Donna Rohwer moved all in from the button for her last 2,695,000. Debbie Yurga folded the small blind, Phil Willmeth called from the big blind for and the hands were shown. Rohwer: A♠Q♣ Willmeth: K♥8♦ They saw a flop of Q♥5♥3♠ and Rohwer pair her queen on the flop to take the lead. The turn […]
Debbie Yurga moves all in from under the gun for her last 1,240,000. Phil Willmeth makes the call leaving himself just about 350,000 chips behind. With the blinds at 200,000/400,000 with a 40,000 ante this will be a key hand for either player. Yurga: K♥Q♦ Willmeth: A♥J♠ They see a flop of 4♣5♥5♠ and it’s […]
The players are now on a 15 minute color up break. Donna Rohwer has moved into the chip lead with just five players remaining. Below is a full list of updated chip counts. Donna Rohwer (NPL)- 4,355,000 Thomas McDonald (NPL)- 3,335,000 Debbie Yurga (Suit Up Poker- 3,395,000 Phil Willmeth (The Poker Pub)- 2,750,000 Rich Brennan […]
Thomas McDonald raises to 320,000 and Mark Yurga calls from the big blind. They go heads up to the J♥5♦8♠ flop and Yurga checks. McDonald slides out a bet of 900,000 and Yurga quickly check raises all in for 1,800,000. McDonald calls just as fast and the hands are shown. Yurga: J♣2♠ McDonald: Q♥J♠ The […]
Tim McPhillips didn’t have much wiggle room as he came into the final table with less than six big blinds. A short stacked McPhillips managed to make a pay jump when Andy Giatas was sent home in 8th. McPhillips was down to less than than four big blinds and moved all in holding Q♦9♥. He […]
Andy Giatas was all in for his last 665,000 holding A♥K♠ . Debbie Yurga made the call with 8♥8♦. The board ran out clean for Yurga and Giatas was sent to the rail. Giatas is our 8th place finisher collecting $2,452 for his efforts here in The Bar Poker Open Championship. Yurga is now back at […]
With the Blinds now at 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante the stacks are getting shallow. Thomas McDonald has been able to win some key pots here early at the final table. He now finds himself with the chip lead as he playing about 3,400,000. Just 7 players remain as they battle it out for the […]
Andy Giatas raises to 220,000 from under the gun and Debbie Yurga calls. The action folds to Donna Rohwer in the big blind who calls and they go three handed to the 8♣K♦Q♠ flop. Rohwer leads out with a bet of 200,000 and Giatas quickly raises to 500,000. With the action on Yurga she moves […]
The players have returned from break and the final table is now underway. We will bring you all the action right here on the blog. Don’t forget about the live stream which will be live in just 30 minutes at livestream page and on twitch.tv/barpokeropen.
We are now down to our final eight players as they battle it out for the $24,000 first prize and the BPO Championship trophy. Phil Willmeth caught fire here early and is leading the way. The players are now on a break and will return at 5 P.M. (PST) and play down a winner. The live […]
