The 2017 WNYPC First Wednesday of the Month Event Starts Now!

Welcome back to PokerNews' continuing coverage of the 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge from the Niagara Falls Poker Room inside the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino.

Tonight we present a very special tournament that is a part of both the 2017 WNYPC schedule and a year-round promotion from Seneca Poker.

It's the $160 buy-in No Limit Hold'em First Wednesday of the Month event. This special promotional event runs on the first Wednesday of the month throughout the calendar year as the name implies. All final table participants from every event are invited to a Championship Event January 14, 2018 with an estimated prize pool of $20,000. This money is made up of 10 percent of the prize pool collected throughout all First Wednesday events, plus a nominal $10 entry fee.

Should participants make more than one final table throughout the year, they get 1,000 tournament chips added to their stack in the final for each additional one.

Tonight the structure is the same as all First Wednesday events, except there is also a 2017 WNYPC title and trophy on the line. Players get 10,000-chip starting stacks and the levels are 20 minutes in length. Registration and reentry is only available for the first three levels.

Because of the popular ongoing promotion, this is expected to be one of the busiest events of the 2017 WNYPC.

Get your popcorn popping, PokerNews' coverage of Event #6 on the 2017 WNYPC schedule - The $160 buy-in No Limit Hold'em First Wednesday of the Month event - will begin at 7 p.m. local time.