)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
John Brock
John Brock

John Brock was all in for about 100,000 before the flop and was called by Jim Girdlestone.

Girdlestone tabled {a-}{3-} while Brock revealed pocket eights.

The board ran out ace-high and Brock was sent to the rail in eight place, taking home $1,127 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Jim Girdlestone
Jim Girdlestone
750,000
330,000
330,000
John Brock us
John Brock
Busted

Tags: John BrockJim Girdlestone

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

Break

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The remaining eight players are now on a quick break.

Play resumes at 10:34PM.

Ed Reid Eliminated in 10th Place ($714); Jim Pifer Eliminated in 9th Place ($902)

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Ed Reid and Jim Pifer both dwindled down to less than two big blinds and were both all in. They were called by Leo Kaplan on the button and Rob Greene in the small blind.

Ed Reid

Kaplan and Greene checked down a board reading {j-Hearts}{10-Spades}{8-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Green tabled two red nines to take down the pot as Reid and Pifer both held ace high.

Player Chips Progress
Rob Greene
Rob Greene
350,000
-200,000
-200,000
Jim Pifer us
Jim Pifer
Busted
Ed Reid
Ed Reid
Busted

Tags: Ed ReidJim PiferLeo KaplanRob Greene

Dan Wagner Leads the Official Final Table

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Dan Wagner is chasing another title after taking down the 2016 Fall Poker Classic Main Event late last year. He leads the remaining ten players at the official final table for this opening event.

Here is a look at how the final table stacks up:

SeatPlayerChips
1Sahar Khajavi560,000
2Jim Girdlestone420,000
3John Brock180,000
4George Crozier360,000
5Jim Pifer60,000
6Leo Kaplan235,000
7Rob Greene155,000
8Ed Reid35,000
9Tyler Orsini240,000
10Dan Wagner805,000

Charles Johnson Eliminated in 12th Place ($714); Dietrich Kuhlmann Eliminated in 11th Place ($714)

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Charles Johnson was all in before the flop and was called by both Dan Wagner and Dietrich Kuhlmann.

The flop came {j-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Clubs} and Kuhlmann was also all in, getting called instantly by Wagner.

Wagner: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Johnson: {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Kuhlmann: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

The turn was the {q-Hearts} and the river was the {9-Clubs}, sending both Johnson and Kuhlmann to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
805,000
355,000
355,000
Charles Johnson us
Charles Johnson
Busted
Dietrich Kuhlmann
Dietrich Kuhlmann
Busted

Tags: Adam Stephany; Dan WagnerCharles JohnsonDietrich Kuhlmann

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Mike Rellinger Eliminated in 13th Place ($601)

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Mike Rellinger
Mike Rellinger

Jim Girdlestone raised to 42,000 from early position and Mike Rellinger called out of the big blind.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Rellinger got his chips in the middle, getting called by Girdlestone.

Girdlestone: {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}
Rellinger: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and the river was the {8-Clubs}, giving Girdlestone a double up and leaving Rellinger short.

Rellinger tripled up from 25,000 chips the next hand but ran his {j-}{9-} into Dietrich Kuhlmann's pocket kings in the hand after that, sending him home in 13th place.

Player Chips Progress
Jim Girdlestone
Jim Girdlestone
420,000
180,000
180,000
Mike Rellinger us
Mike Rellinger
Busted

Tags: Mike Rellinger