Flashback: Miguel Medrano Wins 2024 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship
Last summer in Las Vegas, the Bar Poker Open Championship saw 1,164 players battle to become the newest BPO champion here at the Golden Nugget. A total of six clubs were represented among the final eight, as each player was chasing the $100,000 first-place prize and the trophy.
The heads-up match would see a guarantee that New York Free Poker would be taking home the title and after a match of many lead changes, it was Miguel “The Mountain” Medrano who took home the title and a career-best score.
“It’s very exciting, it hit me when I saw the brick river,” the still excited Medrano said in his interview after the win. He also talked about his experience playing with Patrick Martorella, a man whom he plays a decent amount with back in New York. “I’m terrified of Patrick, I stay away from him back home. But in the end, I was lucky. All luck, no skill. It takes two years to get this lucky.”
2024 BPO Vegas World Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | League | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miguel Medrano | New York Free Poker | $100,000 |
| 2 | Patrick Martorella | New York Free Poker | $55,000 |
| 3 | Steven Morey | Eastern Poker Tour | $30,000 |
| 4 | Jamie Naftzinger | River Chasers | $20,000 |
| 5 | Antonio Tafuto | NPL Australia | $15,000 |
| 6 | Jake Dennehy | Eastern Poker Tour | $10,725 |
| 7 | Tim "TJ" Dancy | Contenders Poker USA | $8,000 |
| 8 | Jordan Teague | BarPokerOpen.com | $5,000 |