Cards are in the air in Day 2 of the 2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship.

Day 2 of the 2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship is set to resume at 12 p.m. local time at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas. The three Day 1 starting flights saw a total of 1,223 entries, 61 of which will be returning for Day 2. The remaining players will be battling it out for a piece of the anticipated $400,000+ prize pool, with the first place prize of $100,000 going to the winner.

Day 1a1 proved to be the biggest flight of them all with 538 entrants. Of the 27 who survived, it was Glenn Zimet who ended the flight as the chip leader with 1,250,000.

Day 1a2 had 219 competitors show up, but only 11 made it through. Vincent Loria finished the flight as the player on top with 1,280,000.

Day 1b attracted 466 runners, with 23 advancing to Day 2. Angelo Gambrelis bagged the chip lead with 1,355,000, and is the overall chip leader heading into Day 2.

Percy Abraham was the only player to claim the $1,500 double bag bonus. He was still standing at the end of Day 1b but will play his bigger stack that he bagged up in Day 1a1.

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Jennifer Myers, representing the KOntenders, will be added to the chip counts and enter the field with a stack of 500,000. She is an online qualifier who took down the Masters Tournament and earned a "bye" directly into Day 2 before she even stepped foot in Vegas.

Day 2 action will kick off at 12 p.m. local time, where the remaining competitors will play 8-handed down to the final table.

The tournament will resume in Level 19, with blinds at 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante and levels will be 40-minutes in length.

The televised final table is scheduled for Thursday, June 12 at 2 p.m.

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Action has wrapped up here in Day 1b of the 2025 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship, hosted by the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas. Of the 466 runners who started the day, only 24 players will return for Day 2 on Wednesday, June 11. The remaining competitors will be battling it out for a piece of the estimated $400,000+ prize pool, with the first place prize of $100,000 going to the winner.

Angelo Gambrelis emerged as the Day 1b chip leader, bagging an impressive 1,355,000. He also earned the title of the overall chip leader heading into Day 2. Gambrelis was active throughout the day and ascended to the top of the counts with well-timed aggression and by picking off bluffs in the right spots.

Erick Carrasco also bagged big and finished the day second in chips with 1,175,000. Right behind him in third is Andrea Chait, sitting with a cool 1,135,000.

Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

Notable Eliminations

Just a few spots off of the money bubble, Pam McGuire got it all in on the turn with top pair against Gambrelis' flush draw but wasn't able to hold. She had by far the biggest rail out of any player left in the field and received a huge round of applause from family, friends, and competitors upon her exit.

Ian Auvil was in the mix but couldn't gain any momentum after firing two bullets. Auvil took down the 2023 Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship and final tabled the 2024 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship.

Double Bag Bonus

Percy Abraham was the only player to claim the $1,500 double bag bonus. He was still standing at the end of Day 1b with a stack of 105,000, which will be removed from play before the start of Day 2. He will play his bigger stack of 230,000 that he bagged up in Day 1a1.

The remaining players will return for Day 2 on Wednesday, June 11 at 11:00 a.m. local time, where they will play 8-handed down to the final table.

The tournament will resume in Level 19, with blinds at 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante and levels will be 45-minutes in length.

Be sure to follow PokerNews through the remainder of the Bar Poker Open.

Players are currently bagging up their chips and will return tomorrow for Day 2 where the event will play down to the final table.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for end of day chip counts and a recap of Day 1b action.

With 26 players left, two players were knocked out in back-to-back hands to reach the final 24 that will return for Day 2 tomorrow.

One player ran pocket kings into Andrea Chait's pocket aces to be sent home in 26th and the very next hand a player was all in for his last 5,000 with pocket tens against Rich Ellis' pocket jacks to be eliminated in 25th.

Andrea Chait	1,135,000	435,000
Rich Ellis	530,000	420,000