Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up
$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$39,021
Entries
155
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
On a board reading 
, with about 3,000 in the pot, the player in the big blind led out for 1,600. Kurtis Boutelle was on the button and called.
The turn was the 
. The big blind led out again, this time for 6,000. Boutelle thought about it briefly and decided to call for a second time.
The river was the 
. The big blind quickly checked and Boutelle wasted no time, firing out a bet of 9,000. His opponent grabbed some chips and called. Boutelle tabled 
for a straight to the queen, and his opponent looked back his cards and said, "Nice hand. Two pair" before sending them into the muck.
Boutelle now leads the field after more than tripling his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 |
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
Randy Pfeifer has entered the field and has lost some pots to bring him down to about ten big blinds, but if anyone is familiar with him they will know not to count him out just yet.
Pfeifer has just shy of two million in recorded career earnings and has come close to snagging both a WPT title and a WSOP gold bracelet. In 2015, he finished in third place for just over a quarter of a million dollars in Atlantic city in a WPT event, and later that year finished in fourth place for just under half a million dollars in the WSOP Millionaire Maker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Players are on their first break of the day. Play will resume at 12:40PM.
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
On a board reading 
, with about 8,000 in the pot already, three players were all in. Mike Boncore was among them and was at risk, as was the player on the button.
The player in the big blind was well ahead with 
for a pair of jacks, with Boncore tabling 
for a pair of tens and the button showing for a pair of nines.
The river was the 
and Boncore made trip tens to save his tournament life, sending the button to the rail and leaving the big blind with a short stack of about 3,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 |
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Cameron Bartolotta of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is no stranger to the poker scene here in Niagara Falls, New York. His last cash was a runner-up finish here in the 2016 Fall Poker Classic for a whopping $40,781. He fell at the hands of Dan Wagner and looks to best his last finish and take a title back across the border. Bartolotta last won a tournament here in 2014 and has a list of cashes in this very room, contributing to his $120,000 in recorded career earnings.
Bartolotta has entered the field now and looks to make a run this weekend!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Bob Wideman was in the hijack and decided to limped in, as did the player on the button.
The player in the small blind raised to 500 and the big blind quickly called. Wideman thought about it for a moment and called, with the button coming along as well.
The flop came 
and all four players checked.
The turn was the 
. The blinds checked to Wideman who bet 700. The button called and both the small and big blind opted to fold.
The river was the 
. Wideman checked and his opponent decided to fire out a bet of 1,200. Wideman wasted no time and tossed out a few chips, indicating a call.
The button tabled 
for a pair of nines and Wideman eventually showed for a pair of tens, sending the pot his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000 |
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Canadian MMA Fighter, Omar Stefanini, is in the field today and is looking to add an American flag to his poker resume.
Stefanini hails from British Columbia in Western Canada and has been casually playing poker across the country. He has now ventured across the border and hopes to make a run this weekend.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 |