2018 Western New York Poker Challenge

$120 No-Limit Hold'em II
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$4,026
Event Info
Buy-in
$120
Prize Pool
$14,915
Entries
157
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Goertz's Queens Cracked

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Three players including Stephanie Goertz built a pot of 1,700 before seeing a {k-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop. Goertz, who looked to be the preflop aggressor, continued with a bet of 1,000, not losing either of her tablemates.

All three players checked the {5-Diamonds} on the turn bringing the []s] on the river. Goertz check-called a bet of 2,200 only to see her opponent table the {q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, making a gut-shot straight on the river. Goertz flashed two queens as her cards went into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Stephanie Goertz ca
Stephanie Goertz
5,200 -4,800

Tags: Stephanie Goertz

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

A Few Familiar Faces

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

The field is starting to fill up with 70 entries now tallied. Some of the familiar faces include two players to make last night's final table; Marty Derbyshire and runner-up, Leo Kaplin.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Kaplin us
Leo Kaplin
10,000
Dave Burkley us
Dave Burkley
10,000
Jim Goertz ca
Jim Goertz
10,000
Marty Derbyshire ca
Marty Derbyshire
10,000
David Paluch us
David Paluch
10,000
Stephanie Goertz ca
Stephanie Goertz
10,000
Jeremy Felicetti us
Jeremy Felicetti
10,000

Tags: Leo KaplinMarty Derbyshire

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Don't Ignore Your Fans; PokerNews MyStack App is Live

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

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Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Second $120 Hold'em Event in as Many Nights Begins at 5 PM

The 2018 Western New York Poker Challenge (WNYPC) rolls on tonight with Event #5: $120 No-Limit Hold'em $10,000 Guarantee getting underway at 5 PM local time inside the Seneca Niagara poker room.

This is the third straight night for the low buy-in hold'em event. Last night, a field of 152 entries gathered creating a guarantee smashing prize pool of more than $14,000 with John Griswold capturing the title. Though talks of a chop were brought up many times, they were always quickly declined by more than one finalist and eventually, into the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Griswold walked away with a top prize worth $3,821.

In 2017, Canadian border-crossing rounder Cameron Bartolotta topped 95 runners in this event en route to a four-way chop that netted him $2,007.

When the action gets underway this evening each player will start with 10,000 tournament chips with blind levels increasing every 20 minutes. Late registration will remain open until the end of Level 9 with unlimited re-entries available during that time.

PokerNews will be here throughout the festival, bringing you all the news and live updates. Follow @pokernews on Twitter, on Facebook, and Instagram.

Tags: Cameron BartolottaJohn Griswold

$120 No-Limit Hold'em II

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