Phil Willmeth had just 1,200,000 and he was in the big blind for 1,000,000. Donna Rohwer raised and Willmeth made the call for the last of his chips. Willmeth: 8♣9♠ Rohwer: A♠9♥ The dealer spread the 8♦2♦4♥ flop and Willmeth’s supporters cheered as he flopped his eight to take the lead. The dealer burned and […]
Donna Rohwer (NPL) and Phil Willmeth are now heads up for the BPO Championship. Rohwer is holding a massive chip advantage with 12,675,000 while Willmeth has 1,370,000. It will be a big hill to climb for Willmeth as we are getting close to crowning our winner.
A short stacked Debbie Yurga moved all in holding 6♥9♥ and Donna Rohwer called with 10♥8♦. The board ran out A♠J♠Q♣9♣8♥ improving Rohwer to a straight. Yurga sure put on quite the performance and had all of the support from her Suit It Up team members on the rail. She is our 3rd place finisher […]
Rich Brennan moves all in for his last 2,500,000 and Donna Rohwer makes the call. The other players quickly fold and the hands are revealed. Brennan: A♥10♣ Rohwer: Q♦J♥ They see a flop of K♥6♥2♦ and Brennan remains in the lead. The 8♥ turn is a great card for Brennan as he picks up the […]
Thomas McDonald moved all in from the small blind for 605,000. The blinds are now 300,000/600,000 and Donna Rohwer called from the big for just 5,000 more. McDonald showed A♥8♠ and Rohwer flips over K♣J♦. The dealer spread the 10♠6♥2♦ flop and McDonald’s ace high was still in the lead. The turn 10♦ was no […]
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 […]
