A player raises to 2,000 from under the gun and Paul Giroux moves all in for 20,425. With the action on Nate Coucha he reshoves all in for about 50,000. The other players quickly fold and the hands are shown. Giroux: 9♥9♦ Coucha: J♠J♣ “Nine are good” jokes Giroux when he sees the jacks of […]
Gus Pasquella is no stranger to The Bar Poker Open Championship Event as he nearly took home the title last year. He outlasted all but two players to finish third and take home over $8,000. Pasuqella is back again this year and looks to best last years finish here in Las Vegas. He has already nearly […]
While Andy Giatas continues to chip up and is now nearing the 150,000 mark he has someone on his heels. Richie Huff is quickly climbing the chip counts. He looks to be the only other player over the century mark which puts him near the top of the chip counts. He tells us he’s just […]
We catch up to the action on a board of 7♠3♥A♦9♠ and Justin “JD” Daniels moves all in for 11,750. A short stacked player is already all in and with the action on the button he stands up out of his seat. “I have a double gutshot straight draw and a flush draw, I think […]
The Texas Poker tour is proving the saying “Everything’s Bigger in Texas” to be true. A sea of red shirts is filling the poker room here today in our Championship Event. The group from Killeen Texas sure has it’s fair share of players in the field ready to battle it for the first place prize […]
Last years Bar Poker Open Championship took place at The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City New Jersey. There were 682 total entries but in the end just one man was left holding the trophy. Fritz Barnes came into heads up play with nearly a 4-1 chip deficit and after an epic comeback he earned the […]
It is still in the very early stages of Day 1A but we have already had several players double their starting stack. Two of those players are Terry Kuberski and Jennifer Swanson. Both are playing stacks of over 50,000 and we’re just getting started. “Can you see her behind all those chips” joked one […]
There has been no shortage of action at table 52 that’s for sure. Just after Tim McPhillips was involved in a massive pot that sent one to the rail, we saw another big hand. We arrived at the table just in time to see John “Big Dog” Dowling raking in a large pot. On […]