$300 No Limit Hold’em
Day 2 Started
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
$300 No Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$160,617
Entries
638
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
The Final Day of Event #1 at the 2017 WNYPC Starts Now!
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After four starting flights over the past two days, 96 players return this afternoon to fight for pieces of a $160,617 prize pool in the final day of the 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge's opening event.
2016 Seneca Fall Classic Main Event finalist Mark Allott has almost 300,000 and the overall chip lead.
However, nine out of the top ten are all over 200,000 and that includes talented and hungry locals like Dietrich Kuhlman, Andy Ranaletti, and the enigmatic Jason Nablo.
While a $36,139 first-place prize awaits the winner, the first order of business is ensuring a $578 min cash by making it to the top 63.
Things will heat up soon after that as they vie for spots at the final table where the lion's share of the prize pool lies.
Play will begin with the start of Level 15 with the levels increasing to 40 minutes and the chase to make the money is not expected to last too long.
PokerNews will be on hand from the call to shuffle up and deal at 12 .m. local time until a champion is crowned, so stick with us for continuing coverage of the opening event at the 2017 WNYPC.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Like Sand In The Hour Glass
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The day begins with movement at the top and the bottom of the leader board.
Nick Peperone got his 80,000 in on a king-high flop with 
versus Anthony Faulise's 
. Peperone hit the rail and Faulise moved to the top of the counts when nothing changed on the turn or river.
Down at the bottom, DJ Mackinnon got in ten bigs with sevens. Art Demmerley looked him up with Broadway cards and whiffed.
A few shorter stacks have said goodbye, but there are no seismic shifts to report just yet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000 | 57,400 |
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80,000 | -42,100 |
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60,000 | 29,700 |
|
Busted |
Kuhlman Leads Into The Break
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Dietrich Kuhlman just cracked Charles Johnson's aces to grab hold of the chip lead heading into the first break of the day.
Johnson got all of his 40,000-plus all-in by the river after Kuhlman had hit a flush.
Just 80 remain heading into the break and the money bubble is in sight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
355,000 | 79,300 |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
The Bigger They Are
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Half way through the level and the money bubble is fast approaching with 69 players left.
The following players are among those who have hit the rail:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
The Danger Zone
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Andy Ranaletti can't stop flopping sets and has moved into the chip lead.
It worked out well for him when he flopped a set of jacks on an ace-high board against one opponent holding . They got it i and that 120,000-chip pot is what moved him ahead of the pack.
In the meantime, Nick Walker just joined that pack after a huge hand. It started with a William Ho open to 9,500. Christopher Dundas three-bet to 31,500 and Walker came over the top with a fourth bet of 95,000. Ho hit the road, Dundas moved in for around 15,000 more, and Walker called with the 
.
It was a cooler for Dundas and his 
. After a board of blanks he hit the rail and the dangerous walker has close to 300,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 100,000 |
|
290,000 | 170,800 |
|
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Busted |
The Bubble Pops
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
It was a fitting end to a very short bubble period as Ryan Martin and Scott Szatkowski both got it in with big slick and were looked up by a third player holding two queens.
The queens held and Scott Szatkowski was shortest, making him the bubble boy. Everyone else, including Ryan Martin, is in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500