2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

$300 No Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$17,404
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$160,617
Total Entries
638
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 638
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Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Chips move from one stack to the other and then back again.

The action has hit a bit of a lull with no one wanting to take the risk of being the next one out. The four remaining players play pots, but the tournament lives have not been on the line in a good while.

A chop was discussed briefly, but Matt Heiligenthaler's significant lead makes it difficult to get him to agree to take anything less than first-place money.

The clock will tick over to midnight in a moment and there is no realistic end in sight.

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Updated Counts

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Joseph [Removed:340] Eliminated in 5th Place ($7,629)

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Colin Reid made it 125,000 and Nick Walker raised to 350,000. Joseph [Removed:340] four-bet shoved for a million and after Reid folded, Walker called and turned over the {A-Hearts}{a-Spades}.

[Removed:340] had the {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and said goodbye fifth after the board ran out {k-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs}.

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

Updated Counts

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Tim Campbell Eliminated in 6th Place ($5,734)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Tim Campbell
Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell shoved 550,000 with two eights and got the call from Matt Heiligenthaler with the {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}.

Campbell stayed safe until the river on a {9-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{a-Hearts} board. He exited sixth and Heiligenthaler's lead is now massive.

Tags: Matt HeiligenthalerTim Campbell

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

John Fluder Eliminated in 7th Place ($4,819)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
John Fluder
John Fluder

It's a five way limped pot and [Removed:339] led out on the {2-}{5-}{6-} flop. Sahar Khajavi called and John Fluder shoved for 400,000.

Matt Heiligenthaler re-shoved and folded the rest out. Fluder had pocket sevens but was in desperate shape against Heiligenthaler's {3-}{4-} straight.

The straight held to send Fluder out seventh.

Tags: John FluderMatt Heiligenthaler

David Battaglia Eliminated in 8th Place ($4,015)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
David Battaglia
David Battaglia

David Battaglia shoved the {k-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and got the call from Sahar Khajavi on the {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}.

Battaglia picked up a flush draw, but missed on the {j-Clubs}{8-Spades}{a-Clubs}{9-Spades}{10-Spades} board to say goodbye in 8th place.

Tags: David BattagliaSahar Khajavi