2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

$300 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$10,144
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$39,021
Entries
155
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Two-Table Redraw

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Here is a look at the final two tables:

Table 1:

SeatPlayerChip Count 
1Adam Stephany60,000 
2Leo Kaplan270,000 
3Sahar Khajavi50,000 
4George Crozier90,000 
5Ed Reid230,000 
6Rob Greene290,000 
7Varun Palackan60,000 
8John Perri40,000 
9Jeff Klein120,000 
10Jeffrey Hobrecker85,000 

Table 2:

SeatPlayerChips
1Dan Wagner360,000
2Mike Rellinger420,000
3Dietrich Khulmann135,000
4Jim Girdlestone125,000
5Paul McLean100,000
6John Brock110,000
7Tyler Orshini110,000
8Charles Johnson140,000
9Jim Pifer60,000

On the Bubble!

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

With the recent eliminations of Omar Stefanini in 21st place and Alan Findlay in 20th place, the tournament is now on the money bubble.

Stefanini got his remaining chips in with {q-Clubs}{2-Clubs} with a short stack and couldn't improve against Jeffrey Hobrecker's pocket sevens and was eliminated.

Findlay was all in before the flop with {a-}{8-} against Dan Wagner's {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. The board ran out ace high and Findlay was eliminated.

With 19 players remaining, there will now be a re-draw for seats.

Player Chips Progress
Omar Stefanini
Omar Stefanini
Busted
Alan Findlay gb
Alan Findlay
Busted

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

George Crozier is King

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Action folded around to Dan Wagner in late position and he raised to 11,000. The button called and George Crozier moved all in for 71,000 from the small blind. Wagner called and the button folded.

Crozier: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Wagner: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{q-Spades} and Crozier secured the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
255,000
-75,000
-75,000
George Crozier us
George Crozier
160,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

The Mayor is Running Things

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Mike Rellinger
Mike Rellinger

Mike 'The Mayor' Rellinger is on a tear. He was down to just 30,000 chips on the dinner break and after almost 30 minutes he is the new chip leader, edging Dan Wagner out by a hair.

On a board reading {J-Spades}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}, with about 60,000 in the middle, the big blind checked, as did Rellinger from under the gun. Leo Kaplan was in late position and bet 13,000. The big blind and Rellinger both called.

The turn was the {9-Hearts}. The big blind checked and Rellinger immediately fired out a bet of 50,000. Kaplan cut out some chips and thought about it for a moment before releasing his hand. The big blind folded and Rellinger raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Rellinger us
Mike Rellinger
350,000
210,000
210,000

Tags: Leo KaplanMike Rellinger

Final Three Tables: Top Stacks

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The tournament is progressing quite rapidly and is down to the final three tables.

Here is a look at the top stacks as of now:

Player Chips Progress
Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
330,000
180,000
180,000
Rob Greene
Rob Greene
278,000
33,000
33,000
Leo Kaplan
Leo Kaplan
260,000
140,000
140,000
John Stempien
John Stempien
220,000
Varun Palackan
Varun Palackan
200,000
-30,000
-30,000
Mike Rellinger us
Mike Rellinger
140,000
100,000
100,000
Alan Findlay gb
Alan Findlay
125,000
-50,000
-50,000
Jim Pifer us
Jim Pifer
100,000
35,000
35,000
Paul McLean ca
Paul McLean
90,000
18,000
18,000