Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$235,681
Entries
267
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
The Squeeze Play
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Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Sharman Olshan got three-streets of value out of Thomas Mader after flopping a set of jacks.
Mader claimed two queens at the time, but that's since changed to pocket aces. It makes no difference to Olshan, who has most of his chips now.
She's also got a spot among the early leaders and sweatshirt that says "May The Bridges I Burn Light My Way."
Mader's got a spot on one of those smoldering and quickly collapsing bridges and he could be ringing the reentry bell before long.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
3,500
-26,500
|
-26,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Take Us To Your Leaders
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Rochester, NY's Chris Graham will take the chip lead into the second break of the day.
He made sixes full and picked off a bluff in a 40,000 chip pot to climb the counts. Then Graham took it to that next level, getting over 100,000 when he flopped top set against top and bottom pair and all the chips went in the middle. The set held.
In the meantime, locals Budwey Salhab and William Balcom have continued to chip up. They join Graham as the only six-figure stacks in the room heading towards the mid-point of the flight..
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | |
|
125,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
115,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Kim Long Trieu made it 1,250 with two eights and after Peter Raimondi called, Budwey Salhab upped it to 5,000.
Both players called and Trieu smashed the 
flop. Salhab led for 7,000, Trieu made it 15,000, and after Raimondi stepped out of the way, Salhab pushed in.
Trieu called off his 10,000 behind and held on a brick-like river against Salhab's tens. Don't feel too bad for Bud though. He got back over the six-figure mark busting local legend Dan Wagner not too much later.
Wagner shoved a weak ace for 12,000 with a bunch of dead money in the pot and Salhab picked him off by calling with the 
and making a pair. Wagner rang the reentry bell immediately following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
116,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
I'm Coming Out
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Nathan Kross came out in the early levels today, but just found a rush here midway through the day to leap gracefully into the chip lead.
Kross' heater included picking up aces and getting paid off all in on the river against two jacks, and flopping a set of jacks and getting paid off all in on the river against turned top-top.
He also flopped a straight a minute ago to drag another one and is over 150,000 and gleefully counting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000 |
The Heater Continues
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Steely-eyed lady killer and Seneca tournament regular Sal Guercio is on a hot streak.
He picked up aces first, then kings three times and got some serious value out of all of it. In fact, Guercio's peaking at 85,000 now and hoping the heater continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100