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8:15 pm

Gregory Spurdis aka “Mr. First Time”

2018 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante Day 1A Entries: 477 Players Remaining: 150 Gregory Spurdis is the last survivor of the Staten Islander Poker League. The very first time he played for them he came in third place and got his token to play online. He played the online […]

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7:16 pm

Ebony Kenney, the Hostess with the Mostess

2018 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 10: 1,000/2,o00 with a 500 ante Day 1A Entries: 477 Our Bar Poker Open hostess is in the building. Ebony Kenney has been the face of the National Championship since its inception and a popular figure in the crowd. Players are taking time away from their tables to […]

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6:24 pm

Michelle Mercier Scores a Double

2018 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 8: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante Day 1A Entries: 476 Michelle Mercier of Pikes Peak Poker Tour  is all in from early position with pocket kings against opponents [sc:Hearts card=”A” ][sc:Spades card=”Q” ] for her last 19,700 The board comes clean for Mercier as her pocket kings hold to […]

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6:14 pm

Kathy Welsh Gets Lucky on the River

2018 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 8: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante Day 1A Entries: 476 Kathy Welsh, of KOntenders, opens to 6,000 from middle position. Her opponent moves all in for 22,500 from the cutoff. Welsh calls with [sc:Diamonds card=”a” ][sc:Diamonds card=”10″ ] and needs to get lucky against the cutoff’s pocket tens. The […]

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5:58 pm

Stacey Blacksher Takes One Out

2018 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 8: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante Day 1A Entries: 475 Stacey Blacksher of Pikes Peak Poker, raises to 6,000 from late position. A player moves all in for 11,200 from the small blind and Blacksher calls. Blacksher turns over [sc:Spades card=”A” ][sc:Spades card=”10″ ] and is in the lead […]

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5:42 pm

Sean Lauper over 100k

2018 Bar Poker Open National Championship Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 300 ante Day 1A Entries: 473 Sean Lauper, of Eastern Poker Tour, bets 6,600 on a [sc:Diamonds card=”q” ][sc:Hearts card=”j” ][sc:Clubs card=”5″ ] flop, from early position. His opponent calls from the cutoff. The turn brings the [sc:Spades card=”2″ ], Lauper checks, and his opponent bets 9,000. […]

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