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 […]
Joe Ginzer was eliminated in 10th place taking home $1,568 for his efforts. We were then down to our unofficial final table of ten. Phil Willmeth raised to 250,000 from early postion and Mike Thompson moved all in for 425,000. It folded back to Willmeth who made the call turning over his A♣Q♦. Thompson showed […]
Rebecca Cole moves all in for her last 500,000 and Rich Brennan makes the call. Cole is in great shape to double up with A♣10♠ against the A♥2♠ of Brennan. They see a flop of 2♣6♣5♣ and Brennan spikes his deuce on the flop to take the lead. “Give me a ten” Coles says to […]
12. Sally Ritchie (KQPL)-$1,568 13. Eric Wilbur (EPT)- $1,278 14. Jeff Abernathy (TPT)- $1,278 15. Nivaldo Melo (EPT)- $1,278 16. Rob Garrett (EPT)- $1,025 17. Loni Shaw (TPL 2013)- $1,025 18. Paul Giroux (EPT)- $425,000 19. Jon Glickner (EPT)- $822 20. Marcos Brixo (EPT)- $822 21. Corky Eden (NPL)- $822 22. Alexander Schwartz (NPL)- $687 […]
Jeff Abernathy moves all in for his last 420,000 from middle position. The action folds to Rich Brennan in the small blind and he reshoves all in for what looks to be about 1,500,000. With the action on Eric Wilbur in the big blind he goes deep into the tank thinking it over. Wilbur eventually […]
Corky Eden moves all in for her last 185,000 from under the gun. It folds to Phil Willmeth on the button and he makes the call. The blinds quickly fold and the hands are revealed. Eden: A♠9♣ Willmeth: Q♠Q♥ The board runs out clean for Willmeth and Eden is eliminated in 22nd place taking home […]
Debbie Yurga came into the day as the only player over the 1,000,000 chip mark. She has shown no signs of slowing down today and continues to be one of the more active players. Yurga’s stack continues to grow and she is now the first player to close in on 2,000,000. Her husband mark has […]
Joe Ginzer (TPL 2103) moves all in for his last 275,000 and it fold to Jeff Shuman in the small blind. Shuman makes the call and shows 7♦7♥. Ginzer turns over A♣A♥ pocket rockets and is in great shape to double his stack. The board runs out clean for Ginzer 4♥3♣K♣2♣8♣ improving Ginzer to the […]
Thomas Giglio raises to 90,000 and the action folds to Phil Willmeth in the small blind. Willmeth reraises to 290,000 covering Giglio who has a stack of 285,000. Giglio quickly calls for his tournament life and turns over his ace king. Unfortunately for him he has ran into the pocket aces of Phil Willmeth. The […]
There will be no storybook ending here in our Championship Event for Fritz Barnes. He gave it his all but was just eliminated in 28th place here on Day 2. Barnes was able to grind a short stack through much of Day 1B and prove that he was a deserving champion. He won’t be going […]
