Veronica Brill, Ebony Kenney, Joey Ingram, and Jamie Kerstetter are among the poker players who will be competing in the $1,000 buy-in Bar Poker Open Pro-Am at Golden Nugget in Las Vegas on June 15.
The Fremont Street poker room will give out 24 free seats to poker players starting June 12 right up until the tournament begins. The tournament starts at 11 a.m. PT and, unlike most BPO events, is open to the public. PokerNews will be at the Nugget live reporting the event from start to finish.
The seat promotion begins at 1 p.m. on Monday and there will be eight daily drawings done through the BRAVO random seat feature. To enter the drawing, all players must do is be seated in a poker game at Golden Nugget. Players can only win once, so if a player who has already won wins a drawing, the card room will redraw for a new winner.
Expect a Big Prize Pool
According to the Bar Poker Open organizers, 30 players have already qualified for the event. The goal is to crack 200 players, which would create a six-figure prize pool.
There’s great value in this tournament and the structure is also quite appealing. Players will begin with 25,000 chips and the blinds will increase every 40 minutes (60 minutes in the later blind levels). Players should expect a fun, friendly atmosphere — hence, why charismatic players such as Kenney, Brill, and Ingram were invited to compete.
Bar Poker Open has a full schedule of events this week at Golden Nugget, including an invite-only Championship event, which has a $100,000 guaranteed prize for first place.
2023 Bar Poker Open World Championship Series Details
Remaining Bar Poker Open Series Schedule
| DATE | START | EVENT |
|---|---|---|
| June 12 | 10:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em – Bar Poker Open Championship (Event 32 – Day 1A Flight 1) (Invite Only, $400,000+ Estimated Prize Pool) |
| June 12 | 4:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Bar Poker Open Championship (Event 32 – Day 1A Flight 2) (Invite Only, $400,000+ Estimated Prize Pool) |
| June 12 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Green Chip Bounty (Event 33) (Buy-in: $130) |
| June 13 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em – Bar Poker Open Championship (Event 32 – Day 1B) (Invite Only, $400,000+ Estimated Prize Pool) |
| June 13 | 1:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Daily Deep Stack (Event 34) (Buy-in: $200, $25,000 GTD) |
| June 13 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Tag Team (Event 35) (Buy-in: $200, $10,000 GTD) |
| June 14 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em – Bar Poker Open Championship (Event 32 – Day 2) |
| June 14 | 1:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Daily Deep Stack (Event 36) (Buy-in: $400, $50,000 GTD) |
| June 14 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Nightly (Event 37) (Buy-in: $130, $5,000 GTD) |
| June 15 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em – Bar Poker Open Pro-Am (Event 38) (Buy-in: $1,000) |
| June 15 | 1:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Daily Deep Stack (Event 39) (Buy-in: $200, $25,000 GTD) |
| June 15 | 2:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Bar Poker Open Championship (Event 32 – Final Table) |
| June 15 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Nightly (Event 40) (Buy-in: $130, $5,000 GTD) |
| June 16 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em – Mystery Bounty (Event 41 – Flight A) (Buy-in: $300, $250,000 GTD) |
| June 16 | 1:00 PM | Mixed PLO/8; Omaha 8/B; Big-O (Event 42) (Buy-in: $300, $10,000 GTD) |
| June 16 | 2:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Bar Poker Open Pro-Am (Event 38 – Final Table) |
| June 16 | 3:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Mystery Bounty (Event 41 – Flight B) (Buy-in: $300, $250,000 GTD) |
| June 16 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em – Mystery Bounty (Event 41 – Flight C) (Buy-in: $300, $250,000 GTD) |
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