2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

$300 No Limit Hold’em
Day: 1d
Event Info

2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$17,404
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$160,617
Entries
638
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

$300 No Limit Hold’em

Day 1d Completed

Dietrich Kuhlmann Steals The Show In The WNYPC's Final Flight

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Dietrich Kuhlmann
Dietrich Kuhlmann

Just 24 players remain from the 170 entries the fourth and final flight for the 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge's opening event drew in Niagara Falls on Saturday evening.

John Stempien lost his mind and virtually all of his 200,000 chip stack three-barrell bluffing it off to Dietrich Kuhlman in the last few hands of the night and it will be Kuhlman taking the lead out of this last heat.

Stempien will bring a handful of big blinds and likely a hangover to the table tomorrow. Kuhlman joins the leaders of a pack of 96 from all four flights, heading to the playdown to a winner Sunday.

The chase to the money will kick off at 12 p.m. with plans to pay 63 spots.

The full payout details will be released before play. However, we can tell you they are playing for pieces of a guarantee-slaughtering $160,617 prize pool. First prize will be $36,139 and a min cash worth $578.

Mark Allott has almost 300,000 in chips coming out of the third flight and will take the overall chip lead and his lucky charms into play tomorrow. Nine out of the top ten are all over 200,000 and in the thick of it. Plus, with this many left it's anybody's ball game.

It's all on the line in Niagara Falls Sunday. Check us out tomorrow for continuing coverage of the opening event at the 2017 WNYPC.

Tags: Dietrich Kuhlmann

End of Day 1d Chip Counts (full)

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dietrich Kuhlman
Dietrich Kuhlman
275,700
Andy Ranaletti us
Andy Ranaletti
260,000 259,800
Jason Nablo us
Jason Nablo
250,800 29,800
Kyle Hilfiker
Kyle Hilfiker
176,100
Michael Latour us
Michael Latour
163,900
Michael Dicamillo
Michael Dicamillo
148,400
Nathan Kross
Nathan Kross
142,300 72,300
Art Demmerley us
Art Demmerley
122,100 47,100
Geoffrey O'Connor
Geoffrey O'Connor
116,100
James Goertz
James Goertz
112,900
Carl Sellars
Carl Sellars
89,000
Matt Heiligenthaler us
Matt Heiligenthaler
88,600
Andrew Martin us
Andrew Martin
83,000
Byron Doyle
Byron Doyle
71,100
George Crozier us
George Crozier
61,200
Keith Mueller us
Keith Mueller
58,200
Jason Clark us
Jason Clark
58,100
Chris Molica
Chris Molica
49,100 49,100
Rob Burgstahler
Rob Burgstahler
48,500 18,500
Ali Oskovie
Ali Oskovie
46,600
John Fluder
John Fluder
38,700
Aaron Obstein us
Aaron Obstein
38,000 -1,000
Tom Babiarz
Tom Babiarz
32,600
John Stempien
John Stempien
19,200 -195,800

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Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Zero To Hero

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
John Stempien
John Stempien

Local heros John Stempien, Andy Ranaletti, and Jason Nablo have the chip lead and it will soon be time to bag it up.

Stempien spent the past 30 minutes running up a 200,000 chip stack and drinking two and a half beers. Now he's got talking chips and penchant for playing the bully.

Ranaletti has by far been the luckiest man in the room all night and just rivered a straight in a 200,000 chip pot. While Jason Nablo has simply owned the evening, sipping on some kind of whiskey, telling old stories and playing cards like a beast.

Six more hands and it's over. Check back for the bags and their various sizes.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Nablo us
Jason Nablo
221,000 46,000
John Stempien
John Stempien
215,000 215,000
Andy Ranaletti us
Andy Ranaletti
200 -99,800

Tags: John Stempien

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Nablo Leads!

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Mike Latour lost a few chips, and after Jason Nablo busted Adam Foster with deuces holding versus Broadway cards, Nablo has moved into the lead.

Nablo and Latour are sat at the same table, and with Nablo having consumed many beers already this evening, the last two levels could prove interesting.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Nablo us
Jason Nablo
175,000 35,000
Mike Latour us
Mike Latour
155,000 -20,000
Adam Foster us
Adam Foster
Busted

Tags: Jason NabloMike Latour

The Money Matters

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Full prizepool and payout details will be released at the start of play Sunday.

However, at this point we can tell you they will be paying 63 spots total, with the winner earning $36,139. A min cash will be worth $578.

Nablo Up!

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jason Nablo
Jason Nablo

Jason Nablo continues to climb the counts here after busting yet another player.

He got his latest victim all in on a {K-}{Q-}{X-} flop. This unfortunate soul had {k-}{j-} and was no match for Nablo's {k-}{q-}.

Needless to say, two bricks on the turn and river gave Nablo the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Nablo us
Jason Nablo
140,000 117,000

Tags: Jason Nablo

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200