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

11-19-2023 18:10 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Ellis	265,000 45,000	45,000
Kenny Goff	246,000
Nicholas Pacheco	220,000 105,000	105,000
Linda Rodrigues	170,000 72,000	72,000
Mitchell Friedman	126,000
John Kelly	125,000
John Germano	120,000 120,000	120,000
Paul Kassella	112,000
Sherrie Stumbo	106,000 43,000	43,000
Adam Rodriguez	95,000 50,000	50,000
Nikki Theroux	80,000
Robbin Glover	43,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

11-19-2023 17:47 UTC-4

Birthday Boy Meadowcroft Takes One Down

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Mike Patrick

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tuan Phan	110,000
Patrick Meadowcroft	65,000 93,000	93,000

Tags: Patrick Meadowcroft Tuan Phan

11-19-2023 17:31 UTC-4

CSOP Charity Event Set to Begin

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Mike Patrick

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

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

11-19-2023 17:11 UTC-4

Bloom's Stack Booms with Double Elimination

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Mike Patrick

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregg Bloom	95,000 95,000	95,000
Richard Anderson	Busted
Ariel Suchecki	Busted

Tags: Ariel Suchecki Gregg Bloom Richard Anderson

11-19-2023 16:55 UTC-4

Registration Closed

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Mike Patrick

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

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

11-19-2023 16:30 UTC-4

Last Break Before End of Registration

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Mike Patrick

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

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.

11-19-2023 16:27 UTC-4

Assorted Chip Stacks Before Break

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Mike Patrick

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Ellis	220,000 130,000	130,000
Patrick Meadowcroft	158,000
Antwan Tate	128,000 11,000	11,000
Pieter Arundel	110,000 80,000	80,000
Linda Rodrigues	98,000 6,000	6,000
Andrea Pekar	90,000
Thomas Magee	85,000 13,500	13,500
Linda Fuchs	75,000 75,000	75,000
Sherrie Stumbo	63,000