The Final Starting Flight For The Bar Poker Open Begins at 11 AM
The annual 2024 $365 Bar Poker Open Championship sees its third flight begin today at 10 a.m. This exclusive, invite-only event will see players in leagues from all around the country make their way to The Golden Nugget in Las Vegas with the dreams of becoming the new Bar Poker Open Champion. This will be the ninth summer that it is held at this location. A first place prize is guaranteed $100,000 with the total payout purse landing somewhere around $400,000. A whopping 736 entrants have already made their way to the cage for this event and time will tell if the surpass last year's final number.
Leading the way is David “Domino” Muser who bagged up 1,485,000. Nathaniel McNamara bagged just behind him also from Day 1a. 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.
Day 1a1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Muser | 1,485,000 |
| 2 | Nathaniel McNamara | 1,380,000 |
| 3 | Tafuto Antonio | 1,265,000 |
| 4 | Tim Dancy | 910,000 |
| 5 | Patrick Terek | 740,000 |
| 6 | Casey Nielsen | 530,000 |
| 7 | Frank Cordova | 460,000 |
| 8 | Clarinda Whitton | 420,000 |
| 9 | Miguel Medrano | 420,000 |
| 10 | Jeremy Williamson | 400,000 |
All entries will start with 25,000 in tournament chips and levels will be 30-minutes each on Day 1 and will increase to 45-minutes on Day 2 and the final day. There will be a 15-minute break after every four levels and each Day 1 will play down to 5% of the field. This second chance flight begins at 11 a.m today, with this being the final chance for players to secure a bag for Day 2 and for those that have already bagged a Day 2 stack, the opportunity to try their luck again and aim to bag even more tournament chips.
Any player that successfully bags chips twice will take their largest stack forward and will receive $1,500 for their efforts.
Here is a snapshot of the 2024 Bar Poker Open Championship Event:
- Players will receive 25,000 in tournament chips.
- Levels will be 30-minutes on Day 1, and 45-minutes on Day 2 onward.
- Day 1A Flight 1 and Flight 2 buy-in is $365.
- Day 1B buy-in is $365.
- On-Site registration is available until the start of level 11.
- If a player had entered any starting day and has been eliminated they may register for the subsequent starting day. Players may bag and play a subsequent flight.
- Alternates and late sign-ups will enter the tournament with a full chip stack and no obligation from it.
- 10% of each flight will reach the money with a minimum cash of $500
- Day 1 will end when the field reaches 5% rounded up. Day 2 will play until the final table is reached.
- Players that bag in any Day 1 flight may play a second chance flight and will take the highest chip stack forward. Lowest will be forfeited and player will receive $1,500 for their second bag.
- The starting blind level on Day 2 will be the lower of the final levels from all Day 1 flights.
- Day 2 will play 8-handed. Redraw at end of Day 1, and at 24 and 9 players or at the Tournament Director's discretion.
- Bar Poker Open will be funding any added money into the prize pool and all "Seat Winners" "Buy-In" portion.
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