BPO Florida Main Event Day 1b | 2022 Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship

11-13-2022 17:53 UTC-4

Tarber Hits the Rail

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was heads up with on the board when Wayne Tarber shoved the last of his short stack. Eugene Iovine was there to go for the knockout.

Wayne Tarber:
Eugene Iovine:

Iovine was ahead with a pair of aces. The turn and river ran out with no help for Tarber and he was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Iovine	85,000 85,000	85,000
Wayne Tarber	Busted

Tags: Eugene Iovine Wayne Talber

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

11-13-2022 17:40 UTC-4

A Few Assorted Chip Count Updates

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Scotto	145,000 100,000	100,000
Rocky Hackman	107,500 32,500	32,500
Kourtney Sims	79,000
Sara McCarthy	65,000 27,000	27,000
James Richter	64,000 33,000	33,000
Pamela Anderson	55,000
Maryalice Pleninger	53,000 23,000	23,000
Wayne Tarber	18,000 4,100	4,100

11-13-2022 17:24 UTC-4

Welsh Scores Big Pot With Aces

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Cathy Welsh was seen taking in another big pot after she knocked out one opponent and chipped up through James Richter.

Welsh had , while Richter had and a third all-in player had . The board ran out and Welsh held on with pocket aces to secure a big pot that puts her over the 100,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cathy Welsh	124,000 79,000	79,000
James Richter	97,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Cathy Welsh James Richter

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

11-13-2022 17:07 UTC-4

Day 1b Endgame

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Matt Hansen

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Day 1b will continue until 15 players remain. There are approximately 80 runners left in the tournament.

11-13-2022 16:57 UTC-4

Suchecki Back in Action With Aces

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Matt Hansen

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player was all in for around 20,000 and Ariel Suchecki was the one to put her at risk just moments after doubling up on a previous hand.

Opponent:
Ariel Suchecki:

The board ran out and the aces held to secure the knockout for Suchecki, who had expressed disappointment in the PokerNews team for covering her early bustout.

"Make sure you get this one in there," Suchecki said as she dragged the pot.

Apparently the hand was a bit of a fiasco before PokerNews arrived.

"I nearly knocked over a waitress," Suchecki explained. "Put that down, too."

Player	Chips	Progress
Ariel Suchecki	54,500 32,300	32,300

Tags: Ariel Suchecki

11-13-2022 16:46 UTC-4

Final Tally

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Matt Hansen

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The final tally for Day 1b is 159 entries and a prize pool of $45,792. The grand total prize pool comes out to $128,648, from which the winner is guaranteed at least $40,000.

Stay tuned for final payouts and an official number of players moving on to Day 2.

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

11-13-2022 16:28 UTC-4

Time for Another Break

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Matt Hansen

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players have stepped out for another 15-minute break. There are currently 156 entries in the tournament after eight levels. Registration will close at the beginning of Level 9.