$34,000 Championship
Day 2 Started
2025 Eastern Poker Open
$34,000 Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 Eastern Poker Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Prize Pool
$34,000
Entries
365
Level
18
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
90
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 365
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The time has arrived at the 2025 Eastern Poker Open, as Day 1 survivors join monthly qualifiers, regional winners and wild cards to battle for The $34,000 Championship title.
Saturday saw 291 hopefuls take their shot at the Doubletree by Hilton Boston Milford, with only the final 16 earning a spot in today’s final at 10:00 a.m. local time.
Those 16 players already earned a $150 payday by advancing to Day 2, while chip leader William Ferdinand also collected a $400 Bar Poker Open hotel & seat package.
Although Ferdinand collected the most chips on Saturday, all of the players will start fresh for the final day for a shot at the $10,000 first-place prize.
The $34,000 Championship Day 1 Qualifiers
| Player | Country | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Ferdinand | United States | Steve Morey | United States |
| Richard Rollka | United States | Lisa Bowman | United States |
| Les Mildenberg | United States | Bill Haley | United States |
| Tyler Logan | United States | John Foley | United States |
| Bill Lyons | United States | Slade Edmonds | United States |
| Elijah Sampson | United States | Bill Acerra | United States |
| Richard Marchant | United States | Bryant Taylor | United States |
| Ron Brodeur | United States | Shaun White | United States |
The remaining Day 1 players will now be joined by other Eastern Poker Tour qualifiers from monthly championships, regional events, and wild card spots. The starting stack is set at 100,000, though some lucky players qualified with a double stack of 200,000.
Play will begin at 10:00 a.m. local time with blinds of 500/1,000 and a 1,000 big blind ante. Players will navigate 30-minute levels, with breaks scheduled after the first three hours of play and every two hours after that.
Day 2 Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | 7 | $1,200 |
| 2 | $6,000 | 8 | $1,000 |
| 3 | $3,400 | 9 | $800 |
| 4 | $2,400 | 10 | $500 |
| 5 | $1,800 | 11-13 | $300 |
| 6 | $1,400 | 14-16 | $200 |
The top 16 in the field will earn a minimum of $200, while tonight’s champion will take home $10,000 and the Eastern Poker Open Championship trophy.
PokerNews will have every major moment covered on the way to crowning a champion, so be sure to stay tuned to our live reporting throughout the final day of the Eastern Poker Open.
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
In one of the first hands of the day, Richard Rollka raised to 2,500 only to have Dylan Major three-bet to 7,000 from the button. Both blinds folded, Rollka called, and the flop came down 10♠A♦J♠.
Rollka led out for 12,000 and then called when Major raised to 37,000.
Both players proceeded to check the K♣ turn and then the J♣ paired the board on the river.
Rollka checked and then folded the K♠Q♣ flopped straight face up after Major moved all in.
Major didn't show his hand but did state, "I made a boat on the river."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Action exploded on a flop of 7♠J♦Q♦ between Jason Ahaesy and Ben Bray, which resulted in the former getting his stack of 81,000 in the middle.
Jason Ahaesy: A♦K♦
Ben Bray: A♣A♥
Bray was ahead with aces but Ahaesy was drawing live to both diamond and straight draws. The 2♦ turn settled things as Ahaesy made his flush to lock up the hand, and he was pushed the pot after the meaningless 10♠ was run out on the river.
Meanwhile, Najib Ishaq was the first player eliminated from the tournament and Bill Haley joined the rail a short time later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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190,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
With a board reading 10♥6♦8♦7♥, Jim Gardner ended up getting his stack of 73,500 all in against Jonathan Dwinell.
Jim Gardner: 9♦9♣
Jonathan Dwinell: 7♠7♣
Gardner was ahead with a straight but he wasn't out of the woods as Dwinell held a set and was looking for the board to pair.
Fortunatley for Gardner, that didn't happen as the safe Q♦ peeled off on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000 | |
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40,000 |
