Championship Event
Day 1b Completed
2023 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship
Championship Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2023 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$315,900
Entries
1,053
Level
29
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
388
Players Left
20
Level: 21
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
John Carr Ends Day 1b as Chip Leader as 20 More Advance to Day 2
Level 20
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Some 388 players entered today's Day 1b flight of the Bar Poker Open Championship at the Golden Nugget Casino looking to amass a stack including John Kelly, Kourtney Sims and Will Unruh, all of who already had bagged for Day 2 but were looking for the golden double bag that would earn them an extra $1,500 as well as the opportunity to utilize their larger stack when play resumes tomorrow.
Both Sims and Unruh will have to make do with their Day 1a chip stack, but Kelly will carry two stacks through and will now play Day 2 with 650,000 chips instead of the 200,000 he had previously bagged on Day 1a.
John Carr (950,000) was the largest stack to emerge from Day 1b and is closely followed by Scott Kenyon (925,000) and Steven Moutrey (915,000).
Top Ten Counts from Day 1b
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Carr | United States | 950,000 |
| 2 | Scott Kenyon | United States | 925,000 |
| 3 | Steven Moutrey | United States | 915,000 |
| 4 | Saverio Biancardi | United States | 680,000 |
| 5 | John Kelly | United States | 650,000 |
| 6 | Alan OConnell | United States | 600,000 |
| 7 | Jon McClain | United States | 560,000 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Weinberg | United States | 540,000 |
| 9 | John Wolfson | United States | 505,000 |
| 10 | Jason Stevens | United States | 425,000 |
The 54 players remaining will return at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14. They will play 45-minute levels until the field is whittled down to the final nine.
A total of 1,053 players entered the field and the final 54 are now all in the money with a chance of winning the $100,000 first-place prize, the largest prize in the history of the Bar Poker Open.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will be back tomorrow for coverage of the Bar Poker Open Championship Day 2 here at the Golden Nugget.
Full End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
950,000 | |
|
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925,000
628,500
|
628,500 |
|
915,000
915,000
|
915,000 |
|
680,000
535,800
|
535,800 |
|
|
650,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
|
600,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
560,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
|
540,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
505,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
425,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
415,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
|
390,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
385,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
|
330,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
|
280,000 | |
|
205,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Eliminated 21st - 27th Place ($575)
Level 20
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Cadieux Busts Ending Action
Level 20
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Kevin Cadieux bet his remaining 105,000 chips and picked up a single caller, in the shape of John Carr.
As the hands were tabled, a large crowd gathered to see whether this was the hand that would end the days play.
Kevin Cadieux: 8♠8♣
John Carr: K♠10♥
The 7♥A♥Q♣ flop was safe for Cadieux but the crowd erupted on the J♥ turn, giving Carr a straight and a lock on the hand.
The river was an inconsequential 9♠ and it was Cadieux who busted, leaving the remaining 20 players coming back tomorrow for Day 2.
Full chip counts will follow shortly
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
|
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Busted | |
Hand for Hand
Level 20
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The action has slowed down as 21 remain on Day 1b of the Bar Poker Open Championship.
20 players will bag and tag for Day 2
Hair Eliminated by the Cowboys
Level 20
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Paul Hair open jammed his remaining 235,000 and action folded to Angel Palaez, in the big blind, who made the call.
Paul Hair: J♣9♣
Angel Palaez: K♦K♠
Hair was at risk and needed help but the board ran out A♦5♥4♦2♥Q♦ and despite Hair's chanting for a three on the river, Palaez's Kings held, taking the field down to 21.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
575,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Moutrey has Mountains
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Steve Moutrey opened to 50,000 from middle position and Milton Thomas reraised all in from the seat to his left, for a total of 425,000.
The action folded back to Moutrey, who quickly called putting Thomas at risk.
Milton Thomas: A♦Q♠
Steve Moutrey: K♣K♥
The board ran out J♣6♠J♠9♣9♠ and was no help to Thomas, who exits the tournament a few places away from making Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | |
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Busted |