$365 Vegas World Championship
Day 1a1 Started
2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship
$365 Vegas World Championship
Day: 1a1
Event Info
2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a1
Buy-in
$365
Entries
1,223
Level
32
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
538
Players Left
27
Players Left 1 / 1,223
Filter
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The 2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship returns to the Golden Nugget for the 10th year in a row, with flight 1a1 kicking off at 10:00 a.m. local time. The $365 buy-in event features players from leagues all around the country that earned their seat by competing both live and online for an exclusive invite.
The tournament has an anticipated prize pool of $400,000+ with a $100,000 guaranteed first place prize going to the winner. Last year's champion was Miguel Medrano of New York who took home the title and his first six-figure score. He defeated Patrick Martorella heads-up, who belonged to the same league - New York Free Poker.
2024 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 |
The Championship begins today and features two Day 1 flights at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time, each capped at 500 entries. Players may enter both flights, but can only bag chips once. Those who qualify from both flights take their best stack forward to Day 2 and earn a $1,500 bonus.
A “Second Chance” flight runs on Tuesday, June 10 at 11 a.m., but is only available to players who participated in one of today’s flights. Like Day 1A,10% of each flight will reach the money with a minimum cash of $500. Day 1 will end when the field reaches 5% rounded up.
Day 2 plays out on Wednesday, June 11 at 11 a.m., followed by the televised final table on Thursday, June 12 at 2 p.m.
- Players will receive 25,000 in tournament chips.
- Levels will be 30-minutes on Day 1, and 45-minutes on Day 2 onward.
- Day 1a Flight 1 and Flight 2 buy-in is $365.
- Day 1b buy-in is $365.
- On-Site registration is available until the start of Level 11.
- Alternates and late sign-ups will enter the tournament with a full chip stack and no obligation from it.
- The starting blind level on Day 2 will be the lower of the final levels from all Day 1 flights.
- Day 2 will play 8-handed. Redraw at end of Day 1 and at 24 and 9 players, or at the Tournament Director's discretion.
- Bar Poker Open will be funding any added money into the prize pool and all "Seat Winners" "Buy-In" portion.
Be sure to follow PokerNews throughout the remainder of this event, as well as future coverage throughout the summer.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
Cards are in the air in the 2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship!
25,000
Table 40Seat 5
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
Action picked up on the river with a runout of 10♠Q♥A♣4♦4♣. Aldo Castillo was faced with a bet of 6,300 from his opponent and thought for a brief moment before making the call.
He tabled A♦J♣ for two pair, aces and fours and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
Action picked up on the river in a hand between Charlie Walsh in the big blind and his opponent in the small blind.
With the board reading 10♦5♣8♠J♥6♥, his opponent check-called a bet of 800 and Walsh tabled J♣8♣ for two pair, jacks and eights to chip up early on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
A sizable pot was brewing where action picked up on the river with the board reading 6♥9♠3♣9♦3♦.
With over 10,000 in the middle, Andrea Chait check-called a bet of 5,000 from her opponent and tabled Q♠9♥ for a full house, nines full of threes, besting her opponent's 6♦6♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
Level 2
: Blinds 200/400, 0 ante
Action picked up on a flop of 2♦7♥A♠ with 2,700 in the pot. Gene Federico led out with a bet of 1,200 and his opponent called.
The turn landed the 10♣ and Federico bet again for the same amount. His opponent called once more.
The 3♠ river went check-check and Federico, who is representing the Kowboy Kings, tabled the winner with A♣Q♠ for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,500
27,500
|
27,500 |
