John Carr Ends Day 1b as Chip Leader as 20 More Advance to Day 2
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
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Carr | United States | 950,000 |
| 2 | Scott Kenyon | United States | 925,000 |
| 3 | Steven Moutrey | United States | 915,000 |
| 4 | Saverio Biancardi | United States | 680,000 |
| 5 | John Kelly | United States | 650,000 |
| 6 | Alan OConnell | United States | 600,000 |
| 7 | Jon McClain | United States | 560,000 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Weinberg | United States | 540,000 |
| 9 | John Wolfson | United States | 505,000 |
| 10 | Jason Stevens | United States | 425,000 |
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.