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

Two More Eliminations!

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

Leo Kaplan was eliminated in 15th Place and Russ Campanella was eliminated in 14th place, both for $1,360 a piece.

Kaplan fell at the hands of Lue Huang who rivered trips with {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. He flopped an eight and rivered a third eight to send Kaplan to the rail.

Campanella got his chips in the middle with {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and was up against Joe Elgahe's {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Campanella flopped a pair of tens but Elgahe rivered a bicycle to send him packing.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Elgahe
Joe Elgahe
390,000
Russ Campanella us
Russ Campanella
Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Sahar Khajavi Eliminated on the Bubble by Leo Kaplan

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Sahar Khajavi
Sahar Khajavi

Leo Kaplan raised to 25,000 from middle position and Sahar Khajavi moved all in for 80,000 on the button. Kaplan snap-called.

Kaplan: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}
Khajavi: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and Khajavi was eliminated on the bubble.

All remaining 18 players are now in the money, guaranteed a minimum payout of $1,190.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Kaplan us
Leo Kaplan
320,000 -40,000
Sahar Khajavi ca
Sahar Khajavi
Busted

Tags: Leo KaplanSahar Khajavi

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Final Two Tables

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
SeatPlayerCount
1Lue Huang520,000
2Leo Kaplan360,000
3Alex Rivera270,000
4Brian Bone70,000
5Peter Beshay105,000
6Bill Snead230,000
7Kristan Mackiewicz270,000
8Sahar Khajavi250,000
9Andy Fitting63,000
10Rob Burgstahler340,000
SeatPlayerCount
1Sharman Olshan160,000
2Art Demmery280,000
3Dane Grana130,000
4[Removed:339]465,000
5Buck Ramsay260,000
6Joe O'Keefe250,000
7Rambo P220,000
8Russ Campanello200,000
9William Balcom120,000
10Rio M130,000
Player Chips Progress
Lue Huang us
Lue Huang
520,000 320,000
[Removed:339] us
[Removed:339]
465,000 130,000
Leo Kaplan us
Leo Kaplan
360,000 -20,000
Rob Burgstahler us
Rob Burgstahler
340,000 100,000
Art Demmerley us
Art Demmerley
280,000 280,000
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
270,000 -20,000
Kristan Mackiewicz us
Kristan Mackiewicz
270,000 70,000
Buck Ramsay ca
Buck Ramsay
260,000 260,000
Sahar Khajavi ca
Sahar Khajavi
250,000 -10,000
Joe O'Keefe us
Joe O'Keefe
250,000 -70,000
Bill Snead us
Bill Snead
230,000 230,000
Rambo P us
Rambo P
220,000 -80,000
Russ Campanella us
Russ Campanella
200,000 200,000
Sharman Olshan us
Sharman Olshan
160,000
Dave Grana us
Dave Grana
130,000 130,000
Rio M us
Rio M
130,000
William Balcom us
William Balcom
120,000 -145,000
Peter Beshay ca
Peter Beshay
105,000 -10,000
Brian Bone us
Brian Bone
70,000 70,000
Andy Fitting us
Andy Fitting
63,000 63,000

Rob Burgstahler Shoves

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

There was about 65,000 in the pot and Leo Kaplan led out for 35,000 from middle position.

Rob Burgstahler was on the button and three-bet shoved his remaining 133,000, stack. Kaplan went into the tank and eventually folded.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Kaplan us
Leo Kaplan
380,000 35,000
Rob Burgstahler us
Rob Burgstahler
240,000 20,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Rambo Rises

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

A player in middle position raised to 15,000 and [Removed:339] called from late position. Rambo P was in the cutoff and called, as did Alicia Pachla in the small blind and Sahar Khajavi in the big blind.

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Pachla moved all in for about 69,500. Khajavi called, as did Rambo.

The turn was the {9-Clubs}. Khajavi checked and Rambo moved all in for his remaining 30,000. Khajavi called.

Khajavi: {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Rambo: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Pachla: {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

The river was the {10-Clubs}, giving Rambo a straight to the jack and Pachla was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Rambo P us
Rambo P
300,000 300,000