A player was seen heading to the exits as she told her tale of flopping two pair only to be undone by a flopped straight.

That flopped straight belonged to Jorge "JJ" Avala aho has remained as one of the big stacks over the last several levels here.

Jorge Avala

430,000

303,000

David Charlemagne was a big stack a few levels ago but has been cut down to a shorter stack since.

However he was seen gathering the remains of a fallen opponent to rebuild his stack some. The board was all diamonds .

Charlemagne held the for the nut flush as his opponent headed for the exits.

David Charlemagne

115,000

-95,000

Five players saw a flop of . Christine Horning was the largest of the stacks competing in the hand and bet 24,000. The four other players all folded swiftly.

Horning showed her for a flopped two pair as she added some more chips to her stack.

Christine Horning

290,000

290,000

The board read on the river. Percy Abraham was facing a bet of 10,000. He thought for a bit before he raised to 35,000.

His opponent made the call and Abraham tabled the for the nut flush as his opponent threw his cards away in frustration. Abraham is now holding over 300,000 in chips.

Percy Abraham

315,000

315,000

The aftermath of a hand was being divvied up as the board read . The player raking in the huge pot had showing as the winning hand while one of the losing players had . Gony Kamal was forced to walk away as well with his hand beaten and turned over into the muck already.

The big stack player preferred not to give his name for the time being but will be a player to watch as the rest of the night unfolds as he sits with about 355,000.

Gomy Kamal

0

0

A hand was retold in a huge pot that has likely created the new chip leader.

Details of the hand were muddled but, Shawn Brown had the and called against three all ins. The river was a club to give him a flush and give him the gargantuan pot.

Shawn Brown

275,000

275,000

Day 1b registration has ended with 264 entries. That means the money will be reached at 27 players and that play will end when 14 players are left.

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

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.

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.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates on the Bar Poker Open.

The players are now on a 15-minute break. Registration and re-entry will be finished after the break and we will then know the final numbers for Day 1B.