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
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alex Visbisky us
Alex Visbisky
270,000
125,000
125,000
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Medhat Ramzy
270,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Kurtis Boutelle us
Kurtis Boutelle
270,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Justin Canazzi us
Justin Canazzi
245,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Scott Murawa us
Scott Murawa
215,000
155,000
155,000
Profile photo of Henry Zou us
Henry Zou
175,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Walker us
Nicholas Walker
150,000
Profile photo of Joe Catalano us
Joe Catalano
150,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Sharman Olshan us
Sharman Olshan
135,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Mike Tieu ca
Mike Tieu
127,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Matt Heiligenthaler us
Matt Heiligenthaler
70,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Chris Patric us
Chris Patric
55,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Andrew Miller us
Andrew Miller
55,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Dave Paluch us
Dave Paluch
32,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Colin Phoenix us
Colin Phoenix
Busted

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.

Player Chips Progress
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Andy Ranaletti
185,000
75,000
75,000
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Jordan Lagano
35,000
100,000
100,000

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.

Player Chips Progress
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Arthur Gates
140,000
20,000
20,000
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Matt Murray
120,000

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.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike LaTour
160,000
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Michael Mcfall
Busted

Tags: Mike LatourMichael Mcfall

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200