Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
$150 No Limit Hold’em I
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$150
Prize Pool
$10,000
Entries
72
Level
20
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Alicia LaPorte Pachla Wins The 2017 WNYPC Event #2; Leads Here
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Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Alicia LaPorte Pachla is on a two-day heater and can't be stopped.
Last night she got the trophy and title after chopping up the prize money in the 2017 WNYPC Event #2 $150 NLHE, earning $2,200.
Tonight, she's running hot in the early levels again. Moments ago she flopped top two against a flush draw, got it in and held. Then, she ended up with the big end of the straight against a player holding the sucker's side. All in again and Pachla walked away with heaps.
Now she's got almost 40,000 in chips and is looking to repeat last night's performance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
The Overlay Alert
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
If you're local to the Niagara Falls area and have ever thought about hopping in one of these tournaments, now is the time.
Whether it's a hangover from the weekend action, the early start time, or just the fact it is a Monday, the entry numbers are a little light right now.
Basically they need 80 players to meet the $10,000 guarantee and they are short. Registration and reentry is available for three more levels, but the board reads just 49 players heading into the day's first break.
Unless there is a huge rush after it, there could be an overlay here. That means value for the players, and if you think you are one, you should head on over to the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Resort & Casino right now and get in on this.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The Leaders
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
The following players have chips and will travel:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
25,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
24,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
15 Minutes of Fame
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Erie, PA's Joe Malec has had about as good a 15 minutes as a poker player can have and now sits on the top spot on the leader board as a result.
He found both a straight flush and quads in that 15-minute heater and his stack is closing in on 60,000 now.
Speaking of quads, the player next to him had four-of-a-kind twice in a row, but still has about a starting stack due to some bad luck earlier. Strangely, someone also hit quads on table over as well.
However, Malec is the man right now with roughly half the field of 64 entries already gone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
It's Miller Time
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
James Miller's earlier generosity with those Girl Scout cookies has him in good steed with the poker gods for sure.
Two players with jacks and threes shoved in front of him and Miller called both with big slick. A king on the turn was like manna from heaven and Miller has the chip lead now.
It's the last level before registration and reentry closes and just 25 players remain from a field of 64 entries so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
|
10,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |