$300 Pot Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
$300 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$15,000
Entries
48
Level
19
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
0
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Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
They call him Batman, and he certainly played like the caped crusader today.
In fact, Dennis "Batman" Fleig dominated the final table on the way to winning the 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge $300 Pot Limit Omaha event inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Thursday.
While the final three chopped the remaining prize money evenly at $3,825 each, Fleig earned the trophy and title by putting on a display of power PLO throughout the event and particularly short handed.
The event drew 48 entires leaving the tournament fees to cover an overlay making up the $15,000 prizepool guarantee. The plan was to pay five spots, but they originally took money from the first three places to pay sixth as well.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Fleig | $3,825 |
| 2 | Paul Bitterman | $3,825 |
| 3 | Mark Roberts | $3,825 |
| 4 | Dave Grana | $1,500 |
| 5 | Jay Clark | $1,125 |
| 6 | Alex Rivera | $900 |
By the time they got down to six, Alex Rivera and Jay Clark both got short and busted out in order. Four handed, Fleig raised a good 80 percent of hands and picked his spots carefully whenever someone dared play back at him. At one point he had half the chips in play and appeared to be dominating.
A three-way all-in hand at the end saw Roberts get it in with a chance to knock out both Dave Grana and Paul Bitterman. In fact, Roberts would have taken a lead into heads-up play with Fleig had his straight held. However, Bitterman rivered a flush to stay alive.
Grana took fourth and with the three remaining stacks looking relatively even, the deal was struck.
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Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
The three players remaining have decided to chop it even for $3,825 each. Dennis Fleig dominated most of the final table and will earn the title and trophy.
A recap will follow.
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Dennis Fleig had half the chips in play before Mark Roberts all but doubled through him.
Then Roberts, Dave Grana and Paul Bitterman got it all in three ways. Roberts had a straight, Grana a lower straight and Biterman a club draw with one card to come. It came a club and with Grana going out the three stacks remaining were suddenly pretty even.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
275,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
160,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
110,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Jay Clark suffered a similar fate to Alex Rivera. He shoved for three blinds with king-high and Mark Jacobs looked him up blind.
Jacobs made two pair aces and queens to oust Clark and just four remain now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Alex Rivera got down to less than three big blinds and got it in with queens single suited.
Dennis Fleig looked him up blind and ended up hitting aces and kings to send Rivera out ninth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Dennis Fleig continues to be the most active, aggressive and successful of the final six:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
190,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
170,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
60,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
|
50,000
-151,000
|
-151,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0