Mike Vissers had a great chance to double with aces against Jason Nablo's ![]()
preflop, but a brutal ![]()
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runout gave Nablo a straight. Nablo is up to 320,000.
2014 Western New York Poker Challenge
Rick Block has taken a massive chip lead following the elimination of Jimmy Thomson in 10th place. The two players got it all on the turn of a ![]()
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board, Block holding ![]()
against Thomson's ![]()
. The
river improved Block to a full house and Thomas made his way to the payout cage.
Jason Nablo has reached his second straight final table of the WNY Poker Challenge after yesterday's third-place finish in Event #1. Leading the way here at the final table is Randy Pfeifer with 630,000.
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Nablo |
| 2 | Scott Gaddi |
| 3 | Randy Pfeifer |
| 4 | Mark Roberts |
| 5 | Long Nguyen |
| 6 | Rick Block |
| 7 | Jimmy Thomson |
| 8 | Mike Vissers |
| 9 | Joseph Elia |
| 10 | Mike Azzinaro |
After losing most of his chips in a huge three-way all to Mike Azzinaro, Pete Kaemmerlen got his remaining 40,000 in with the ![]()
against Rick Block's ![]()
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to leave Kaemmerlen one spot shy of the final table.
The final 10 are forming the final table right now, We'll have a seat draw for you momentarily.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
We're enjoying another 10-minute break. See you in a bit.
On a board of ![]()
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, Matthew Sande checked and Randy Pfiefer bet 18,000. Sande fired back with a check-raise to 40,000, which prompted a three-bet from Pfeifer to 89,000 from Pfeifer. Sande moved all-in, and Pfeifer snap-called.
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Pfeifer: ![]()
The turn was disastrous for Sande as Pfeifer had alreadry flopped a straight. The
completed the board, and Sande was crippled down to 40,000. He was eliminated two hands later, leaving us with 12 players.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500