2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 Big Blind Ante Players Remaining: 72 of 529 On a board reading 10s 7c 2s 7h Rafael Jimenez of Texas Poker Tour was all in for around 500,000 and called by Down to the Felt’s Frank Zaitz. It was a cooler situation as Zaitz […]
2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 Big Blind Ante Players Remaining: 81 of 529 As we draw closer to the money, here’s a look at some big stacks from around the room: Hank Miller (Over the Top Poker League) – 685,000 Rafael Jimenez (Texas Poker Tour) – 600,000 Curtis […]
2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 Big Blind Ante Players Remaining: 81 of 529 A player moves all in for 78,000 from the cutoff and after thinking a short while Sheri Harden from KOntenders Austin, calls from the big blind. Harden turns up Ad Ks and is in great […]
2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 Big Blind Ante Players Remaining: 90 of 529 A player opens to 30,000 from middle position, a player in late position calls, and Justin Conran shoves having them both covered. Middle position calls all in for around 150,000 and its heads up. Conran, […]
2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 Big Blind Ante Players Remaining: 100 of 529 A player on the button raised to 36,000 and Curtis Patterson of No Limit Pub Poker Tour moved all in for 170,000 from the big blind. His opponent thought about it for a while before […]
2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 Big Blind Ante Players Remaining: 118 of 529 The numbers for Day 1A Flight 1 of the Bar Poker Open National Championship are in. There were officially 529 entrants with the final 53 making the money. The top 27 will put chips in […]
2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 12: 2,500/4,000 with a 5,000 Big Blind Ante Players Remaining: 150 of 529 Jim McNamara, was all in for around 40,000 with Qh 10s and flipping against Mike Badolato’s pocket fives. The board ran out 8c 2d 2s 7s Jh and Badolato’s fives held to eliminate his EPT […]
2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 12: 2,500/4,000 with a 5,000 Big Blind Ante Day 1A Entries: 529 Basil Congro, the reigning champ, is currently leading the pack. He sits with around 375,000 after having “a string of exceptional dealers.. The chips kept coming my way”
2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 11: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 Big Blind Ante Day 1A Entries: 529 A player moved all in with As Js and needed to get lucky against KOntender’s Brandy Lambert’s pocket kings. The board ran out Qd 6h 4c 10d 9d, clean for Lambert as she scored the knockout. […]
2019 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 3,000 Big Blind Ante Day 1A Entries: 530 Tara Harkess and Rod Ward of Suit Up Poker League, had been friends in high school and have known each other for 29 years. They hadn’t seen one another after graduation until they ran into each other four […]
