After 15 levels of play, just 38 players remain in the second and final first-day flight for the 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino with Canada's Matt Brunskole grabbing the lead.
After a snow day Friday limited first-flight entries to just 84, the Main Event drew a whopping 183 entries Saturday. That made for a grand total of 267 entries, outdoing last year's 244 and creating a massive guarantee-smashing $235,681 prize pool.
| # | Player | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Brunskole | 401,500 |
| 2 | Jeremy Halaska | 346,000 |
| 3 | Chris Meyers | 314,500 |
| 4 | Michael O'Brien | 295,000 |
| 5 | Hayden Glassman | 287,000 |
| 6 | Mark Bowersock | 276,000 |
| 7 | Brian Patterson | 270,500 |
| 8 | Anne Jones | 255,000 |
| 9 | Andy Spears | 242,000 |
| 10 | Frank Tatar | 200,000 |
WNYPC will pay a total of 27 players and first place is a juicy $57,738.