Pro-Am
Day 2 Started
Pro-Am
Day 2 Started
199 players came out to play the Bar Poker Open Pro-Am at the Golden Nugget Casino and the final nine return today to compete for the title and the first prize of $44,086 with Ryan Hiller (955,000) leading the pack. This event always played in the highest spirits and saw a range of Bar Poker Open qualifiers, Golden Nugget cash game promotion winners, and many well-known pros duke it out over 19 levels on Day 1.
Household names such as Ryan Depaulo, Veronica Brill, Ana Marquez, Rob Kuhn, Garry Gates and Conrad Simpson were but a few of the invited pros that attended but sadly came up short of the cash. One invited pro that had better fortune was Joey Ingram, who ran up a stack before ultimately coming short, finishing sixteenth place for a $2,719 payday.
Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
1 | Ryan Hiller | United States | 955,000 | 48 |
2 | Frankie Zeta | United States | 370,000 | 19 |
3 | Kevin Kent | United States | 335,000 | 17 |
4 | Steven Rodriguez | United States | 665,000 | 33 |
5 | Joseph Crowley | United States | 295,000 | 15 |
6 | Jim Juvancic | United States | 205,000 | 10 |
7 | Konstantinos Tsikopoulos | Greece | 620,000 | 31 |
8 | Clement Bonnant | France | 690,000 | 35 |
9 | Andrew Mackenzie | United States | 840,000 | 42 |
Players will return at 2 p.m. local time to the Golden Nugget Casino to play out the final day splay on the Gorlilla Gaming feature table. Blinds will resume with nineteen minutes left to play in Level 19 (10,000/20.000/20,000a) and from Level 20 the blind levels will increase to sixty minutes per level, and play will continue until a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates throughout the day's play.
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Our final table, of the 2023 Bar Poker Open Pro-Am, has just started as cards are in the air.
The action started with Konstantinos Tsikopoulos who opened 40,000 with K♦K♣, Kevin Kent then reraised all in for 375,000 with A♥Q♥, from the cutoff. Action folded back to Tsikopoulos who made the call putting Kent at risk.
The board ran out 8♥7♦10♦5♣6♠ and the kings of Konstantino held up, eliminating Kent in 9th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Konstantinos Tsikopoulos |
1,005,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
Kevin Kent | Busted |
From early position Ryan Hiller opened to 40,000 and the action folded around to Clement Bonnant in the big blind. Bonnant three-bet all in for a total of 670,000 and Hiller made the call.
Clement Bonnant: A♦K♠
Ryan Hiller: A♣K♦
Both players held the same hand however Bonnant was at risk.
The board ran out 6♦10♣2♠6♥6♠ and the players chopped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Hiller |
975,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
Clement Bonnant |
695,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Joseph Crowley opened from first position to 40,000, Jim Juvancic made the call and action folded around to Steven Rodriguez, in the big blind, who reraised all in for a total of 595,000. Crowley made the call and Juvancic folded his hand.
Rodriguez had Crowley covered but needed to fade an ace or diamonds to find the double-up.
Joseph Crowley: K♦K♣
Steven Rodriguez: A♦Q♦
The flop came 4♦9♦5♠ giving Rodriguez the flush draw, but the turn and river came 3♥8♠ and Crowley faded all the outs to find the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Crowley |
500,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Steven Rodriguez |
335,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
Jim Juvancic |
165,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Jim Juvancic opened the action by raising all in for his remaining 165,000, play folded around to Clement Bonnant who opted to call from middle position before Frankie Zeta reraised all in for 320,000 total. Bonnant called putting both players at risk of elimination.
Jim Juvancic: K♦7♠
Frankie Zeta: A♣K♠
Clement Bonnant: Q♠Q♣
The board ran out 8♦10♥J♥8♣4♣ and the queens of Bonnant held eliminating both players in the process.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Clement Bonnant |
1,300,000
605,000
|
605,000 |
Jim Juvancic | Busted | |
Frankie Zeta | Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000