2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

Main Event
Day: 1b
1a1b23
Event Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$47,016
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$235,681
Total Entries
267
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 267

XXX Leads!

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson

A huge pot has suddenly vaulted Pittsburgh, PA's Brian "XXX" Patterson into the top spot on the leader board heading into the flight's final break.

He picked up the {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} and flopped a set when the {q-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Diamonds} was revealed. Patterson's opponent had top-pair top-kicker and they traded raises before getting it all in for over 200,000.

Patterson turned quads and when the dust settled, he was standing on top of a mountain of chips good enough for the lead.

Below you can see how the rest of the leaders stack up:

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Patterson
255,000
255,000
255,000
Profile photo of Matt Brunskole
Matt Brunskole
220,000
220,000
220,000
Profile photo of Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
195,000
20,000
20,000
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Mark Bowersock
190,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Mike Bailine
Mike Bailine
175,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Nick Walker us
Nick Walker
150,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Gaetano DiMaria ca
Gaetano DiMaria
142,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
140,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Jim Goertz ca
Jim Goertz
135,000
30,000
30,000
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DJ MacKinnon
125,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Alan Findlay gb
Alan Findlay
115,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Andy Ranaletti us
Andy Ranaletti
112,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Lue Huang us
Lue Huang
77,000
58,000
58,000
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Alex Rivera
71,000
9,000
9,000