Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
$300 No Limit Hold’em
Day: 1d
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
Life Imitates Art
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Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Art Demmerley has fired a few bullets into this event through the first three heats, but the one here in the fourth is working out the best so far.
Demmerley picked up the 
and managed to get it in three ways on an all-club flop. One opponent was short, and the other had the 
, but after the turn and river bricked, Demmerley's hand held.
After picking up that 50,000-chip pot, he now sits among the chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 60,000 |
The Unfavorable Update
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Blake Napierala made it 1,350 from early position and only Chris Harker called right behind him.
Napierala checked the 
flop, but called when Harker led for 2,000. They both checked the 
turn.
The river came the 
and Napierala took the lead, betting 2,800. Harker fired back with a raise to 7,000 total, and after about a minute, Napierala called.
Harker showed him the 
nuts and Napierala quickly mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000 | |
|
14,500 | -500 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
I Can Be Your Hero
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Two local legends just sat down, one for the second time tonight.
Rick Block managed to make it about 30 minutes on his first bullet before he flopped two pair and got his chips in the middle. Block's opponent called with top-top and made a better two pair on the river to send him the cage firing a second bullet.
He's now got a new seat at the table right beside where Jason Nablo just sat down, but the life of Mr. Nablo appears a little more charmed right now.
He sauntered in the room at the end of Level 5 and limped in from early position in his first hand. Like the hero he is, Nablo flopped a set of fives and with the help of two queens on the turn and river, he made him a boat. Three and half minutes into his day and Nablo's half way to a double up already.
His future is so bright, he's wearing sunglasses in a dimly lit room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000 | 23,000 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Orchard Park, NY's David Paluch has vaulted into the chip lead after knocking out two players in a single hand.
Paluch, a 2016 WNYPC title holder, got it in against a set of deuces and two napkins with the nut flush draw. The flush hit and Paluch now sits with the tallest stack in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Join The Club
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
A pair of players have joined the double up club headed into the first break.
Buffalonian Kyle Cameron made a full house to collect his and now sits among the leaders.
In the meantime, Andy Ranaletti had dipped down to 4,000, but kept finding a way to win pots until he had two starting stacks instead of one. Several of these pots apparently came at the expense of John Abraham, who ultimately tilted his way out of the flight before the first break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25