National Championship Day 1A: Howard Acoff Leads 27 Players Advancing

2017 Bar Poker Open National Championship
Level 23: 20,000/40,000 with a 4,000 Ante
Day 1A Entries: 552
Players Remaining: 27

Howard Acoff (Texas Poker Tour)

Day 1A of the 2017 Bar Poker Open National Championship finished with 27 players advancing to Day 2 on Wednesday. Howard Acoff of the Texas Poker Tour bagged up the biggest stack by a wide margin, easily surpassing the 870,000 of 2014 BPO National Champion Ryan Chua.

Players who bagged up today are still eligible to play tomorrow. Day 1B will play the same schedule and players have a chance to cash again in the National Championship. If a player advances twice, their biggest stack will go into play on Day 2 and they will receive a Day 2 min-cash for the smaller bag.

End of Day 1A counts:

1. Howard Acoff – Texas Poker Tour-1,915,000
2. Ryan Chua -Eastern Poker Tour- 870,000
3. Michael Czopek -Eastern Poker Tour- 812,000
4. Christopher Shepard – Eastern Poker Tour-773,000
5. Caryn Bustos -The Poker Pub Arizona- 668,000
6. Jonathan Billings – Over the Top Poker League-647,000
7. Justin Barber -Riverchasers- 646,000
8. Sean Russell -Pikes Peak Poker- 639,000
9. Sean Lauper – Eastern Poker Tour-545,000
10. Mike Asti – Steel City Poker-540,000
11. Michael Peace -Nevada Poker League- 539,000
12. Louis Belcher -Over the Top Poker League- 465,000
13. Denine Wish – Riverchasers-455,000
14. Kourtney Coutu -Eastern Poker Tour- 453,000
15. John (Jake) Dennehy -Eastern Poker Tour- 426,000
16. Jim Gardner – Eastern Poker Tour-407,000
17. Zach Preta – Pikes Peak Poker-393,000
18. Susan Kennedy – No Limit Pub Poker-387,000
19. Paul Giroux – Eastern Poker Tour-386,000
20. Jennifer Baigorria – Eastern Poker Tour-276,000
21. Brian Rodriguez – Eastern Poker Tour-274,000
22. Susan DePetro – Nevada Poker League-260,000
23. Allyson Holbrook -Eastern Poker Tour- 237,000
24. Leonard Burk – Missouri Poker Club-230,000
25. Jack Bell – Deepstacks Poker League-223,000
26. Victoria Dixon – Riverchasers-200,000
27. Robert Hansen – Kontenders Poker-195,000