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June 15, 2023 @ 02:57 PM
Action folded to Dawna Blyleven, on the button, who raised 240,000 and picked up a single caller from the chip leader Brian Lermer in the big blind.
The flop came and Lermer opted to lead the flop for 350,000 which Blyleven swiftly called.
On the turn, Lermer decided to lead once again, this time for 450,000, and Blyleven called.
Lermer slowed down on the river, opting to check and Blyleven carved out a stack of chips totalling 1,200,000 and slid them over the line. Lermer took his time before folding and Blyleven adds to her stack.
Brian Lerner | 5,200,000 | -1,110,000 |
Dawna Blyleven | 5,100,000 | 1,135,000 |
June 15, 2023 @ 02:38 PM
Cards are in the air with the blinds resuming at 60,000/120,000/120,000a with twenty-seven minutes left on the clock.
June 15, 2023 @ 02:34 PM
Hailing from Centerpoint, New York, John Carr works in Media/Engineering and has a list of interesting hobbies away from the poker tables.
In his spare time, he collects vintage pinball machines, Beatles memorabilia and classic rock studio outtakes and with $100,000 for first, his collection could grow significantly.
Carr plays his poker in the Long Island branch of the No Limit Pub Poker Tour and through that league won his seat into Day 1a. After an unsuccessful Day 1a, Carr fired into Day 1b and managed to bag for Day 2.
An interesting Day 2 in which Carr navigated a sub-10 big blind stack for the last few levels before reaching the final table.
With a crowd railing from home, Carr is hoping that today will be the real underdog story.
June 15, 2023 @ 02:27 PM
New York native, Ryan Surdi, is a full-time electrician in his hometown of Holtsville but has been playing poker in the No Limit New York league for a little over six years.
Known by "Dirty Cabbage" by his poker player fraternity, Surdi states that outside of poker he has little hobbies bar the interests of his five boys, who with his wife are following along at home.
Coming into the final second in chips, Surdi is looking to go deep and enjoy his time in Vegas.
June 15, 2023 @ 02:23 PM
Jeffrey Bowden is a director of customer support in Norton, Massachusetts and is one of the original Eastern Poker Tour players, having been affiliated with the league for over 19 years.
He is such a stalwart that BPO Director Glenn McCrory once put a bounty on his head for his 500th event and he only went and won the event.
Bowden has his father on the rail and with 16 big blinds to work with, he is confident he can go on and win it all.
June 15, 2023 @ 02:18 PM
Edward Holt, or Eddie to his friends, qualified for the event by winning a King of the Felt package having to best non-other than Jeffrey Bowden, in an online heads-up match, for the package. Bowden is also at this final table and they only released it was one another after yesterday's action had concluded.
Holt hails from Franklin, Massachusetts and works in hardwood floors by day, just loves playing poker in the Eastern Poker Tour League in his spare time.
He has been playing in the league for a little over three years and told PokerNews that he feels that he is playing his best poker ever.
June 15, 2023 @ 02:12 PM
Brian Lerner is coming into the final table with a substantial chip lead and is a relative newcomer to the Bar Poker Open. After joining the Deepstacks Poker League only eight months ago, this is his first taste of the BPO and what a way to start!
Lerner works as a construction project manager back home in St Loius and had a huge rail following along from home, and he hopes to take the title and top prize back to the Show-Me state.
June 15, 2023 @ 02:05 PM
Brooklyn native Anthony "Tony" Lundy is a postal worker by day and has spent the last four years playing poker in the New York Free Poker League and cites his mother, Ola Alexander, as his biggest poker inspiration.
When not playing poker, he likes to spend his time working out and shopping, and has his wife and best friend cheering him on.
Lundy has 24 big blinds to play with on the final table and has already exceeded his largest-ever live cash.
June 15, 2023 @ 01:59 PM
Dawna Blyleven is a retired World Series of Poker dealer and hails from Lompoc, California. A relatively new face on the Bar Poker Open scene having only joined her local league, Sunshine Poker League, last year.
Blyleven, like many others that have made the trip, successfully qualified for a package through the league and is not sat with the $100,000 prize in her grasp.
Last year Kourtney Sims finished in 2nd place in the event and Blyleven, who has her boyfriend and the whole Sunshine Poker League behind her, is looking to become the first-ever female champion.
June 15, 2023 @ 01:47 PM
Saverio, or Sal to his friends, hails from Garner, North Carolina and represents Kontenders Poker League. An avid poker hobbyist since 2017, Sav qualified for this event via his local league and is looking to manoeuvre his 13 big blind stack and has already locked up his biggest poker cash to date.
When not playing poker, Sal works as IT Architect and spends time walking his "fur babies" and is being railed by his friends and family back home.
1: Edward Holt
$100,000 USD
2: Ryan Surdi
$50,000 USD
3: Anthony Lundy
$25,000 USD
4: Brian Lerner
$15,000 USD
5: Dawna Blyleven
$11,555 USD
6: Saverio Biancardi
$10,008 USD
7: Jeffrey Bowden
$7,307 USD
8: John Carr
$5,788 USD
9: Jan Kirk
$4,542 USD
10: Steven Moutrey
$2,500 USD
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11: Justin Jones
$2,500 USD
12: John Dennehy
$2,500 USD
13: Kevin Gray
$2,000 USD
14: Marvin Coon
$2,000 USD
15: Nicol Schnitzer
$2,000 USD
16: Jason Stevens
$1,700 USD
17: Clinton Musson
$1,700 USD
18: William Fierro
$1,700 USD
19: John Kelly
$1,500 USD
20: Chad Miller
$1,500 USD
21: Cedric Lowe
$1,500 USD
22: Basil Congro
$1,300 USD
23: Michael Glaze
$1,300 USD
24: Ellen Schirmer
$1,300 USD
25: John Oetting
$1,150 USD
26: Frank Cordova
$1,150 USD
27: Philip Bellucci
$1,150 USD
28: Bethany Parker
$1,000 USD
29: Vince Carnett
$1,000 USD
30: John Clements
$1,000 USD
31: Scott Kenyon
$900 USD
32: Jeffrey Weinberg
$900 USD
33: Alan oconnel
$900 USD
34: Jason Silva
$800 USD
35: Nicole Theroux
$800 USD
36: William Ducheneaux
$800 USD
37: John Wolfson
$700 USD
38: Andre Cochran
$700 USD
39: Filipe De Freitas
$700 USD
40: Kourtney Sims
$700 USD
41: Linda Montgomery
$700 USD
42: Angel Pelaez
$700 USD
43: Jon McClain
$700 USD
44: Bradley Barham
$700 USD
45: Melissa Huebner
$700 USD
46: Michael Graham
$625 USD
47: Jolanda Tedford
$625 USD
48: Leslie Mildenberg
$625 USD
49: Jeremy Kolich
$625 USD
50: Luis Rodriguez
$625 USD
51: Gregory Boyce
$625 USD
52: Geoffrey Moore
$625 USD
53: Will Unruh
$625 USD
54: Robert Givan
$625 USD
1: Edward Holt
26,325,000 Chips
2: Ryan Surdi
Busted
3: Anthony Lundy
Busted
4: Brian Lerner
Busted
5: Dawna Blyleven
Busted
6: Saverio Biancardi
Busted
7: Jeffrey Bowden
Busted
8: John Carr
Busted
9: Jan Kirk
Busted
10: Clinton Musson
Busted