$365 Vegas World Championship Day 2 | 2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship

06-11-2025 11:48 UTC-8

Meza on the Rise

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Rich Meza raised to 85,000 in the cutoff and Sandro Boos defended in the big blind.

The flop came 10♠6♥Q♥ and Boos check-called a bet of 50,000 from Meza.

On the Q♣ turn, Boos checked again and Meza fired out a bet of 120,000. Boos took some time to think through his decision before making the call.

The river landed the 5♦ and action went check-check, with Meza tabling the winner with A♥Q♠ for trip queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rich Meza	850,000 460,000	460,000
Sandro Boos	580,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Rich Meza Sandro Boos

06-11-2025 11:57 UTC-8

Stephenson Wins a Flip to Double

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

John Paoloca moved all in from under the gun for about 450,000 and Louis Stephenson called in the cutoff for 370,000 to put himself at risk.

Louis Stephenson: 9♦9♥ All in
John Paoloca: J♥10♦

The duo were off to the races and the board of 6♠2♦7♥6♦5♠ ran out low and clean for Stephenson who earned the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Stephenson	840,000 475,000	475,000
John Paoloca	75,000 365,000	365,000

Tags: John Paoloca Louis Stephenson

06-11-2025 12:00 UTC-8

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 20 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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06-11-2025 12:08 UTC-8

Keefer Cracks Aces in Dramatic Runout

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Bryan Keefer raised to 160,000 on the button and Johnny Hernandez three-bet jammed in the big blind for 330,000 to put himself at risk. Keefer thought for a brief moment before making the call.

Johnny Hernandez: A♠A♣ All in
Bryan Keefer: J♠8♥

The flop came 4♥Q♣5♦ with Hernandez still far ahead. That was until the board ran out 10♠, 9♠ with Keefer backdooring his way into a straight to send Hernandez packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Keefer	1,550,000 570,000	570,000
Johnny Hernandez	Busted

06-11-2025 12:09 UTC-8

First Break

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The remaining 33 players have been sent on a 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante.

06-11-2025 12:32 UTC-8

Prize Pool and Payouts

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The 2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship generated a prize pool of $335,375 with $100,000 going to the winner.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$100,000	13–14	$2,300
2	$65,000	15–16	$2,000
3	$34,500	17–20	$1,700
4	$22,500	21–24	$1,500
5	$17,000	25–32	$1,300
6	$11,725	33–40	$1,100
7	$8,500	41–48	$900
8	$5,000	49–54	$800
9	$3,500	55–56	$725
10	$3,000	57–62	$650
11–12	$2,600

06-11-2025 12:44 UTC-8

Reporting on 30-Minute Delay

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

PokerNews will be reporting from here on out on a 30-minute delay to account for the feature table on the live stream.

This is to ensure no spoilers occur and that all remaining tables are synced up.

Level: 21

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

06-11-2025 13:20 UTC-8

Cronin Shows Huge Bluff

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Nick Becker

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action picked up on the turn with a big pot developing between Kevin Cronin in the hijack and the player in the big blind.

With over 800,000 in the middle and the board reading K♠3♣A♥3♥, the big blind checked and Cronin fired out a bet of 400,000. The big blind thought for a moment before making the call.

On the 3♦ river, the big blind checked and Cronin moved all in for 405,000 to put himself at risk. The big blind quickly folded and Cronin showed 10♦8♦ as he dragged in the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Cronin	2,050,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Kevin Cronin

06-11-2025 13:25 UTC-8

Mills Doubles

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Barry Russell

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Dustin Mills raised to 120,000 in the small blind. Barry Fagan in the big blind three-bet to 360,000, and Mills put the rest of his 380,000 stack in the middle.

Dustin Mills: K♠K♣ All in
Barry Fagan: 9♥9♦

The board ran out 4♠8♣Q♠8♠J♣ and Mills doubled up.