2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

$300 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$3,825
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$15,000
Entries
48
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
0

LaRouech Gets Saxton

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Geoff Saxton
Geoff Saxton

Ray LaRouech potted the button and Geoff Saxton repotted all in for 40,000 from the big blind.

LaRouech had him barely covered and called with the {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Saxton needed help with the {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}, but it was LaRouech who got it on a {k-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{5-Spades}{7-Spades} board that made him a straight.

With the 2016 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam PLO champ now gone, only nine remain.

Player Chips Progress
Ray LaRouech
Ray LaRouech
80,000
26,000
26,000
Geoff Saxton
Geoff Saxton
Busted

Tags: Geoff SaxtonRay LaRouech

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

Tighten The Noose

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

The level after the dinner break has been marred by tight play, with no one giving an inch.

Dennis Fleig has been the most active player, but the results of his effort to play a lot of hands have not had much impact on the chips stacks, which seem stuck where they started.

Ted Blaszczak and Jay Clark did get it in one hand, but they both had aces and chopped.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

Updated Counts (full)

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dave Grana us
Dave Grana
193,500
23,500
23,500
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
184,000
10,000
10,000
Jay Clark
Jay Clark
93,500
-1,500
-1,500
Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
87,000
47,000
47,000
Dennis Fleig us
Dennis Fleig
84,000
-66,000
-66,000
Paul Bitterman us
Paul Bitterman
80,500
45,500
45,500
Geoff Saxton
Geoff Saxton
77,500
45,500
45,500
Matt Marcinkiewicz us
Matt Marcinkiewicz
69,500
-10,500
-10,500
Ray LaRouech
Ray LaRouech
54,000
-66,000
-66,000
Ted Blaszczak
Ted Blaszczak
36,000
-42,000
-42,000

The Dinner Bell Rings

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

With the end of the level upon then the players have headed off on a 30-minute dinner break.

We will update the chip counts before play resumes at approximately 6 p.m. local time.

Down to Ten

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Nick Peperone
Nick Peperone

Matt Marcinkiewicz made it 4,800 and got three callers, including Dennis Fleig, who had been killing it and was closing in on 200,000.

The flop came {3-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and Marcinkiewicz continued for 7,400 and Fleig put him to the test for the rest of his 12,300-chip stack, betting 20,000. The rest folded, Marcinkiewicz called and the hands were tabled.

Marcinkiewicz: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Flieg: {4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

Fleig had all kinds of outs against Marcinkiewicz' queens, but missed them all on a {3-Clubs}{k-Spades} run out.

In the meantime, Nick Peperone shoved a rivered full house, but ran into Alex Rivera's runner-runner straight flush. Peperone went out 11th and they are now at a final table of ten.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
174,000
51,500
51,500
Dennis Fleig us
Dennis Fleig
150,000
64,000
64,000
Matt Marcinkiewicz us
Matt Marcinkiewicz
80,000
49,000
49,000
Nick Peperone us
Nick Peperone
Busted

Tags: Nick Peperone

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 0

Ousted!

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Short stacks Derek Schlesinger and Anastasios Charitou ultimately relented and the rest of the remaining field heads into Level 12 without them.

After this half hour stanza there is a scheduled 30-minute dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Derek Schlesinger
Derek Schlesinger
Busted
Anastasios Charitou
Anastasios Charitou
Busted

Updated Counts (full)

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Things have slowed down considerably over the past half hour.

However, the structure finally caught up with short stacks Thomas Mader and John Bolla and they are gone. The rest stack up like this:

Player Chips Progress
Dave Grana us
Dave Grana
170,000
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
122,500
22,500
22,500
Ray LaRouech
Ray LaRouech
120,000
10,000
10,000
Jay Clark
Jay Clark
95,000
-20,000
-20,000
Nick Peperone us
Nick Peperone
90,000
4,000
4,000
Dennis Fleig us
Dennis Fleig
86,000
46,000
46,000
Ted Blaszczak
Ted Blaszczak
78,000
33,000
33,000
Mark Roberts us
Mark Roberts
40,000
20,000
20,000
Paul Bitterman us
Paul Bitterman
35,000
Geoff Saxton
Geoff Saxton
32,000
10,000
10,000
Matt Marcinkiewicz us
Matt Marcinkiewicz
31,000
-14,000
-14,000
Derek Schlesinger
Derek Schlesinger
20,000
Anastasios Charitou
Anastasios Charitou
18,000
John Bolla
John Bolla
Busted
Thomas Mader us
Thomas Mader
Busted