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$365 Vegas World Championship
Day 1a Completed
2024 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship
$365 Vegas World Championship
Day: 1a1
Event Info
2024 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a1
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$349,200
Total Entries
1,164
Level
29
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
472
Players Left
24
Players Left 1 / 1,164
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Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
This year’s edition of the $365 Bar Poker Open Championship Invitational saw a total of 472 players come out to play the first flight here today. This set our current prizepool at $141,600 so far, and seemingly on its way to land just around $400,000 as the likely endpoint. From that starting field, only 54 made their way into the money with an even smaller number of 24, still eligible for the $100,000 first-place prize.
Leading the way is Frank “Domino” Muser who bagged up 1,485,000. Muser raked in most of his chips when he eliminated Tom Heinlein in a massive pot, propelling him into the chip lead and he held it for the rest of the tournament. Nathaniel McNamara bagged just behind him with 1,380,000 after being all-in on the bubble against Joshua Mordenti (60,000). He had run into Mordenti’s aces, only to be saved by making a wheel on the river to score a massive double into the top two chip stacks. Both of them will be looking for their first BPO title.
Day 1a1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Muser | 1,485,000 |
| 2 | Nathaniel McNamara | 1,380,000 |
| 3 | Tafuto Antonio | 1,265,000 |
| 4 | Tim Dancy | 910,000 |
| 5 | Patrick Terek | 740,000 |
| 6 | Casey Nielsen | 530,000 |
| 7 | Frank Cordova | 460,000 |
| 8 | Clarinda Whitton | 420,000 |
| 9 | Miguel Medrano | 420,000 |
| 10 | Jeremy Williamson | 400,000 |
Two former BPO main event champions made their way to the end of the day as Rafael Jimenez (350,000) and Ian Auvil (300,000) look to carve their names deeper into BPO history with a second title. Auvil won the BPO world championship last November while Jimenez took down this very event in 2019, each player taking home $50,000 for their efforts.
Fortune did not smile on all today. Last year’s runner up Ryan Surdi made the money, but found himself just short of collecting a bag at the end of the day. He will be able to join the other players in their quest to play tomorrow and find a bag then.
The 24 players finished with 7:25 left in Level 19, with blinds at 10,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante. Players who did not bag in this flight will have one more opportunity tomorrow to find a path to Day 2. Those who wish to bag again can do so as their smaller stack will be cashed out for $1,500.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates on the Bar Poker Open.
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Lindsay Jeffreson called in the small blind where Ryan Surdi was forced all in and at risk in the big blind.
Ryan Surdi: Q♠J♠
Lindsay Jeffreson: 6♥6♣
The board ran out 6♦8♣10♠3♥8♦ and the sixes full were good enough for Jeffreson to eliminate last year's second place finisher Surdi from the tournament.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all chip counts and a full recap soon to follow.
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The clock has ticked down to 25 players very quickly as the field is just one player away from the end of the night.
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The players have gone on what will likely be their final 15-minute break of the night.
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
54th-Garron Walker
53rd-Christopher Harris
52nd-Jimmy Stolebarger
51st-Benjamin Green
50th-Jose Salas
49th-Mark Hendrix
48th-
47th-Chuck Clayton
46th-Elliot Dunner
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Action was picked up on the flop in a pot that was raised preflop between Tom Heinlein in middle position and Thomas Boaz in the cutoff.
After Heinlein bet on the flop of A♠7♦5♥, Boaz moved all in for 182,000 total and Heinlein called.
Thomas Boaz: A♥J♣ 
Tom Heinlein: A♣7♥
The board ran out as 9♥2♥ to keep Heinlein's two pair ahead of Boaz and eliminate him from the tournament.
Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
