Championship: Rob Ryan Captures BPO East Coast Championship
2019 Bar Poker Poker Open East Coast Championship
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 820
Prize Pool: $120,593
October 26-28, 2019
Rob Ryan (No Limit Pub Poker), 2019 Bar Poker Open East Coast Champion
The annual Bar Poker Open East Coast Championship returned to the Borgata this weekend for the sixth time and it was the biggest ever. After two starting flights and playing down on Day 2, No Limit Pub Poker’s Rob Ryan dominated the final table to earn the title along with $26,838.
The Championship drew 820 entries for the top field in the history of the tournament and the $100,000 Guarantee was easily surpassed. They put more than $120,000 in the prize pool with the last 90 players taking some home.
Flight A drew an even 500 entries and Ryan ended the day with the biggest stack. Another 320 entries joined Flight B, the guarantee topped early in the day with George Smith the top stack at the end of the Sunday session. Kate Koper (Premier Island Poker) returned for Day 2 with the second biggest stack and she would ride it down to the final table.
Koper began the eight-handed final table with the chip lead and Ryan was in the middle of the pack. That changed quickly as Ryan eliminated all but two of final table players until he was heads-up with Koper for the title. He had a better than a three-to-one chip lead and it took only two hands for him to win all the chips in the tournament.
It was an aggressive, quick-paced final and the perfect ending to a great Championship.
Congratulations to Rob on his title and thank you to all the Bar Poker Open players for a fantastic weekend series.
Final table results:
1st: Rob Ryan (No Limit Pub Poker) – $26,838
2nd: Kate Koper (Premier Island Poker) – $15,858
3rd: Rick Lacapria (Eastern Poker Tour) – $9,647
4th: Angela Allen (Suit Up Poker League) – $8,080
5th: Rob Stiegman (Eastern Poker Tour) – $6,633
6th: Rich Ellis (No Limit Pub Poker Tour) – $5,366
7th: Glenn Resch (Eastern Poker Tour) – $4,281
8th: Keith Polis (Eastern Poker Tour) – $3,256
Complete 2019 Bar Poker Open Championship results
Full results below:
| PLACE | NAME | FROM | WINNINGS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Ryan | No Limit Pub Poker Tour | $26,838 |
| 2 | Katelin Koper | Premier Island Poker | $15,858 |
| 3 | Richard Lacapria | Eastern Poker Tour | $9,647 |
| 4 | Angela Allen | Suit Up Poker League | $8,080 |
| 5 | Robert Stiegman | Eastern Poker Tour | $6,633 |
| 6 | Richard Ellis | No Limit Pub Poker Tour | $5,366 |
| 7 | Glenn Resch | Eastern Poker Tour | $4,281 |
| 8 | Keith Polis | Eastern Poker Tour | $3,256 |
| 9 | Jeremy Monninger | East Coast Poker | $2,231 |
| 10 | Kelleen O'Brien | Eastern Poker Tour | $1,447 |
| 11 | Enzo D'Agostino | Pocket Aces Poker League | $1,447 |
| 12 | Robert Swayne | KOntenders Poker USA | $1,447 |
| 13 | Joseph Gaffey | Eastern Poker Tour | $1,085 |
| 14 | Sonia Dasilva | Eastern Poker Tour | $1,085 |
| 15 | William Acerra | Eastern Poker Tour | $1,085 |
| 16 | Joshua Mordenti | Texas Poker Tour | $687 |
| 17 | Jennifer Appel | Staten Island Poker League | $687 |
| 18 | Robert Quinn | Resort Poker League | $687 |
| 19 | Noel Sperry | Riverchasers | $567 |
| 20 | Andre Cochran | Eastern Poker Tour | $567 |
| 21 | Rafael Jimenez | Texas Poker Tour | $567 |
| 22 | David Huband | Suit Up Poker League | $567 |
| 23 | Bradley Hines | Eastern Poker Tour | $567 |
| 24 | Ronald Peyton | Pocket Aces Poker League | $567 |
| 25 | Susan De'Amato | Eastern Poker Tour | $567 |
| 26 | Scott Rogers | Suit Up Poker League | $567 |
| 27 | Steven Kennedy | No Limit Pub Poker Tour | $567 |
| 28 | Hilton White | Resort Poker League | $494 |
| 29 | Timothy Taylor | Suit Up Poker League | $494 |
| 30 | Betty Washington | Kings and Queens Poker League | $494 |
| 31 | Eric Serrano | Texas Poker Tour | $494 |
| 32 | Billy Hayes | No Limit Pub Poker Tour | $494 |
| 33 | Christopher Sepulveda | Premier Island Poker | $494 |
| 34 | Mark Sewell | Resort Poker League | $494 |
| 35 | Theodore Baxter | No Limit New York | $494 |
| 36 | Henry Faleski | Riverchasers | $494 |
| 37 | Kourtney Sims | Eastern Poker Tour | $446 |
| 38 | Richard Steinmetz | Resort Poker League | $446 |
| 39 | Brendan Anderson | Eastern Poker Tour | $446 |
| 40 | Anthony Azzato | No Limit New York | $446 |
| 41 | Michael Cintolo | Eastern Poker Tour | $446 |
| 42 | Wayne Tauber | Eastern Poker Tour | $446 |
| 43 | Ron Burke | Eastern Poker Tour | $446 |
| 44 | Michael Platt | KOntenders Poker USA | $446 |
| 45 | Ryan Plump | Riverchasers | $446 |
| 46 | Ethan Mawyer | New York Free Poker | $398 |
| 47 | Sonya Harrison | Eastern Poker Tour | $398 |
| 48 | Natalie Nachman | New York Free Poker | $398 |
| 49 | Jason Rodriguez | New York Free Poker | $398 |
| 50 | Jacqueline Evans | No Limit New York | $398 |
| 51 | Michael Nowell | KOntenders Poker USA | $398 |
| 52 | Mark Osborne | New York Free Poker | $398 |
| 53 | George Smith | Eastern Poker Tour | $398 |
| 54 | Wesla White | Resort Poker League | $398 |
| 55 | Randolph Present | Premier Island Poker | $362 |
| 56 | Samantha McPhail | No Limit New York | $362 |
| 57 | Ronald Kaepernik | No Limit Pub Poker Tour | $362 |
| 58 | Paul Russo | No Limit New York | $362 |
| 59 | Daniel Purcell | Suit Up Poker League | $362 |
| 60 | Mark Bershad | No Limit Pub Poker Tour | $362 |
| 61 | Maryalice Pleninger | Riverchasers | $362 |
| 62 | Sharon Raider | New York Free Poker | $362 |
| 63 | James Schnitzer | Over The Top Poker League | $362 |
| 64 | Donald White | Kings and Queens Poker League | $327 |
| 65 | Steven Hofmann | No Limit New York | $327 |
| 66 | Felicia Dull | KOntenders Poker USA | $327 |
| 67 | Hipolito Avalos | All In Poker League | $327 |
| 68 | Bruce Paul Couch | East Coast Poker | $327 |
| 69 | Ariel Suchecki | No Limit Pub Poker Tour | $327 |
| 70 | Julie Terrett | Suit Up Poker League | $327 |
| 71 | Josef Reuben | Pocket Aces Poker League | $327 |
| 72 | Dennis O'Hare | Eastern Poker Tour | $327 |
| 73 | Reginald Hatley | Resort Poker League | $300 |
| 74 | Sherin Daniel | Premier Island Poker | $300 |
| 75 | Jessica Cafasso | Premier Island Poker | $300 |
| 76 | Benjamin Balter | One Time Poker Tour | $300 |
| 77 | Mark Hendrix | Riverchasers | $300 |
| 78 | Diane Greening | No Limit New York | $300 |
| 79 | Joseph Beahm | Riverchasers | $300 |
| 80 | Joseph Sambriski | No Limit New York | $300 |
| 81 | Dania Ellis | No Limit Pub Poker Tour | $300 |
| 82 | Thomas Wolters | No Limit New York | $300 |
| 83 | Christine Beam | Eastern Poker Tour | $300 |
| 84 | Anthony Havern | No Limit New York | $300 |
| 85 | Connor Miraval | No Limit New York | $300 |
| 86 | Jason Yonker | No Limit New York | $300 |
| 87 | Frederick Ziegler | Eastern Poker Tour | $300 |
| 88 | Lorraine Beck | No Limit New York | $300 |
| 89 | Doris McCarrick | KOntenders Poker USA | $300 |
| 90 | Robert Quinn | Resort Poker League | $300 |