Welcome to Event #12 the 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge!
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Hello and welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge. Eleven of the 16 events are officially in the books, and today we'll be covering Event 12: $200 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo.
Friday morning's event feature a different format than what we've seen thus far in the WNY Poker Challenge. The blind structure will remain the same, but each player will receive 30,000 in chips and the blind levels will increase every 20 minutes instead of the usual 30. Registration will be open until the start of level 4, and re-entries will be available until the start of Level 7. Players 18-and-over will be permitted to play in this event.
Last night, Thomas Keeper took down Event #10 after a four-way chop at the final table. Keeper defeated the red-hot Ryan Rivers heads up; Rivers won the Bad Beat Jackpot here at the Seneca Poker Room on Wednesday night for $72,000, and added another $6,000 to his bankroll on Thursday.
Event #12 begins at 11 a.m. on the balcony of the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel, and the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be bringing you hand updates, photos, chip counts and more from the floor. We will also be activating the MyStack App for this event, allowing players to directly update their chip counts in the PokerNews blog using their iPhone or Android phone. You can even write up hand recaps yourself to update your family and friends of your progress.
See you soon!