2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$47,016
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$235,681
Entries
267
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Get Crackin'

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Andy Spears
Andy Spears

No more smoke and mirrors for Andy Spears - He's got a real big stack now.

He raised {a-}{3-} suited and a player with two aces just flatted. Two threes on the flop tell you most of what you need to know, the rest is just a bad beat story some unfortunate soul is downstairs at the bar telling right now.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
175,000 138,000

Tags: Andy Spears

He Could Have Been a Contender

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Joseph Elia
Joseph Elia

Joseph Elia is suddenly a contender here after handing fellow Seneca tournament standout Silvio DeRubeis his walking papers.

They got it in set-over-set with DeRubeis on deuces and Elias jacks. A fourth jack on the river was just salt rubbed in the DeRubeis wound.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Elia us
Joseph Elia
100,000 100,000
Silvio DeRubeis us
Silvio DeRubeis
Busted

Tags: Joseph Elia

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Stacked!

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Here's a look at the biggest stacks in the room heading into Level 12:

Player Chips Progress
DJ MacKinnon us
DJ MacKinnon
205,000 9,000
Alan Findlay gb
Alan Findlay
195,000 65,000
Matt Brunskole
Matt Brunskole
140,000 140,000
Mark Bowersock us
Mark Bowersock
135,000 -35,000
Lue Huang us
Lue Huang
135,000 135,000
Mike Bailine
Mike Bailine
130,000 130,000
Al Bianco
Al Bianco
115,000 -25,000
Andy Ranaletti us
Andy Ranaletti
110,000 32,000
Jim Goertz ca
Jim Goertz
105,000 -70,000
Mark Allott
Mark Allott
100,000 25,000
Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
90,500 -6,400
Mike Crystal us
Mike Crystal
90,000 -11,000
Sahar Khajavi ca
Sahar Khajavi
80,000 6,500
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
80,000 80,000
Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
45,000 -45,000
David Conron us
David Conron
Busted

BIg Money, No Whammies

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Money Bricks
Money Bricks

With registration and reentry now closed for this second flight, some of the numbers are in.

This second flight drew a whopping 183 entries, almost 100 more than Friday's 84. That makes it a grand total of 267 entries, outpacing the 244 this event drew last year.

Unofficially, the prizepool hit $235,681. We will have the full prizepool and payout details posted when they're in, but we can tell you Rick Block earned $52,768 taking the title last time around with a smaller field, so first-prize int he 2017 WNYPC Main Event should be even bigger than that.

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Last Chance To Fire; Everybody Eats

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
2017 WNYPC
2017 WNYPC

With ten levels of poker behind them, the players have been sent off on a 45-minute dinner break.

When play resumes at approximately 7:05 p.m. local time, the registration and reentry period for this second and final starting flight in the 2017 WNYPC Main Event will end.

Right now they are at 180 entries for the day, making 264 total. The $200,000 prizepool guarantee has been obliterated again. Some 96 are left in today's flight and will return from dinner looking to last five more levels and bag a big stack.

Hey Mr. DJ

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
DJ MacKinnon
DJ MacKinnon

It was a family pot with everyone at the table paying 2,000 chips to see the {q-}{10-}{2-} flop.

A battle of local titans began when Blake Napierala led for 8,000 and DJ MacKinnon raised to 26,000. The rest of the table were scared off and when it folded back to Napierala, he shoved 70,000.

Mackinnon called with the bigger stack and Napierala was at risk with his {q-}{10-} two pair. Mackinnon had a set of deuces and it held, sending Napierala to bed without dinner.

Speaking of dinner, it now appears Mackinnon will take the chip lead into the 45-minute dinner break just minutes from now.

Player Chips Progress
DJ MacKinnon us
DJ MacKinnon
185,000 65,000
Blake Napierala us
Blake Napierala
Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100