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

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

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
170,000
Rob Burgstahler us
Rob Burgstahler
Busted

Tags: Kristan MackiewiczRob Burgstahler

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

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
590,000
Joe O'Keefe us
Joe O'Keefe
Busted

Tags: Jeff o'Keefe

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Bill Snead Eliminated in 7th Place ($3,314)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Bill Snead
Bill Snead

Bill Snead shoved his remaining 160,000 chips with queen jack and ran into Brian Bone's ace nine. There was an ace on the flop and he was down to just 28,000 chips.

In the very next hand, Snead went all in for 26,000 from under the gun and was called by [Removed:339]. [Removed:340] held pocket sevens and Snead tabled jack six off suit. The board ran out dry and Snead was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:339] us
[Removed:339]
880,000
480,000
480,000
Brian Bone us
Brian Bone
250,000
50,000
50,000
Bill Snead us
Bill Snead
Busted

Tags: Bill SneadBrian Bone