2014 Western New York Poker Challenge

Event 12: $200 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$6,422
Event Info
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$22,933
Entries
141
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Updated Stacks

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Hoss Colao
Hoss Colao
125,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Barry Kruger ca
Barry Kruger
100,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Ryan Rivers ca
Ryan Rivers
91,000
26,000
26,000
Profile photo of Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
75,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Marcy Jo Penkalski
Marcy Jo Penkalski
74,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Josh Knight
Josh Knight
61,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Johannes Mueller us
Johannes Mueller
61,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Diana Piccioli
Diana Piccioli
46,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
36,000
-20,500
-20,500
Profile photo of Alex Visbisky us
Alex Visbisky
33,000
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Tom Krol
Tom Krol
21,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Dan Piccioli
Dan Piccioli
18,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Kevin Mathias us
Kevin Mathias
12,500
-13,500
-13,500

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Hoss Flips a Virtual Coin

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Hoss Colao
Hoss Colao

With the board showing {2-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades}{J-Spades}{5-Hearts}, Hoss Colao bet an unknown amount and Dean Metzger raised to 12,700 total. Colao went into the tank, and eventually opted to let technology decide his fate. He opened up a Coin Flip app on his phone.

"Heads I call, tails I fold," he told Metzger.

It landed heads, and Colao stuck to his promise.

"Good call," Metzger said as he tabled {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for ten-high. Colao revealed his winning {K-Spades}{J-Clubs}

"Does it always come up heads?" someone at the tabled asked.

Colao: "No, but I do whatever it says."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Hoss Colao
Hoss Colao
70,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Rivers Keeps Rolling

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

We walked up on a big pot brewing between Ryan Rivers and Alex Barker. With 26,000 in the pot already, Rivers and Barker saw a flop of {9-Spades}{10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and both checked. The {9-Diamonds} hit the turn and Rivers bet 10,000, enough to put Barker all in. Barker tossed his lone T10,000 chip into the pot for the call.

Rivers: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}
Barker: {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}

Barker was already drawing dead, and the meaningless {8-Hearts} completed the board to send Barker to the rail.

Dan Piccioli doubled through Rivers on the next hand, but yesterday's runner-up in Event #10 is still sitting comfortably with around 65,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ryan Rivers ca
Ryan Rivers
65,000
47,000
47,000
Profile photo of Dan Piccioli
Dan Piccioli
17,000
-19,000
-19,000
Profile photo of Alex Barker
Alex Barker
Busted

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Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Olshan Makes a Straight Flush

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Aaron Olshan
Aaron Olshan

Sharman Olshan called us over to tell us that her son, Aaron Olshan, had made a queen-high straight flush and got paid off on it. Sharman is seated two seats to the left of Aaron, so she had a good view of the big pot.

When browsing through our Player Updates section, it appears Sonny Rattan was the victim of the straight flush. Here's Rattan's report:

"Just lost with K high flush, to a straight flush. Gotta get some back."