Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
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
Registration Now Closed!
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Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
With registration and reentry now closed, this fourth event on the WNYPC schedule officially drew 72 entries.
On paper it's on overlay, which means there is not enough in the prize pool to cover the $10,000 guarantee and the Niagara Falls Poker Room will have to throw in the rest.
However, do a little math and you might see things differently.
Players pay $150 for each entry, with $125 going to the prize pool and $25 set aside as an entry fee. A total of 72 players make $9,000 going into the prize pool.
So basically there's an overlay of $1,000. However, with $1,825 in fees collected, the room doesn't exactly have to go out of pocket to cover it.
In reality, it could be considered more of a fee rebate than an overlay.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The Money Matters
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Prize pool and payout information has been released for this event.
The top eight players will make the money and split up peices of the $10,000 prize pool. The winner will earn $3,400, a nice WNYPC trophy and Seneca Niagara poker glory.
Eighth place will get $400. Check the Payouts Tab above for all the details.
Right now there are just 20 players remaining and things are moving fast.
Chip And A Chair
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Tonowanda, NY's Patty Fitzgerald didn't have enough chips for the big blind ten minutes ago.
Now she's got 35,000 and counting after going on a major heater that included busting one player moments ago who shoved jack-high.
Fitzgerald looked him up with nines and held.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Zero To Hero
Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
John Geso got it all in with the 
just a few hands ago and four players called. He flopped a pair and a flush draw and after Jay Clark pushed everybody else off the hand betting on his two kings, Geso hit the flush on the turn.
Just a few hands later Geso was all in on the river for 16,000 in a heads-up pot on a 
board with 35,000 in the middle.
He got a fold and is suddenly sitting with 50,000 chips in his stack
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Pachla Holds!
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Alicia LaPorte Pachla just made a massive call when one opponent shoved for 21,000 in front of her on a ten-high flop with two clubs.
She had a ten and it was better than his nines. Another ten on the turn almost locked it up and after the river bricked, Pachla moved into the top spot on the leader board with just 14 players remaining.
After winning Event #2 last night, she's looking primed to go back-to-back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 |
Say It Ain't So
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
We say goodbye now to Joe Malec, who ran good early and ran into Jay Clark late.
Clark raised the rags, flopped the straight and had only to call when Malec hit top pair and ripped the turn.
Just 12 remain and the final table looms.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted |