Angel Palaez raised all in for a total of 220,000 only for Jeffrey Bowden to reraise all in for 480,000, from the seat to his left. The rest of the table folded and the cards were shown.

Angel Pelaez:
Jeffrey Bowden:

"Aces back to back!" exclaimed Palaez, referring to the hand prior in which Bowden had shown .

The board ran out and Bowden's set of aces sent Palaez to the rail.

Jeffrey Bowden	700,000	405,000
Angel Pelaez	0	-390,000

On Table 16, action folded around to John Oetting, in late position, who went all in for his remaining 60,000 and picked up a lone caller, Kourtney Sims, in the big blind.

John Oetting:
Kourtney Sims:

The board ran out and Oetting spiked the river to find the double-up, leaving Sims on fumes but still in the hunt.

John Oetting	170,000	-10,000
Kourtney Sims	65,000	-120,000

Action folded around to Robert Givan who went all in for his remaining 80,000 chips and was called by Scott Kenyon.

Robert Givan:
Scott Kenyon:

Givan needed some help and the board ran out to eliminate Givan, early in Day 2.

Scott Kenyon	1,000,000	75,000
Robert Givan	0	-80,000

The returning 53 players are seated and joined by Jolanda Tedford, who won a Bar Poker Open Masters event that allows her to buy in to Day 2 today, with an average stack of 556,000 chips.

At 11 a.m local time, the Bar Poker Open Championship at the Golden Nugget Casino will see the final 53 players return to their seats for Day 2. The tournament attracted 1,053 entrants, many of whom had qualified either online or in their local pub league, and accumulated a prize pool of $315,900. Today, the remaining 53 players will be whittled down to the final table of nine, who will return Thursday to duke it out for the whopping $100,000 first-place prize, as well as the bragging rights and the title of Bar Poker Open Champion 2023.

Anthony Lundy leads the way with 1,655,000 in chips and is closely followed by Chad Miller (1,300,000) and Dawna Blyleven (1,130,000), the latter of whom secured a bag late last night. The top ten also include Marvin Coon (1,050,000) and John Carr (950,000), who burst the bubble on Day 1b.

The big story of yesterday was John Kelly who earned himself an additional $1,500 by being the only player to carry chips over from both Day 1a and Day 1b. Kelly had bagged 300,000 in Day 1a so entered the field yesterday and managed to more than double his Day 2 stack by ending yesterday's flight with 650,000 chips.

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

The action will recommence on Level 19 (10,000/25,000/25,000a) and levels have now increased to 45 minutes from Day 2 onwards, with a break every three levels.

Official payouts are set to be released shortly so stay tuned here on PokerNews to find out which nine players are going to make the official final table and be one step closer to the coveted title of Bar Poker Open Champion.

Some 388 players entered today's Day 1b flight of the Bar Poker Open Championship at the Golden Nugget Casino looking to amass a stack including John Kelly, Kourtney Sims and Will Unruh, all of who already had bagged for Day 2 but were looking for the golden double bag that would earn them an extra $1,500 as well as the opportunity to utilize their larger stack when play resumes tomorrow.

Both Sims and Unruh will have to make do with their Day 1a chip stack, but Kelly will carry two stacks through and will now play Day 2 with 650,000 chips instead of the 200,000 he had previously bagged on Day 1a.

John Carr (950,000) was the largest stack to emerge from Day 1b and is closely followed by Scott Kenyon (925,000) and Steven Moutrey (915,000).

Top Ten Counts from Day 1b

The 54 players remaining will return at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14. They will play 45-minute levels until the field is whittled down to the final nine.

A total of 1,053 players entered the field and the final 54 are now all in the money with a chance of winning the $100,000 first-place prize, the largest prize in the history of the Bar Poker Open.

Stay tuned as PokerNews will be back tomorrow for coverage of the Bar Poker Open Championship Day 2 here at the Golden Nugget.

Kevin Cadieux bet his remaining 105,000 chips and picked up a single caller, in the shape of John Carr.

As the hands were tabled, a large crowd gathered to see whether this was the hand that would end the days play.

Kevin Cadieux:
John Carr:

The flop was safe for Cadieux but the crowd erupted on the turn, giving Carr a straight and a lock on the hand.

The river was an inconsequential and it was Cadieux who busted, leaving the remaining 20 players coming back tomorrow for Day 2.

Full chip counts will follow shortly

John Carr	950,000	650,000
Kevin Cadieux	0	-176,000

The action has slowed down as 21 remain on Day 1b of the Bar Poker Open Championship.

20 players will bag and tag for Day 2

Paul Hair open jammed his remaining 235,000 and action folded to Angel Palaez, in the big blind, who made the call.

Paul Hair:
Angel Palaez:

Hair was at risk and needed help but the board ran out and despite Hair's chanting for a three on the river, Palaez's Kings held, taking the field down to 21.

Angel Pelaez	575,000
Paul Hair	0	-62,500

Steve Moutrey opened to 50,000 from middle position and Milton Thomas reraised all in from the seat to his left, for a total of 425,000.

The action folded back to Moutrey, who quickly called putting Thomas at risk.

Milton Thomas:
Steve Moutrey:

The board ran out and was no help to Thomas, who exits the tournament a few places away from making Day 2.

Steve Moutrey	900,000
Milton Thomas	0	-345,500