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

04-01-2017 19:57 UTC

Stacked!

[user127999]

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Here's a look at the biggest stacks in the room right now:

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Pace	172,000 7,000	7,000
Randy Pfeifer	135,000 50,000	50,000
Mike Sweeney	104,000 -1,000	-1,000
Brian Bowen	100,000 15,000	15,000
David Battaglia	98,000 8,000	8,000
Bob Brownell	95,000
Mark Allott	95,000 25,000	25,000
Joe O'Keefe	90,000 53,000	53,000
Mike Belmonte	90,000
Jim Girdlestone	85,000
Erik Dzikowski	80,000 10,000	10,000
Alex Rivera	75,000 -15,000	-15,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

04-01-2017 19:43 UTC

An Orbit With Chip Leader Bruce Pace

[user127999]

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

They say he plays almost every hand. They say he builds stacks quickly and blows them up just as fast. So we took an orbit with chip leader Bruce Pace just to see.

Pace began the orbit in the big blind with 165,000 in chips - Good for the chip lead.

Hand #1: Three players limped in and Pace bumped it to 2,000 from the big blind. All three called and saw the flop. After the small blind checked, Pace made it 4,500. Only one player called, but she folded when Pace made it 8,000 on the turn.

Hand #2: After a 2,000-chip open, Pace folded the small blind.

Hand #3: The player under the gun opened to 2,200 and got two callers, including Pace. The flop fell and UTG made it 3,200. Both players called. UTG checked the turn and the third player in the hand made it 6,000.

Pace raised to 15,000 and UTG folded. The other player called and they both checked the river. Pace showed and took it down with the straight. His opponent held the . Pace was up close to 200,000 following the hand.

Hand #4: There was one limper in front of him and Pace folded.

Hand #5: There was a limp and a raise in front of him and Pace folded.

Hand #6: Pace opened to 2,500 and a player behind shoved for 19,500. Pace folded.

Hand #7: There was one limper in front of him and Pace folded.

Hand #8: Pace folded under the gun plus one.

Hand #9: Pace made it 2,500 from under the gun and three players called. The flop came and Pace checked. Randy Pfeifer made it 7,600 and only Pace called.

The turn brought the and Pace checked. Pfeifer bet 22,000 and Pace called. The river came the and Pace checked again. Pfeifer moved all in for 43,100. Pace folded.

The orbit ended with Pace still on 165,000 and firmly in the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Pace	165,000 25,000	25,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

04-01-2017 18:51 UTC

Closing In On Six Figures

[user127999]

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Bob Brownell is the latest player rapidly approaching 100,000 in chips.

Brownell got there after flopping both a flush and an open-ended straight draw. He got it in and knocked out two players in the hand when a flush card came.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Brownell	95,000

Tags: Bob Brownell

04-01-2017 18:32 UTC

Registration Closes

[user127999]

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

With the registration and re-entry period now closed for this flight the numbers are in.

They drew 201 entries for this flight and the $100,000 guarantee is now an afterthought. In fact, the prizepool is already up over $117,000 and counting, with the fourth and final flight still to come tonight at 6 p.m.

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

04-01-2017 18:06 UTC