Action was picked up as a player was all in from the cutoff against Thomas Gigilo who was on the button.
Cutoff: 10♦10♥ 
Thomas Gigilo: K♣K♦
Gigilo flopped his opponent pretty dead on 2♣K♥7♠ and held as the board ran out J♠J♦. Gigilo clearly gutted to have eliminated his friend from the competition.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Action was picked up as Bart Battista was all in for 17,500 against Mordecai Abraham.
Bart Battista: K♠Q♦
Mordecai Abraham: Q♠6♦
Both players hit a pair on the Q♣2♣9♠ flop but Battista's kicker played as the board ran out 9♣5♠. Battista doubled and took his stack to over 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Action kicked off as a player from under the gun raised to 8,000, a player in early position called, Michael Phillips called in the hijack and a player called in the cutoff.
Under the gun checked his direct left who bet 15,000 on Q♦4♥5♠, Phillips was the only caller. Action slowed down when the 8♣ hit the turn and the decision was checked to Phillips who 17,000 and took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Alex Bungener limped under the gun to 6,000 a player announced "all in" on the button for 22,500, Bungener called.
Button: A♠4♣
Alex Bungener: J♦10♥
Good flop for the button as it came 4♠Q♣7♣, but the 10♦ on the turn sent Bungener into the lead and the Q♦ on the river eliminated him. Bungener playing over 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
Players are on a 15-minute break
Level: 13
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Action folded to the player on the button who announced "all in" for 62,000, Mordecai Abraham called in the small blind and the big blind folded.
Button: A♠5♠
Mordecai Abraham: A♥Q♥
Good flop for Abraham as it came 9♣10♥J♣, the A♣ on the turn improved Abraham and the 6♥ on the river eliminated the button player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
A player raised from early position, a playing in the hijack three-bet to 25,000, Jerry Hill four-bet shoved covering both players, the early position folded and the hijack player with only 20,000 behind made the call.
Hijack: A♠J♠
Jerry Hill: Q♣Q♥
Great start for hill as the board came 2♦7♥7♠, the 5♦ turn kept Hill in the lead and the 6♥ meant Jerry took this pot and eliminated the hijack player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
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.”
| 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 |
