2023 Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Patrick Meadowcroft, who tells PokerNews that it's his 84th birthday is celebrating it here at the BPO Florida World Championship and making a run at Day 2.
in a recent hand after defending his big blind to a raise from Tuan Phan in early position, the duo checked the 8♠7♣4♣ flop to see the K♣ come in on the turn.
Meadowcroft checked again, then called a bet of 7,000 from Phan. On the 10♠ river, Meadowcroft bet 20,000, leaving himself just 6,000 behind.
Phan showed the K♥ and folded, telling Meadowcroft that he can't possibly be bluffing.
The birthday boy dragged the pot and continues his march toward the money.
The 56th Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) event is set to begin here at Palm Beach Kennel Club at 5 p.m. local time.
The event comes with a $5,000 first prize, along with other final table and silent auction prizes, plus ten player bounties including Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi.
The $150 tournament buy-in gets players 10,000 chips to start. Unlimited $50 rebuys for another 10,000 chips are available until the start of Level 9, so long as a player is below their original starting stack. In the break before the end of registration, a $50 add-on for an additional 20,000 chips is available.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Gregg Bloom found himself in a dream situation recently, as after Ariel Suchecki and Richard Anderson moved all in from middle position for 11,500 and 36,500 each respectively, Bloom woke up with exactly what he wanted to see in the hijack.
Ariel Suchecki: K♥Q♥
Richard Anderson: A♥K♠
Gregg Bloom: A♠A♣
Bloom had found a wonderful time to pick up aces, and after the board came 10♣5♣4♠6♦2♣, he had scored a big double knockout and boosted his stack to nearly six figures.
Following the 281 entries from Day 1a, another 145 joined the fray Sunday in Day 1b to add $41,760 to the prizepool.
Those numbers have created a final tally of 426 entries and a total prizepool of $122,688, of which $50,000 will go to the champion on Monday.
Fifteen players will advance to join the 29 from Day 1a, but the remaining prizepool and payout details will be released later tonight at the completion of play once the final Day 2 player numbers are official.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The tournament clock shows 145 entries in today's Day 1b field as the players head to break.
Once the break ends and Level 9 begins, registration will be closed.
Final prizepool and payout details will be provided as soon as they are available.