2024 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship

$365 Vegas World Championship
Day: 1a1
Event Info

2024 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j5
Prize
$100,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$349,200
Entries
1,164
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a1
Entries
472
Players Left
24

Muser and McNamara Lead The Final 24; Auvil and Jimenez Look For Second BPO

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Nathaniel McNamara
Nathaniel McNamara

This year��s edition of the $365 Bar Poker Open Championship Invitational saw a total of 472 players come out to play the first flight here today. This set our current prizepool at $141,600 so far, and seemingly on its way to land just around $400,000 as the likely endpoint. From that starting field, only 54 made their way into the money with an even smaller number of 24, still eligible for the $100,000 first-place prize.

Leading the way is Frank ��Domino�� Muser who bagged up 1,485,000. Muser raked in most of his chips when he eliminated Tom Heinlein in a massive pot, propelling him into the chip lead and he held it for the rest of the tournament. Nathaniel McNamara bagged just behind him with 1,380,000 after being all-in on the bubble against Joshua Mordenti (60,000). He had run into Mordenti��s aces, only to be saved by making a wheel on the river to score a massive double into the top two chip stacks. Both of them will be looking for their first BPO title.

Day 1a1 Top Ten Chip Counts

PlacePlayerChip Count
1David Muser1,485,000
2Nathaniel McNamara1,380,000
3Tafuto Antonio1,265,000
4Tim Dancy910,000
5Patrick Terek740,000
6Casey Nielsen530,000
7Frank Cordova460,000
8Clarinda Whitton420,000
9Miguel Medrano420,000
10Jeremy Williamson400,000

Two former BPO main event champions made their way to the end of the day as Rafael Jimenez (350,000) and Ian Auvil (300,000) look to carve their names deeper into BPO history with a second title. Auvil won the BPO world championship last November while Jimenez took down this very event in 2019, each player taking home $50,000 for their efforts.

Rafael Jimenez
Rafael Jimenez is one of the two former BPO

Fortune did not smile on all today. Last year��s runner up Ryan Surdi made the money, but found himself just short of collecting a bag at the end of the day. He will be able to join the other players in their quest to play tomorrow and find a bag then.

The 24 players finished with 7:25 left in Level 19, with blinds at 10,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante. Players who did not bag in this flight will have one more opportunity tomorrow to find a path to Day 2. Those who wish to bag again can do so as their smaller stack will be cashed out for $1,500.

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Tags: Casey NielsenDavid MuserFrank CordovaIan AuvilJeremy WilliamsonJoshua MordentiMiguel MedranoNathaniel McNamaraPatrick TerekRafael JimenezRyan SurdiTim DancyTom Heinlein