2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

$600 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Warm-Up

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$18,302
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$84,977
Entries
162
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Joe O'Keefe Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,039)

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Lue Huang raised to 35,000 from middle position. and Dave Grana three-bet to 80,000 from the cutoff. Joe O' Keefe was on the button and four-bet to 180,000.

Huang folded and Grana quickly called.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{3-Spades}{9-Spades} and Grana moved all in. O' Keefe snap-called. Grana tabled {a-}{k-} while his opponent showed {a-}{q-}.

The turn was the {7-Clubs} and the river was the {j-Clubs}, sending O'Keefe to the rail in ninth place.

Player Chips Progress
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Dave Grana
1,350,000
590,000
590,000
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Joe O'Keefe
Busted

Tags: Jeff o'Keefe

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Rob Burgstahler Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,615)

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Rob Burgstahler
Rob Burgstahler

Rob Burgstahler got his remaining 120,000 chips in the middle with {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, but much to his disappointment he was called by Kristan Mackiewicz who held {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}.

The board ran out {a-Spades}{k-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Burgstahler was the first to go at this final table.

Player Chips Progress
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Kristan Mackiewicz
670,000
170,000
170,000
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Rob Burgstahler
Busted

Tags: Kristan MackiewiczRob Burgstahler

Lue Huang Leads the Final Table

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
SeatPlayerCount
1Brian Bone100,000
2Lue Huang1,000,000
3Kristan Mackiewicz500,000
4Dave Grana760,000
5Joe O'Keefe500,000
6Rob Burgstahler180,000
7Buck Ramsay570,000
8Bill Snead405,000
9Andy Fitting120,000
10[Removed:339]840,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Sharman Olshan Eliminated in 13th Place ($1,360)

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Sharman Olshan
Sharman Olshan

On a board reading {j-Clubs}{9-Spades}{9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}, Sharman Olshan piled her remaining chips in the middle and was called by [Removed:339].

[Removed:340] tabled {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} for top pair but Olshan showed {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for third pair.

The river was the {j-Diamonds} and Olshan was sent home in 13th place!

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:339]
560,000
170,000
170,000
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Sharman Olshan
Busted

Tags: Sharman Olshan

Lue Huang Leads: Updated Counts

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Lue Huang
900,000
380,000
380,000
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Dave Grana
800,000
670,000
670,000
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Bill Snead
550,000
320,000
320,000
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Kristan Mackiewicz
445,000
175,000
175,000
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[Removed:339]
390,000
-75,000
-75,000
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Buck Ramsay
330,000
70,000
70,000
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Rambo P
300,000
80,000
80,000
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Joe O'Keefe
250,000
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Rob Burgstahler
230,000
-110,000
-110,000
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Brian Bone
210,000
140,000
140,000
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Rio M
200,000
70,000
70,000
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Sharman Olshan
120,000
-40,000
-40,000
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Andy Fitting
90,000
27,000
27,000