$300 No Limit Hold’em Day 1b | 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

The 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge continued Friday evening with the second of four flights in the $100,000 guaranteed $300 No Limit Hold'em Event #1.

The flight drew 147 entries, putting the total up to 267 and the event well on its way to surpassing the guarantee, with two more starting flights scheduled for 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday.

By the time 14 levels of play were through in the second flight, just 25 survived with Anthony Faulise leading the pack. Six players bagged six figures in another hotly contested heat filled with massive hands and some exciting action.

All the surviving players will return to play down to a winner on Sunday nearing the money bubble. After two flights, the total going through to Sunday is now 42 and counting.

However, Event #1 on the WNYPC schedule continues Saturday with the third starting flight at 10 a.m. local time. Tune in then to enjoy PokerNews' continuing coverage, live from the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino.

Western New York may be still thawing out from another long and hard winter, but things are heating up inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino.

Today marks the start of the Western New York Poker Challenge, an 11-day tournament series that always draws top rounders from near and far.

The first tournament on the schedule is a humdinger. It's a $300 No Limit Hold'em event with four starting flights and a whopping $100,000 guarantee. The first flight went of this morning, drawing 120 entries. Seventeen survived and will return for Day 2 Sunday.

The second starting flight goes off now and two more are scheduled for Saturday.

Players get 15,000 in starting chips and will attempt to navigate their way through 14 half-hour levels in the opening flights. Registration and unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 9.

Welcome to the Western New York Poker Challenge – The action continues now!