Jason Eisele Leads 59 Hopefuls into Day 2 of the 2018 WNYPC Main Event
Just 59 hopefuls remain as the 2018 Western New York Poker Challenge (WNYPC) returns to action on Sunday with Day 2 of the $200,000 guaranteed Main Event. Only 36 will walk away with a prize.
After Day 1a saw 116 entries gather, Day 1b followed with 199 for a total of 315. The largest field ever accumulated for a Seneca Niagara poker room $1,000 Main Event. A $278,050 prize pool was created easily surpassing the $200,000 guarantee. Anyone who makes the money will lock up at least $1,974 with a top prize of $66,736 awaiting the eventual champion.
Day 1a chipleader, Jason Eisele, tops the field heading into play, wielding a stack of 423,300. His Day 1b counterpart, Alex Visbisky, narrowly missed out on the title himself, bringing forward a stack of 422,000.
Other notables near the top of the counts include Medhat Ramsay (359,500), Dave Grana (353,000), Budwey Salhab (322,000), Chris Meyers (294,200), Dominic Baranyi (287,500), [Removed:602] (279,000), Patrick Tighe (276,000), Mike Latour (273,500),Joe Cantalano (269,500).
Cards will get in the air at 11 AM on Sunday with Day 2 action. The plan will be to play down to a final table but may continue on if the final table is reached early.
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