Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Malm Melting After Jones Double
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Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Anne Jones made it 40,000 and Michael Malm and Erik Christensen both called.
Jones led 55,000 on the 
flop and Malm made it 150,000. Christensen folded and Jones made the call before checking the 
turn.
Malm shoved in and Jones snap-called off her last 600,000 and change with the 
. The set was enough to crack Malm's kings, but Jones rivered quads.
Malm just went from chip boss to the shortest stack in ten minutes as Level 22 comes to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000 | 695,000 |
|
350,000 | -850,000 |
All Klass
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Guy Klass got it all in for 600,000 holding big slick against Michael Malm's jacks.
Klass won the classic race hitting an ace on the flop and another on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | 715,000 |
|
|
1,200,000 | -650,000 |
Malm Pots It Big
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Michael Malm made a big 400,000-chip bet into a similarly-sized 400,000-chip pot on the river of a 
board, heads up with Mark Bowersock.
Bowersock called and mucked when Malm showed the 
boat.
With that pot, Malm moved into a dead heat with Erik Christensen for the lead seven-handed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,850,000 | 500,000 |
|
650,000 | -350,000 |
Hayden Glassman Eliminated in 8th Place ($6,599)
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Hayden Glassman shoved for 420,000 over an Erik Christensen 45,000-chip button raise.
Christensen made the big call with the 
. Glassman had two tens and the 
runout did him in.
Down to seven now with Christensen on top.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000 | 350,000 |
|
Busted |
Scott Murawa Eliminated in 9th Place ($5,303)
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Scott Murawa open-shoved 250,000 with big slick and Erik Christensen woke up calling with two queens.
Muwara hit a king, but Christensen turned a king-high straight.
There are now eight with plans to play this level and the next before making a decision on whether to bag it up and come back tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
MacKinnon Coolered Tenth; Final Table Set
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
DJ MacKinnon just ran big slick into Michael Malm's kings for his last 135,000.
MacKinnon turned a diamond draw, but whiffed the river to say goodbye tenth. He was short on the bubble and played the short stack ninja all the way to the quazi-final table, laddering up large.
Now the real final table begins with nine remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Patterson Out; Final Table of Ten Left
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Brian Patterson bluffed off heaps with king-high to Mark Bowersock and his middle pair.
Then he got it in for the last of his 250,000-chip stack with a pair and an open-ender on a nine-high flop heads up with Peter Beshay.
Beshay had jacks, held, sent Patterson home, and the rest of the remaining players to a final table of ten.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,430,000 | 330,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 340,000 |
|
Busted |
DePasquale Done, Christensen Extends
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Jack DePasquale shoved for 150,000 over a Guy Klass raise and Erik Christensen called. Klass called as well and they checked a 
flop.
Christensen bet what looked like a little over 100,000 on the 
turn and Klass folded. Turned out Christensen had two queens and had flopped the full boat.
DePasquale had the old 
and a gutterball. He missed and there are 11 left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | 200,000 |
|
Busted |