Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Players are now on another ten-minute break, which means we are too.
2014 Western New York Poker Challenge
Event 12: $200 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Western New York Poker Challenge
Buy-in
$170
Prize Pool
$22,933
Entries
141
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Cameron Bartolotta was all in preflop for 180,000 holding the 
and well out in front of the 
of Todd Saffron. The board ran out a clean 
and Bartolotta doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
85,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
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Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Todd Saffron moved all in for his last 100,000 from the cutoff, and Jonathan Cosme re-raised to 200,000 from the small blind. Kevin Volz released from the big blind, and the cards were turned up.
Saffron: 
Cosme: 
The 
board missed both players, so Cosme's ace kicker finished best. Saffron exited in ninth place after an up-and-down evening at the tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Kevin Volz limped from the hijack and a short-stacked Tom Mistretta, who let himself dwindle to just 30,000, decided to call off from the cutoff. Barry Kruger checked his option from the big blind and then both active players checked the 
flop as well as the 
turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Kruger checked for a third time and then folded when Volz bet 60,000. Volz tabled the 
for a rivered straight, which bested the 
flopped pair of sevens for Mistretta.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Jim Burkett moved all in preflop for his last 115,000 from middle position, and action folded over to Kevin Volz in the big blind. He crunched the numbers and elected to call.
Burkett: 
Volz: 
Once again, Burkett got it in ahead. And once again, he came up second best. The 
gave Volz a better two pair, sending Burkett to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
After Barry "The Beast" Kruger raised preflop and Kevin Volz called from the small blind, the flop came down and a raising war saw them get a lot of chips in the middle.
Kruger: 
Volz: 
Kruger seemed devastated that his flush draw was no good, and he began calling for a queen. The 
turn wasn't it, and neither was the river. Both players made a flush, but of course the ace-high one of Volz was best. Kruger was left with just 160,000 after the hand while Volz vaulted to 1.65 million.
In the very next hand, action folded to Andy Spears in the small blind and he moved all in to put the pressure on Kruger, who thought for a bit before calling off his last 85,000.
Kruger: 
Spears: 
Kruger was behind, but he was drawing to two live cards. The 
flop was as dry as could be, and the turn actually left him drawing dead. The meaningless was run out on the river for good measure, and Kruger shook hands with each of the remaining five players before exiting the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,650,000
1,170,000
|
1,170,000 |
|
1,075,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
The shove-fest rolls on. Kevin Volz min-raised to 160,000 from the cutoff, Andy Spears shoved for around 1.1 million from the button, and David Schrader called all in from the small blind. Volz thought for a moment before folding king-queen with the . More on that in a minute.
Spears: 
Schrader:
The dealer rolled out a board of 
, and Scharder was eliminated. Had Volz called Spears' shove he would have made a king-high flush and eliminated both players. Nonetheless, we're now down to the final four.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
Busted |