2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

$600 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$18,302
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$84,977
Entries
162
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Joe O'Keefe Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,039)

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

Lue Huang raised to 35,000 from middle position. and Dave Grana three-bet to 80,000 from the cutoff. Joe O' Keefe was on the button and four-bet to 180,000.

Huang folded and Grana quickly called.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{3-Spades}{9-Spades} and Grana moved all in. O' Keefe snap-called. Grana tabled {a-}{k-} while his opponent showed {a-}{q-}.

The turn was the {7-Clubs} and the river was the {j-Clubs}, sending O'Keefe to the rail in ninth place.

Player Chips Progress
Dave Grana us
Dave Grana
1,350,000 590,000
Joe O'Keefe us
Joe O'Keefe
Busted

Tags: Jeff o'Keefe

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Rob Burgstahler Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,615)

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Rob Burgstahler
Rob Burgstahler

Rob Burgstahler got his remaining 120,000 chips in the middle with {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, but much to his disappointment he was called by Kristan Mackiewicz who held {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}.

The board ran out {a-Spades}{k-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Burgstahler was the first to go at this final table.

Player Chips Progress
Kristan Mackiewicz us
Kristan Mackiewicz
670,000 170,000
Rob Burgstahler us
Rob Burgstahler
Busted

Tags: Kristan MackiewiczRob Burgstahler

Lue Huang Leads the Final Table

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
SeatPlayerCount
1Brian Bone100,000
2Lue Huang1,000,000
3Kristan Mackiewicz500,000
4Dave Grana760,000
5Joe O'Keefe500,000
6Rob Burgstahler180,000
7Buck Ramsay570,000
8Bill Snead405,000
9Andy Fitting120,000
10[Removed:339]840,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Sharman Olshan Eliminated in 13th Place ($1,360)

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Sharman Olshan
Sharman Olshan

On a board reading {j-Clubs}{9-Spades}{9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}, Sharman Olshan piled her remaining chips in the middle and was called by [Removed:339].

[Removed:340] tabled {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} for top pair but Olshan showed {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for third pair.

The river was the {j-Diamonds} and Olshan was sent home in 13th place!

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:339] us
[Removed:339]
560,000 170,000
Sharman Olshan us
Sharman Olshan
Busted

Tags: Sharman Olshan

Lue Huang Leads: Updated Counts

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Lue Huang us
Lue Huang
900,000 380,000
Dave Grana us
Dave Grana
800,000 670,000
Bill Snead us
Bill Snead
550,000 320,000
Kristan Mackiewicz us
Kristan Mackiewicz
445,000 175,000
[Removed:339] us
[Removed:339]
390,000 -75,000
Buck Ramsay ca
Buck Ramsay
330,000 70,000
Rambo P us
Rambo P
300,000 80,000
Joe O'Keefe us
Joe O'Keefe
250,000
Rob Burgstahler us
Rob Burgstahler
230,000 -110,000
Brian Bone us
Brian Bone
210,000 140,000
Rio M us
Rio M
200,000 70,000
Sharman Olshan us
Sharman Olshan
120,000 -40,000
Andy Fitting us
Andy Fitting
90,000 27,000