Championship Event Day 1b | 2023 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship

06-13-2023 18:16 UTC-7

Unruh Doubles his Short Stack

Daniel Williams

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action folded around to Jennifer Atkinson, in the small blind, who raised to 11,000 setting Will Unruh, in the big blind, all in. Unruh called and the players tabled their hands.

Will Unruh: J♠J♣
Jennifer Atkinson: Q♦J♦

Unruh was in front and needed to fade a queen and the board ran out A♠A♦7♥10♣10♠ securing the double up for Unruh.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Atkinson	181,000 49,000	49,000
Will Unruh (ii)	23,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Jennifer Atkinson Will Unruh

06-13-2023 18:02 UTC-7

Stacks from Around the Room

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Daniel Williams

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Milton Thomas	345,500 345,500	345,500
Scott Kenyon	296,500 296,500	296,500
Clarence Erickson	280,000 280,000	280,000
Jennifer Atkinson	230,000 230,000	230,000
Jahna Corbin	230,000 90,000	90,000
Mark Hatcher	220,000 220,000	220,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

06-13-2023 17:42 UTC-7

DeFreitas Finds Help on the River

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Daniel Williams

Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Filipe DeFreitas raised all in from early position for a total of 72,400 and picked up two callers including the big blind who was also all in for a smaller stack.

Filipe DeFreitas: A♣Q♥
Opponent 1: 10♠10♣
Opponent 2: 10♥10♦

The board ran out 2♥5♣5♦K♥A♥ and the ace on the river gave DeFreitas the treble up, eliminating the big blind in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Filipe DeFreitas	186,500 186,500	186,500

Tags: Filipe DeFreitas

Level: 13

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

06-13-2023 17:24 UTC-7

Stinnett Walks into Rockets

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Daniel Williams

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action folded to Paul Stinnett, in the hijack, who raised all in for 40,200. The player in the cutoff flat called, Steve Moutrey, on the button, reraised all in for 142,500. The small blind and big blind folded, as did the cutoff and the players showed their hands with Stinnett at risk.

Paul Stinnett: A♥6♥
Steve Mountrey: A♠A♣

It was bad news for Stinnett but the flop came 3♥4♣J♥, giving Stinnett a flush draw, but the K♦ turn and 3♠ river was no help and Stinnett made his way out of the tournament room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Mountrey	225,000
Paul Stinnett	Busted

Tags: Paul Stinnett Steve Mountrey

06-13-2023 17:12 UTC-7

Glaze Takes the Chip Lead

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Daniel Williams

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a board of 6♣8♥2♣5♣Q♥ Elizabeth Edwards bet 20,000 into a pot of 96,400 and Mike Glaze reraised to 70,000, putting Edwards all in.

Edwards took a few moments before making the call showing J♦J♥ for a pair of jacks but couldn't beat Glaze who had turned the nut flush with A♣8♣.

Glaze is now up to 283,1000 chips and is the largest stack in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Glaze	283,100 283,100	283,100
Elizabeth Edwards	Busted

Tags: Elizabeth Edwards Mike Glaze

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

06-13-2023 16:58 UTC-7

The Hunt for the Double Bag

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Daniel Williams

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Looking around the field there are two players already in Day 2 that are playing Day 1b in the hunt for the second bag.

The Bar Poker Open Championship has a 'best stack forward' rule allowing players to play multiple Day 1's and can take their largest stack through to Day 2.

They also pay out $1,500 per forfeited stack, so it is worth the endeavour for these players.

Last year's second-place finisher, Kourtney Sims, is still in the field today with a stack of 79,000. She bagged 185,000 for Day 2 yesterday and is looking to bring a bigger stack back from today's action.

The other player is Will Unruh, who is currently sitting last in the Day 2 chip counts with 5,000 chips. Having less than a single ante for Day 2 could prove tough for Unruh so he is out in the field looking to bag something much more healthy.