Poker National Championship

National Poker Championship 2019

BAR POKER OPEN

Rafael Jimenez won $50,000 Read More Representing Texas Poker Tour, Rafael Jimenez of Texas was the 2019 National Champion. Qualification for the National Championship is via points won from League Finals being contributed to players' Regional National Championship Leaderboard.Due to Covid, the current plan is for the qualifying period to be extended to the Dec 20 / Jan 21 league, and this will be reviewed in Feb 21 when a decision is made on the hosting of the FOPP Mar 21 - if the FOPP is cancelled then the curren.

None of the Risk, All of the Reward.

$600,000 Annual Prizes

We're changing the game. That's right, forget everything you thought you knew about 'bar poker'. Now the odds are stacked in your favor. No risk. All of the reward. Have instant access to over $600,000 in annual prizes right from your local bar, without risking your hard earned cash.

Rob Ryan won $26,838

Rafael Jimenez won $50,000

Basil Congro won $50,000

Caryn Bustos won $40,000

Donna Rohwer won $24,000

Jesse Gutierrez won $23,350

John Beady won $24,190

For America's Largest Bar Poker Championships

Your BPO Career begins at the bar. Head to your local bar hosting 'BPO Events' and bring your poker clan. Grab a drink, have a meal, and finish yourself in the Top 3 to earn a 'BPO Token'.

Redeem that tokens to access over $600,000 in annual prizes. Place approximately the top 4%, and you won yourself a National Championship Seat. That's It! Plus, If you come in 1st Place in that same event, you win a full Vegas Vacation, on us!

Collect league points as you play your way through BPO sanctioned games to boost your rankings in the Super League standings. Get yourself invited to the next championship, plus higher tier finishers earn invites to the Super League Championship.

Rank	Player	Points	Top 3	Top 20%
1	John Kelly	3,001.13	16	42
2	Francesco Therisod	3,001.13	16	42
3	Leon Darcy	3,001.13	16	42

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The United States Poker Championship (USPC) was a major annual stop on the poker tournament tour. This event was held at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The series started in 1996, took one year off in 1997, and ran every year from 1998–2010. This series of poker tournaments culminated with a $10,000 no-limit Texas hold 'em championship tournament televised by ESPN and commentated by Lon McEachern and Norman Chad.^[1] The last time this tournament series was run was 2010.^[2]

Main Event Results by Year[edit]

Year	Winner	Prize	Runner-Up	Other Finalists
1996^[3]	Ken Flaton	$500,000	Surinder Sunar	Jamie Ligator Jerry Cusack
1998^[4]	Ray Lamoureaux	$148,000	O'Neil Longson	Michael Piari
1999^[5]	Daniel Negreanu	$210,000	John Bonetti	Jason Viriyayuthakorn John Brewer David Plastik Don Zewin
2000^[6]	Richard Tatalovich	$318,000	John Juanda	Eric Panayiotou Ken Goldstein Steve Kaufman
2001^[7]	Men Nguyen	$228,000	John Juanda	Satish Vitha John Urpsis Scott Byron
2002^[8]	John Hennigan	$216,000	Erik Seidel	Charlie Bae Robert Toft Tony Popejoy William Shapiro Patrick Kelly
2003^[9]	Toto Leonidas	$388,080	Erik Seidel	Phil Hellmuth Frank Russomanno Trong Le Kenneth Jacoby Ray Ho Lin
2004^[10]	John Aglialoro	$691,096	Joe Cassidy	Walter Hollander Dean Schultz Alan Colon Brian Haveson
2005^[11]	James Caporuscio	$831,532	Ralph Pecorale	Chris Furbert Andrew Barta Frank Vizza Michael Santoro
2006^[12]	Alex Jacob	$878,500	Jordan Morgan	Stephen Feraca Dale Pinchot Jeffrey King Augustin Mendez
2007^[13]	Adam Gerber	$606,095	Louis Lee	Edward Brogdon Jared Okun Svetlana Gromenkova Tommy Wang Gavin Smith*
2008^[14]	Robert Ford	$221,936	Duane Hunton	Mike Leah Wooyang Lin Frank Vizza Steve Gross
2009^[15]	William Brindise	$261,800	Men Nguyen	Eric Ladny Gordon Eng Brian Lemke Nick Binger Anton Smolyanskiy Steven Wolansky
2010^[16]	Edward Gamaitoni	$167,616	David Gillen	Patrick Carron Mike Sica Gerald David David King Trevor Savage Eric Panayiotou Christopher Cappell

* The final table of the 2007 tournament had only eight players, as Smith was eliminated with another player on the same hand. Smith had more chips at the time of the hand and therefore the higher finish.

References[edit]

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