2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

$160 NLH First Wednesday of the Month
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Western New York Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$2,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$160
Prize Pool
$23,166
Entries
198
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

A Chance At More

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Budwey Salhab
Budwey Salhab

All ten players at the table have won their way into the First Wednesday of the Month Championship Event set for January 2018.

But for Budwey Salhab, there's an added bonus. This is his second First Wednesday of the Month final table so far this year, meaning he'll get an extra 1,000 in chips to start the final.

It also means there will be one less player in the event, giving everyone a better shot at pieces of what is projected to be a more-than $20,000 prizepool.

Tags: Budwey Salhab

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Down To Ten

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Bill Schuster, Veerab Zakarian, and Cameron Bartolotta got it all in three ways:

Zakarian: {k-}{k-}
Schuster: {a-}{k-}
Bartolotta: {a-}{10-}

Zakarian looked good to triple up until the other two aces in the deck came out. Sal Incardona has hit the exit as well and now they're down to a single table of ten. Here's the stacks:

Player Chips Progress
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James Miller
500,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Russ Hall
Russ Hall
240,000
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Bill Schuster
230,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Todd Saffron us
Todd Saffron
220,000
-60,000
-60,000
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Budwey Salhab
190,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Chris Damick us
Chris Damick
160,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Don Orr
Don Orr
140,000
Profile photo of Jackson Smith
Jackson Smith
110,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Nick Zinter
Nick Zinter
60,000
Profile photo of Jarrod Brannigan
Jarrod Brannigan
50,000
Profile photo of Sal Incardona
Sal Incardona
Busted
Profile photo of Veerab Zakarian ca
Veerab Zakarian
Busted
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Down The Stretch They Come

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

Todd Saffron smoked Tom Smolinski making a set of eights to get within close striking distance of chip leader James Miller.

Now they're down to 17 and when the next level starts the average stack will have less than ten big blinds. Things should move pretty fast.

If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.

Player Chips Progress
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Todd Saffron
280,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Tom Smolinski
Tom Smolinski
Busted

Tags: Todd Saffron

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Just 20 Remain

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

There are no tough decisions for James Miller tonight.

Pierre Gautreau lost half his stack and shoved {k-}{q-} from the button. Miller had {a-}{k-} in the big blind and added his name to the list of souls crushed this evening.

Now they're redrawing again for seats at the final two tables.

Player Chips Progress
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James Miller
400,000
50,000
50,000
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Pierre Gautreau
Busted

Tags: James Miller

Bubble Pops (full)

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

They were on the money bubble and playing hand-for-hand, then the shortest stack in the room finally relented.

Everybody gets paid now. They will redraw yet again when they hit 20 and the final two tables.

This is what the big stacks look like with 21 remaining:

Player Chips Progress
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James Miller
350,000
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Budwey Salhab
140,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Pierre Gautreau
Pierre Gautreau
140,000
35,000
35,000
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Todd Saffron
130,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Patrick Anastasia
Patrick Anastasia
120,000
Profile photo of Sal Incardona
Sal Incardona
100,000
Profile photo of Tom Smolinski
Tom Smolinski
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Jackson Smith
Jackson Smith
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Veerab Zakarian ca
Veerab Zakarian
95,000
-5,000
-5,000
WPT 1X Winner
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Chris Damick
80,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Cameron Bartolotta
Cameron Bartolotta
60,000
-1,300
-1,300
Profile photo of Nick Zinter
Nick Zinter
25,000
-70,000
-70,000

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