$160 NLH First Wednesday of the Month
Day 1 Completed
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
$160 NLH First Wednesday of the Month
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$160
Prize Pool
$23,166
Entries
198
Level
21
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000
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Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
The 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge First Wednesday of the Month event was a big one.
It drew a whopping 198 entries creating a $23,166 that paid the top 21 tonight. It also added another $2,457 to the January 2018 Championship Event prizepool.
In the end, a deal was struck nine-handed after the hour got late and the stacks shallow. Each player earned $2,000.
They saved $1,000 and the trophy for first, but after seven of them busted in quick succession, Nick Zinter and Chris Damik chopped that heads-up. Then, just before 4 a.m. local time they flipped until Zinter had all the chips, title and trophy.
It's worth noting Zinter was among the shortest stacks on the money bubble and somehow hung on, not just to cash, but to run it up and make the final table. Even at the final table of ten, where all the players earned seats the Championship event, Zinter got short and came back again. He simply refused to lose, and in the end, he didn't.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Zinter | $2,500 |
| 2 | Chris Damik | $2,500 |
| 3 | Don Orr | $2,000 |
| 4 | Jarrod Brannigan | $2,000 |
| 5 | Russ Hall | $2,000 |
| 6 | James Miller | $2,000 |
| 7 | Bill Schuster | $2,000 |
| 8 | Todd Saffron | $2,000 |
| 9 | Budwey Salhab | $2,000 |
PokerNews' coverage of the 2017 WNYPC Continues Thursday with Event #7 $300 PLO, which starts at 11 a.m. local time
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
They each took $500, left $68 for the dealers and Nick Zinter and Chris Damick started flipping until one of them had all the chips.
Zinter got it done. A full recap will follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,950,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Bill Schuster, Russ Hall, James Miller, Jarrod Brannigan and Don Orr all fell fast as this thing has devolved into a shallow stacked all-in-or-fold event.
The action was too quick to follow.
Chris Damick takes a 2:1 lead into heads up with Nick Zinter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
1,240,000
|
1,240,000 |
|
|
600,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Todd Saffron got his kings cracked by James Miller's 
, busting out with king-high a minute or two later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
The nine players left chopped up the $19,068 left in the prizepool.
Each took $2,000 and they left $1,068 and the trophy for first.
The very next hand, Budwey Salhad got his aces cracked thanks to running queens and eight remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
No player has more than 20 big blinds:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000 | |
|
|
350,000 | |
|
|
250,000 | |
|
|
240,000 | |
|
|
230,000 | |
|
|
175,000 | |
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
120,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
