$365 Vegas World Championship Day 1a1 | 2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship

06-09-2025 16:30 UTC-8

Vogt Doubles in Dramatic Runout

Nick Becker

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ben Vogt was all in preflop and at risk against one of the larger stacks at the table.

Ben Vogt: A♣Q♠ All in
Opponent: A♦K♣

The flop came 9♦7♦K♠ and Vogt's opponent slapped his hand down on the table in excitement seeing that he paired his king.

"It's not over until it's over," mentioned another player at the table.

That statement proved to be true as the board ran out J♠, 10♥ with Vogt backdooring his way into Broadway to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Vogt	130,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Ben Vogt

Level: 14

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

06-09-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Heinlein Finds the Dream Spot with Rockets

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Tom Heinlein was seen dragging in a sizable pot with pocket aces on a board of 9♠4♥3♦6♣2♥.

According to another player at the table, Heinlein was involved in a three-way all in where he was up against kings and queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Heinlein	240,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Tom Heinlein

06-09-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Burkett Applies the Pressure

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Steven Morey raised to 16,000 under the gun and was three-bet by John Burkett in the hijack to 45,000. Morey made the call and the flop came 10♦K♣9♥.

Morey checked and Burkett moved all in for about 50,000 to put himself at risk. Morey thought for a brief moment before tossing his cards into the muck.

"Good fold," said Burkett as he dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Burkett	160,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: John Burkett Steven Morey

06-09-2025 16:07 UTC-8

Zinkiewicz Tables the Nut Flush

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action picked up on the flop of 2♦8♦Q♠ with one short-stacked player already all in and at risk.

Mike Zinkiewicz checked in late position and the player in the cutoff checked back.

The turn landed the 7♦ and both players checked again, bringing the A♠ river.

Zinkiewicz fired out a bet of 40,000, resulting in a fold from the player in the cutoff. He tabled A♦3♦ for the nut flush to send the all-in player packing.