2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship

$1,000 Pro-Am
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship
Final Results
Winner
Nathan Thrush
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$32,624
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$111,250
Entries
125
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
8
Players Left
1
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Sneaky Wei

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Kaiwen Wei raised to 30,000 from early position with A8, Nathan Thrush called in the hijack with A10 and the blinds folded.

The flop came Q97 and Wei checked to Thrush and he bet 30,000, Wei called.

Action went check-check on the 4 turn, Wei checked again to Thrush when the K hit the river and his trap worked as Thrush announced "all in", Wei snap-called and doubled again.

Player Chips Progress
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Nathan Thrush
1,345,000
220,000
220,000
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Kaiwen Wei
560,000
357,000
357,000

Tags: Kaiwen WeiNathan Thrush

Level: 17

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

Wei Doubles

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Kaiwen Wei
Kaiwen Wei

Samy Boujmala raised in early position to 25,000, Conor O'Rourke called on the button and Kaiwen Wei announced all in for 77,000 in the small blind. Boujmala folded and O'Rourke called.

Kaiwen Wei: AJ All in
Conor O'Rourke: A9

The board ran out A101097, and Wei doubled.

Player Chips Progress
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Samy Boujmala
340,000
25,000
25,000
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Kaiwen Wei
203,000
102,000
102,000
Profile photo of Conor O'Rourke
Conor O'Rourke
190,000
77,000
77,000

Tags: Conor O'RourkeKaiwen WeiSamy Boujmala

Three-Bet from O’Rourke Goes Nowhere Against Thrush

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nathan Thrush raised to 24,000 from early position with JJ, Conor O'Rourke from the big blind three-bet to 87,000 with A7, Thrush called.

The flop came 1052, O'Rourke decided to check, Thrush bet 50,000 and O'Rourke folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Nathan Thrush
1,589,000
105,000
105,000
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Conor O'Rourke
219,000
99,000
99,000

Tags: Conor O'RourkeNathan Thrush

Boujmala Trying to Get Some Value

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nathan Thrush raised on the button to 24,000 with KQ, Samy Boujmala called in the big blind with J3.

Action checked to the river on 483109, Boujmala led out for 12,000 for some value but Thrush folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Nathan Thrush
1,403,000
Profile photo of Samy Boujmala fr
Samy Boujmala
446,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Nathan ThrushSamy Boujmala

Shooting Across Street from WSOP, Color Up Controversy & Event Cancelled | PokerNews Podcast #897

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In the 897th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by PokerNews Ontario Ambassador Kyle Anderson, who fills in for Mike Holtz. The trio discusses the deadly shooting that took place across the street from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in front of the Bellagio Fountains, and then dives into the color-up controversy involving Tyler Brown, who shared his story with PokerNews.

Kyna then sounds off on the cancelled WSOP Online bracelet event, Michael Lavin won a gold bracelet and an extra $1,000,000 thanks to ClubWPT Gold, and Benny Glaser claimed two bracelets early in the summer. Other tournament winners include Josh Reichard, Brad Ruben, Blaz Zerjav, and Nick Guagenti, who denied Chino Rheem his first bracelet.

After recapping Dusti Smith's win in the Wynn Ladies High Roller and a look ahead to some upcoming poker charity events, Chad shares details on his recent Live Reality Game (LRG) adventure in which he left the WSOP for 10 days to compete in a Survivor-based game, Surviving Reelfoot Season 13, in the woods of Tennessee.

Learn about all those stories and more in the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast!

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