2018 Western New York Poker Challenge

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2018 Western New York Poker Challenge
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
45
Prize
$66,736
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$278,050
Total Entries
315
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 315
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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Breaking News; Pocket Jacks Hold

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Andy Ranaletti
Andy Ranaletti

It's unclear how many bets it took for all the chips to go in the middle but on a {6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop, a 185,000 chip pot was created, Jordan Lagano had Andy Ranaletti and a third player in the hand all in and at risk as the cards hit their backs.

Jordan Lagano: {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Andy Ranaletti: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-}{k-}

Ranaletti was ahead needing to fade a bunch of outs. The board ran out {4-Spades}{5-Hearts} and as shocking as it may seem, pocket jacks actually held and earned Ranaletti a huge pot.

Tags: Andy RanalettiJordan Lagano

River Straight Triples Up Murray

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Matt Murray
Matt Murray

All the chips went in preflop between Matt Murray, Arthur Gates, and a third player in the hand. Murray was the shortest stack with 36,000 committed and Gates having the other player covered as well.

Matt Murray: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}
Arthur Gates: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Opponent: {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

Much to the delight of the whole table, except possibly Gates, the board ran out {j-Spades}{k-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}. A roller coaster for Murray as he went from having the best hand, to losing, to binking a straight on the river to triple up.

Gates grabbed the side pot sending the third player in the hand to the rail.

Tags: Matt MurrayArthur Gates

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Mcfall Down and Out

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A three-bet preflop pot saw Mike Latour get all his chips in the middle on a nine-high flop with the {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}, crushing the {7-Clubs}{7-Spades} of his heads-up opponent, Michael Mcfall. Latour was able to fade the rest of the board scoring a huge double up. Mcfall was left with crumbs and busted moments later.

Tags: Mike LatourMichael Mcfall

Top Tip of the Leaderboard

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

No Longer in Contention

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante