{"id":2783,"date":"2017-06-14T11:50:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vegas.barpokeropen.com\/blog\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2017-06-14T15:15:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T19:15:47","slug":"national-championship-day-2-ready-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/?p=2783","title":{"rendered":"National Championship: Day 2 Ready to Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2017 Bar Poker Open National Championship<br \/>\n<\/strong>Returning to Level 23: 20,000\/40,000 with a 5,000 Ante<br \/>\nTotal Entries: 817<br \/>\nPlayers Remaining: 40<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-Bar-Poker-Open-trophies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2548\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-Bar-Poker-Open-trophies-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bar Poker Open trophies\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-Bar-Poker-Open-trophies-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-Bar-Poker-Open-trophies-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-Bar-Poker-Open-trophies.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two days are complete and now it&#8217;s time to determine the 2017 Bar Poker Open National Champion. It started with 817 entries but only 40 players return today with a chance to hoist the trophy and take home a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>Howard Acoff finished Day 1A with a huge chip lead but Basil Congro and Nick Sims did their best to catch him on Day 1B. It is still anyone&#8217;s game and everyone will be aiming for the biggest part of the $200,000 prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>There will be one table on the feature stage and live-streamed to the world while the others play on the outer tables. Once they are down to eight players, the tournament will pause and they will return to the play the live-streamed final table at 6pm Vegas time.<\/p>\n<p>Cards will go back in the air at noon and we&#8217;ll be following along with the action.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Howard Acoff \u2013 1,915,000<\/li>\n<li>Basil Congro \u2013 1,499,000<\/li>\n<li>Nick Sims \u2013 1,133,000<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Chua \u2013 870,000<\/li>\n<li>Michael Czopek \u2013 812,000<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Shepard \u2013 773,000<\/li>\n<li>Caryn Bustos \u2013 668,000<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Billings \u2013 647,000<\/li>\n<li>Justin Barber \u2013 646,000<\/li>\n<li>Sean Russell \u2013 639,000<\/li>\n<li>Adam White \u2013 552,000<\/li>\n<li>Sean Lauper \u2013 545,000<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Scott \u2013 544,000<\/li>\n<li>Mike Asti \u2013 540,000<\/li>\n<li>Michael Peace \u2013 539,000<\/li>\n<li>Garth Moran \u2013 485,000<\/li>\n<li>Deborah Cox \u2013 480,000<\/li>\n<li>Louis Belcher \u2013 465,000<\/li>\n<li>Michael Hodgin \u2013 456,000<\/li>\n<li>Denine Wish \u2013 455,000<\/li>\n<li>Kourtney Coutu \u2013 453,000<\/li>\n<li>John Dennehy \u2013 426,000<\/li>\n<li>Jim Gardner \u2013 407,000<\/li>\n<li>Zach Preta \u2013 393,000<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Moro \u2013 389,000<\/li>\n<li>Susan Kennedy \u2013 387,000<\/li>\n<li>Paul Giroux \u2013 386,000<\/li>\n<li>Charles McCaughey \u2013 372,000<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Baigorria \u2013 276,000<\/li>\n<li>Brian Rodriguez \u2013 274,000<\/li>\n<li>Susan DePetro \u2013 260,000<\/li>\n<li>Kerri Pankowski \u2013 239,000<\/li>\n<li>Allyson Holbrook \u2013 237,000<\/li>\n<li>Leonard Burk \u2013 230,000<\/li>\n<li>Jack Bell \u2013 223,000<\/li>\n<li>Glenn Resch \u2013 203,000<\/li>\n<li>Victoria Dixon \u2013 200,000<\/li>\n<li>Robert Hansen \u2013 195,000<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Titcombe \u2013 157,000<\/li>\n<li>Tom Amato \u2013 117,000<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 Bar Poker Open National Championship Returning to Level 23: 20,000\/40,000 with a 5,000 Ante Total Entries: 817 Players Remaining: 40 Two days are complete and now it&#8217;s time to determine the 2017 Bar Poker Open National Champion. 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