Canadian Matthew Brunskole has hopped across the border to test his luck in another Niagra Falls event. Brunskole's latest cash was a big one here claiming victory in the kickoff event at the 2017 Fall Poker Classic right here in this very room.
The win gave Brunskole $36,024 to add to his resume crossing the $100k mark in the process. Brunskole has four recorded cashes here in Niagra Falls poker room so we'll be keeping an eye on him as the tournament progresses.
The 2018 Western New York Poker Challenge (WNYPC) kicks off this morning at the Seneca Niagra Resort & Casino with the first of eight events played over the course of the next 11 days. Running through April 6-16, poker fans in the area will be treated to some low buy-in, big value events culminating with a $200,000 guaranteed Main Event set to get underway on April 13.
The first event of the series features a buy-in of $200 and a guaranteed prize pool of $50,000. Players will have four shots to qualify for Day 2 with starting flights scheduled at 10:00 A.M and 6:00 P.M local time today and tomorrow with the survivors returning on Sunday to play down to a champion.
Players will start with 15,000 in tournament chips and play either 14 30-minute blind levels or until the field gets down to 12% remaining. Registration will remain open until the end of the eighth level and players are permitted to play any of the Day 1 flights with only their top stack carrying forward to Day 2.
In 2017, Nick Walker claimed the victory in the kickoff event topping a field of 638 entries en route to a cash prize worth $17,404. Though, with a deal made between the final four players, Matt Heiligenthaler actually banked the top prize walking away with $23,000.
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