Following three days of poker action at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino, the 2023 Bar Poker Open Vegas World Championship (BPO) has come to an end with Edward Holt being the last player standing from the 1,053 entry field.
Holt, from the Eastern Poker Tour, defeated New York's Ryan Surdi in heads-up play to capture the $100,000 first prize, the biggest in the BPO's history, as well as this year's title.
Like Holt, the journey for many of these hopefuls started in bars all over the United States, where over one million BPO members took part in daily tournaments online and at their favorite local watering holes for a chance to qualify for the event.