Thomas Hawthorne Eliminated in 2nd Place ($4,023)
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Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
It took only a few hands of heads-up play for Event #1 of the WNY Poker Challenge to come to an end. Kevin Mathias and Thomas Hawthorne saw a flop of 
. Mathias led out with a bet of 40,000, Hawthorne raised to 100,000, and Mathias moved all in for more than 1.2 million, having Hawthorne covered. Hawthorne called, and the cards were tabled.
Mathias: 
Hawthorne 
Mathias flopped a straight and was two cards away from the title, but the 
on the turn gave both the same nine-high straight. Mathias did pick up a flush draw on the turn, though, and sure enough the 
arrived on the river to give him the victory and a $6,514 payday.
We'll have a full event recap for you soon.