$365 BPO Florida Main Event Day 1a | 2023 Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship

11-18-2023 15:56 UTC-4

A Round of Updated Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pacheco	154,000
Eric Wilson	140,000 22,000	22,000
Nick Sims	122,500
Tom Thygerson	108,000
Marc Tima	100,000
Samantha Skelly	90,000 -38,000	-38,000
James Pierce	54,000 -11,000	-11,000
Charlene Hromjah-Black	40,000
Lynette Jurgens	26,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

11-18-2023 15:27 UTC-4

BPO Player Profile: Richard Anderson

Mike Patrick

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

While the vast majority of players here at the Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship are from the United States, a maple leaf was spotted on the shirt of one Richard Anderson.

Anderson told PokerNews that he made the journey to the West Palm Beach Kennel Club for the event after qualifying through the Pocket Aces Poker League in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

Anderson, who has been playing poker for over 40 years was the lone representative of his home club and is looking for a win in the event that would surpass his previous high career poker win of $43,000 when he hit the bad beat jackpot at Seneca Niagara Casino several years ago.

Tags: Richard Anderson

11-18-2023 15:13 UTC-4

Set Over Set Over Set!

Mike Patrick

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The PokerNews live reporting team was just alerted to a wild hand that saw Linda Fuchs earn a double-up and then some in the most unlikely of scenarios.

As told by her very excited tablemates, Fuchs raised to 5,000 and was called by Jolanda Tedford and Bill Murphy.

The flop came K♥Q♠J♥ and first to act, Fuchs continued for 15,000. Tedford called and Murphy committed his final 9,000 chips.

Before the 10♥ turn, Fuchs moved her last 4,900 in blind and got called by Tedford.

Linda Fuchs: K♦K♣
Jolanda Tedford: Q♥Q♣
Bill Murphy: J♠J♦

It was an incredible set-over-set-over-set situation that held up on the river 8♠ as Fuchs boosted her stack significantly and also now has quite a story to tell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Linda Fuchs	66,000 66,000	66,000
Jolanda Tedford	11,000 11,000	11,000
Bill Murphy	Busted

Tags: Bill Murphy Jolanda Tedford Linda Fuchs

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

11-18-2023 14:54 UTC-4

Skelly's Stack Balloons Up

Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Samantha Skelly, who the PokerNews live reporting team noticed had one of the more unique card protectors in the room of a tiny balloon animal dog just alerted us to a big hand which has seen her stack blow up to six figures.

Skelly told us that she ran into the dream situation where she picked up aces versus her opponent's kings for a huge all-in preflop confrontation for just over 40,000 chips each.

Skelly's aces held and her little pink balloon dog has a lot more chips to hang out with now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samantha Skelly	128,000 128,000	128,000

Tags: Samantha Skelly

11-18-2023 14:51 UTC-4

More Faces in the Field

Mike Patrick

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

11-18-2023 14:11 UTC-4

Break Time

Mike Patrick

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The first break of the day has arrived with 256 entries so far, with alternates still being called to fill the jam-packed palm Beach Kennel Club poker room.

Upon their return, players will come back to blinds of 300 / 500 with a 500 big blind ante.

11-18-2023 14:08 UTC-4

BPO Player Profile: " DJ Vinny" Vincent Teutonico

Mike Patrick

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There are plenty of poker-playing characters here at the Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship, and throughout the weekend we'll take a look at some of them.

We caught up with "DJ Vinny" Vincent Teutonico while he was taking an unscheduled break at the bar after busting his first bullet.

Teutonico earned his nickname thanks to his longtime history in the music game as a DJ since 1977. Teutonico still spins the ones and twos, having recently done a gig in Hawaii, with most of his sets coming in the Staten Island area.

"DJ Vinny" qualified for the event via the BPO Staten Island chapter, and while his earned first bullet may have evaporated, he'll be back in after the upcoming break with his available $365 re-entry.

Tags: Vincent Teutonico