2023 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship

Championship Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$100,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$315,900
Entries
1,053
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
8
Players Left
1

Seat 3 - Anthony Lundy, 2,820,000 (24 Big Blinds)

Anthony Lundy
Anthony Lundy

Brooklyn native Anthony "Tony" Lundy is a postal worker by day and has spent the last four years playing poker in the New York Free Poker League and cites his mother, Ola Alexander, as his biggest poker inspiration.

When not playing poker, he likes to spend his time working out and shopping, and has his wife and best friend cheering him on.

Lundy has 24 big blinds to play with on the final table and has already exceeded his largest-ever live cash.

Seat 2 - Dawna Blyleven, 3,965,000 (33 Big Blinds)

Dawna Blyleven
Dawna Blyleven

Dawna Blyleven is a retired World Series of Poker dealer and hails from Lompoc, California. A relatively new face on the Bar Poker Open scene having only joined her local league, Sunshine Poker League, last year.

Blyleven, like many others that have made the trip, successfully qualified for a package through the league and is not sat with the $100,000 prize in her grasp.

Last year Kourtney Sims finished in 2nd place in the event and Blyleven, who has her boyfriend and the whole Sunshine Poker League behind her, is looking to become the first-ever female champion.

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Seat 1 - Saverio Biancardi, 1,585,000 (13 Big Blinds)

Saverio Biancardi
Saverio Biancardi

Saverio, or Sal to his friends, hails from Garner, North Carolina and represents Kontenders Poker League. An avid poker hobbyist since 2017, Sav qualified for this event via his local league and is looking to manoeuvre his 13 big blind stack and has already locked up his biggest poker cash to date.

When not playing poker, Sal works as IT Architect and spends time walking his "fur babies" and is being railed by his friends and family back home.

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Bar Poker Open Championship Returns for the Final Table

Final Table of Eight
Final Table of Eight

The third, and final day, of the Bar Poker Open Championship, hosted at the Golden Nugget Casino, is almost underway and will commence at 2 p.m local time, although coverage will start thirty minutes later to keep the integrity of the game, due to the live stream.

After two days of exciting poker action, 1,053 hopefuls have been whittled down to the final eight players, all of which have their eyes on the $100,000 first prize.

Qualification for the Bar Poker Open Championship started early in 2023, with over one million players from all walks of life turning up to their local bars to play and earn the opportunity to qualify for this event, hosted at the Golden Nugget Casino, Las Vegas.

Brian Lerner leads the final table with 53 big blinds and is closely followed by Ryan Surdi who has 39 big blinds and Edward Holt, with 39 big blinds. The short stack John Carr navigated a sub 10 big blind stack for most of Day 2 and impressively made the final table with 4 big blinds to try and spin up.

Final Table Seat Draw

SeatPlayerLeagueChip CountBig Blinds
1Saverio BiancardiKontenders1,585,00013
2Dawna BlylevenSunshine PL3,965,00033
3Anthony LundyNew York FP2,820,00024
4Brian LernerDeepstacks6,310,00053
6Edward HoltEPT4,755,00039
7Jeffrey BowdenEPT1,875,00016
8Ryan SurdiNo Limit NY5,925,00049
9John CarrNo Limit PPT470,0004

Play resumes at Level 25 with twenty-seven minutes left on the clock. The blinds are 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante, and all final tablists have locked up $5,788 for their efforts, with the top prize of $100,000, the trophy and the title of Bar Poker Open Champion still to be decided.

Final Table Results and Payouts

RankPrize
1st$100,000
2nd$50,000
3rd$25,000
4th$15,000
5th$11,555
6th$10,008
7th$7,307
8th$5,788

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Tags: Anthony LundyBrian LernerDawna BlylevenEdward HoltJeffrey BowdenJohn CarrRyan SurtiSaverio Biancardi