Under the gun raised to 6,000 and middle position raised to 15,000. Matthew Lemmel raised to 30,000 and was called by only the middle position player.

The flop came and the middle position player checked. Lemmel fired for 15,000 and received a call.

While the turn peeled the , the middle position player checked to Lemmel. He moved all in for 52,000 and received a call from his opponent. Both players revealed their hands.

Matthew Lemmel:
Middle Position:

The board changed nothing as it came the .

Matthew Lemmel

194,000

29,000

Action was caught after the flop of and under the gun moved all in for 43,000. Joseph Cid made the call and announced that he had his favourite hand. Both players revealed their holdings.

Under the Gun:
Joseph Cid:

The board completed with the for Cid to take the pot. When asked about jacks being his favourite hand, Cid responded that his "son's name is Joe Jr and with that many J's between both their names they must be lucky."

Joseph Cid

162,000

124,000

Action was caught after the board ran out .

The small blind moved all in 80,000. Brandon Strickland took his time before the found the call. Both players revealed their hands.

Small Blind:
Brandon Strickland:

Strickland shared with PokerNews that he is related to professional pool player Earl Strickland.

Brandon Strickland

295,000

265,000

With the first flight having registration closed, the portion of the prize pool from Saturday comes to a total of $76,500. Along with the Day 1b flight, the combined prize pool will burst the $100,000 threshold. First place will walk away with at least $30,000 for their efforts.

Under the gun, middle position, and the small blind called. Kandace Knichel checked her option from the big blind.

The flop came and the small blind took little time to check.

Knichel fired for 6,000 and took down the pot to add to her expanding stack.

Kandace Knichel

240,000

51,000

Action was caught after the flop of and Matthew Lemmel checked from the small blind. His opponent in middle position moved all in and Lemmel made the call. Both players revealed their hands.

Middle Position:
Matthew Lemmel:

The board completed with the for Lammel to send his opponent to the rail. Lemmel mentioned how he "recently moved to south Florida and became ingrained into the poker scene." For him he enjoyed making friends through shared passion for the game which also led him to become a poker dealer.

Matthew Lemmel

165,000

135,000

Players are headed on a 15 minute break as a colour up occurs.

Middle Position called and the cutoff raised to 8,500. Ray Rhode made the call from the button along with the middle position player.

After the flop came both the middle position player and cutoff checked to Rhode. He moved all in for 2,000 and was called by both players.

The turn and river came the and both players checked their options. Rhode revealed to take the pot. After the hand Rhode explained that his name is pronounced (Rhod-ee) similar to the nickname for players favourite bad hand.

Back in June, the Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship saw 1,164 players battle at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada. A total of six clubs were represented in the final eight contenders, chasing the big first-place prize and the trophy.

The heads-up match guaranteed that New York Free Poker would be taking home the title and after a match of many lead changes, it was Miguel "The Mountain" Medrano who claimed a career-best score of $100,000.

"It's very exciting, it hit me when I saw the brick river," the still excited Medrano said in his interview after the win. He also talked about his experience playing with Patrick Martorella, a man who he plays with a decent amount back in New York. "I'm terrified of Patrick, I stay away from him back home. But in the end I was lucky. All luck, no skill. It takes two years to get this lucky."

Medrano was supported by a steady and large rail of supporters throughout the whole tournament. "I love all of you! I really do! I played my game, I hit my cards. I told myself, if I win I win and if I lose I lose."

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