Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner
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Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
If you're looking for an overlay, you're not likely to find one here today.
Although coming to the end of Level 4 the $200,000 guarantee has still not been met.
There's 125 entries on the board so far today. Add that to the 84 from Friday and the event is well on it's way to drawing the 220 entries needed to get there.
In fact, they need just 11 more. With registration and reentry open for six more levels and a dinner break, plus the cage still processing satellite winners from earlier, the overlay sweat is over.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Positively Fifth Street
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Niagara-On-The-Lake, Canada's Jim Goertz has found the river kind today.
In fact, he's made more than his fair share of straights on fifth street already and was the first player over six-figures.
However, running into quad queens and quad aces means he is now sitting a bit shy of there. This despite his opponent with four aces being forced to call instead of raise in position on the river thanks to the single-chip rule.
Having likely saved a few chips there, Goertz still sits among the leaders going into Level 6.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
89,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Money In The Bianco
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Buffalo, NY's own Al Bianco has suddenly vaulted into the Level 6 lead thanks to top two pair.
In fact, he's had top two over a worse two pair twice to dispatch two different players.
Everything is going as Bianco planned so far and he's now on the top of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
If It's Not Scottish, It's Crap
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Buffalo, NY resident Alan Findlay has risen to a spot among the leaders thanks to two big pots.
He flopped a pair and a flush draw on the first one. Then got it in against a worse flush when they both turned it.
A little later he flopped a club draw against two nines and all the money went in when the 
turned. Findlay's flush with six figures now and climbing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 |
Buckeye Bowersock Builds
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Salem, OH's Mark Bowersock leads closing in towards the midpoint of this flight, sitting on over 160,000 now.
Bowersock had the 
on a board with all the other fours and an ace. One opponent had the full boat and was forced to carry the payments.
Then he hit a set of eights against two kings to crack 'em. No matter how you slice it, Bowersack's running hot and on top right now.
In the meantime, 2016 World Series of Poker No Limit Hold'em Colossus II 10th place finisher Hayden Glassman got it in with the flush and double-gutter combo draw. He hit, dragging an 80,000 pot to leap in contention and leave his opponent wondering how he called.
Math was clearly to blame.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75