Last Chance to Advance in Day 1b of Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship
The second of two opening flights for the Florida World Championship of the Bar Poker Open gets underway at 11 a.m. ET with players looking to join the 29 who advanced from a frantic Day 1a on Saturday.
While players qualified for Day 1a through Bar Poker Open events throughout the season, Saturday’s Day 1b acts as a second chance for any of those 281 entries. For $365 they can hop in again Sunday with one re-entry available to them.
The enticement of bonuses is also prevalent, as any of the 29 players that bagged up for Day 2 in the money can fire again to try to build a bigger stack. If they bag a second time, along with their larger stack going forward, they’ll also receive a $1,000 bonus.
Players Sunday will have their sights set on Day 1a chip leader Charles Olson’s 725,000 chips, as he bagged the biggest stack of the day.
As with Day 1a, players will start with 30,000 chips at blinds of 100 / 100 with a 100 big blind ante, and the final 10% of the field will advance to Day 2 and be in the money with a shot at Monday’s top prize of $50,000. Levels will be 30 minutes in length.
While the Florida World Championship is limited to those who’ve qualified throughout the year at BPO stops across the United States and Canada, open side events continue Sunday and Monday, including Sunday’s $150 Charity Series of Poker event at 5 p.m. Players that take part in both Day 1a and 1b of the Florida World Championship Main Event will receive a free entry into this tournament as well.
It’s going to be another great day of fun and exciting poker action at the Palm Beach Kennel Club and PokerNews is here to bring you all the action until a champion is crowned on Monday.