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

Bob Kod Dodges

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

On a board reading {8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{2-Clubs}, with about 10,000 in the pot, the player in the small blind led out for 2,500.

Bob Kod was in middle position and moved all in for 6,125. A player in late position called, and the small blind moved all in over top. The middle-position player folded.

Kod tabled {8-Spades}{6-Spades} for two pair and his opponent showed {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for the nut flush draw.

The turn was the {2-Hearts} and the river was the {5-Hearts}, giving Kod more than a triple up.

Player Chips Progress
Bob Kod
Bob Kod
30,000 30,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Lue Huang Sets His Opponent Up

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

The player under the gun limped in, and Lue Huang raised to 1,500 from middle position. The small blind and big blind both called, as did the player under the gun.

The flop came {9-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Action was checked to Huang who bet 2,300. The small blind called and the big blind folded. The under-the-gun player check-raised to 8,000. Huang thought for a moment and called. The small blind folded.

The turn was the {6-Clubs}. The under-the-gun player moved all in and Huang snap-called, immediately taling {2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} for a set of deuces. His opponent said, "Nice hand" and tabled {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, getting up from the table after realizing he was drawing dead to the {4-Spades} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Lue Huang us
Lue Huang
65,000 65,000

Tags: Lue Huang

Jerry Pokerwinski Eliminated by Joe O'Keefe

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a board reading {Q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, with about 10,000 in the pot already, Jerry Pokerwinski led out for 11,000.

Joe O'Keefe raised to 35,000 and Pokerwinski immediately moved all in. O'Keefe snap-called.

O'Keefe: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Pokerwinski: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

The turn was the {9-Spades}, giving Pokerwinski four outs to make a straight to the king.

The river was the {A-Hearts} and Pokerwinski was sent to the rail, sending O'Keefe to the top of the leaderboard for now.

Player Chips Progress
Joe O'Keefe us
Joe O'Keefe
80,000
Jerry Pokerwinski us
Jerry Pokerwinski
Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Rob Brugstahler Cracks Aces

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a board reading {j-Spades}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}, with about 10,000 in the pot already, Rob Brugstahler managed to get all of his chips in the middle with {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

Brugstahler's opponent called with {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}. The turn was the {3-Clubs} and the river was the {2-Diamonds}, giving Brugstahler a full double up and leaving his opponent with half of a starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Rob Burgstahler us
Rob Burgstahler
50,000

Updated Counts

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sharman Olshan us
Sharman Olshan
57,000 27,000
Sahar Khajavi ca
Sahar Khajavi
57,000 7,000
Alan Findlay gb
Alan Findlay
56,000 26,000
Kristan Mackiewicz us
Kristan Mackiewicz
43,000 13,000
David Olshan us
David Olshan
41,000 11,000
Sean Bartlett us
Sean Bartlett
40,000 10,000
Leo Kaplan us
Leo Kaplan
32,000 2,000
Marcy Jo Phillips us
Marcy Jo Phillips
32,000 2,000
Aaron Olshan us
Aaron Olshan
32,000 7,500
Kyle Gauchat us
Kyle Gauchat
28,000 -2,000
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
28,000 -2,000
Joe Ciffa us
Joe Ciffa
28,000 28,000
Veerab Zakarian ca
Veerab Zakarian
WPT 1X Winner
27,000 -3,000
Carol Leonardi us
Carol Leonardi
25,000 25,000
Jerry Pokerwinski us
Jerry Pokerwinski
24,000 -6,000
Silvio Derubeis us
Silvio Derubeis
24,000 -9,000
Jim Girdlestone us
Jim Girdlestone
23,000 -7,000
Jeffrey Hobrecker us
Jeffrey Hobrecker
23,000 23,000
Maria Parlatore ca
Maria Parlatore
22,000 -8,000
Randy Pfeifer us
Randy Pfeifer
21,000 3,000
Blake Napierala us
Blake Napierala
21,000 21,000
Cameron Bartolotta ca
Cameron Bartolotta
13,000 -17,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25