Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
$300 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$15,000
Entries
48
Level
19
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
0
Royale With Cheese
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Level 5
: 200/400, 0 ante
Jay Clark rivered a Royal Flush to drag a decent pot and get his head above water.
In the meantime, Dennis Fleig, otherwise known as Batman, just sat down beside him. The caped crusader always makes things interesting.
There's been no rush at registration just yet. The board reads 35 entries and still remains short of the 56 needed to match the $15,000 guarantee.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Eat, Sleep, PLO
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
John Pihlak is best described as a Pot-Limit Omaha enthusiast.
He's gripped by this great game and thoroughly enjoys every minute of playing it.
In fact, Pihlak drove up from his home in London, Ontario, Canada specifically to enter this tournament and maybe play a little PLO cash at the Niagara Falls Poker Room. So far, the tournament's going swimmingly.
He was on the right end of a set-over-set setup. Then, having the nut flush over the second nuts and a set helped him climb up to 50,000 in chips and into the early lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
Clark Wraps Things Up
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
Jay Clark got it in with a wrap against Chris Gras and Dennis Fleig both on sets.
Clark binked the straight in the river to scoop. Gras rang the reentry bell and Fleig may soon follow after being left short.
With the triple up, Clark now sits on the top of the early leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
|
7,500
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Sweet Baby Ray
Level 7
: 400/800, 0 ante
Ray LaRouech got paid in two decent pots.
Picking up aces with a king single-suited, and a Smooth Broadway Rundown, meaning four Broadway cards that are connected in sequence, certainly helped. These are the kind of hands seasoned PLO players like LaRouech look to get lots of chips in the middle with.
It all worked out as planned this time and now this perennial Seneca Niagara contender is at it again, on over 60,000 and leading the pack here in Level 7.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
In It To Win It
Level 7
: 400/800, 0 ante
Dave Grana got it in on an 
flop with two spades, holding top two and the the nut flush draw versus top two.
No chop when the spade fell and Grana scooped to rise up to 75,000 and into the lead.
In the meantime, Martin Adzhyan is two seats over and continues to chip up, hot on his heels with 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | |
|
70,000
27,500
|
27,500 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Peperone Slices Miller Twice
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Nick Peperone says if you can't spot the sucker at the table in the first 20 minutes, you are the sucker.
But that's another story. This one is about Peperone taking the lead in this event knocking out James Miller twice in a row.
His aces held against a straight draw, then his straight held versus a flush draw. Miller, who cashed in big last night making the final table in the $160 First Wednesday of the Month event, appears to be done gambling and reentering now.
Peperone is on top of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000 | |
|
Busted |