Main Event Day 1a | 2019 Potomac Poker Open

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Day 1a Completed

08-03-2019 00:39 UTC-4

Lask and Gregg Among Leders After Day 1a of the Main Event

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Day 1a of Event 11: $3,300 Main Event is complete after 13 hours of play. The first flight of three drew 114 entries and ended with 27 players remaining.

Dylan Lask was the player who emerged as chip leader at the end of the day with 495,500. Lask was involved in several big hands throughout the day, including on two occasions in which he was behind but got a fortuitous card to go in his favor. In one hand he hit a river queen with ace-queen to bust ace-king and another time he got an ace on the flop to crack pocket kings in a huge pre-flop all in.

Another player to end the day with a lot of chips was the well-known Tony Gregg who finished with 402,500 in chips. He registered late in the day and hit the ground running as he quickly eliminated multiple opponents at his table to run his stack up to four times the starting 50,000 stack in under a level of play. He maintained that hot start as the day went on to end 3rd in chips.

Rounding out the top few chip stacks to end the day were Benjamin Morgan (453,500), Jeffrey Chan (356,000), Ian O’Hara (322,500) and Kevin Kwak (280,000)

It was only a select few who made it to conclusion of play however as over 75% of the field was eliminated including notable WSOP Bracelet winners Ari Engel and Stephen Song were both felted. Engel never got much going on the day and was busted after a few levels of play while Song ran up his stack to a pretty large number at one point but had a few ill-timed bluffs late that stopped his momentum and eventually ended his day. Both players are likely to re-enter On Day 1bc and once again attempt to move on to Day 2.

The remaining 27 players will join those who survive from Flights B and C for Day 2 on Sunday August 4th for Day 2. PokerNews will provide all the coverage tomorrow to see who joins these players for Day 2.

Tags: Ari Engel Dylan Lask Jeffrey Chan Kevin Kwak Stephen Song Tony Gregg

08-03-2019 00:21 UTC-4

End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Lask	495,500 155,500	155,500

Benjamin Morgan	453,500 377,500	377,500
Tony Gregg	402,500 27,500	27,500
Jeffrey Chan	356,000
Ian O'Hara	322,500 322,500	322,500
Kevin Kwak	280,000 35,000	35,000
Jeremy Moore	276,500 276,500	276,500
Zhongyuan Xue	267,000 192,000	192,000
Jeffrey Chang	262,000 -58,000	-58,000
Benjamin McCabe	234,500 234,500	234,500
Dong Jun Ji	230,500 -44,500	-44,500
MacLaren Chatham	193,000 193,000	193,000
Skender Alicka	188,500 188,500	188,500
Jimmy Chen	185,000 -5,000	-5,000

Michael Stonehill	177,000 177,000	177,000
Ryan Tamanini	160,000 160,000	160,000
Eric Persian	156,500 71,500	71,500
Michael Lang	154,500 154,500	154,500
Jay Zeman	128,500 128,500	128,500
Aaron Rubolov	128,500 128,500	128,500
Robert Simmons	115,000 115,000	115,000
Michael Rossitto	112,500 112,500	112,500
Ben Kaufman	106,000 106,000	106,000
Amir Dukic	91,500 91,500	91,500
Daniel Wellborn	89,500 89,500	89,500

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08-02-2019 23:57 UTC-4

Three More Hands

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The floor has announced three more hands before the end of play for the night.

08-02-2019 23:56 UTC-4

Chen Busts Moore as Night Draws to a Close

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action retold by Laura Moore.

Moore shoved her remaining 48,000 from middle position, she was called by Jimmy Chen on her immediate left in the hijack. Everyone else folded and the cards were turned on their backs.

Moore had ace-king off and Chen had pocket jacks. The board ran out all undercards to the jacks and the Opening Event Winner was busted before she could reach the end of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Chen	190,000 190,000	190,000

Laura Moore	Busted

Tags: Jimmy Chen Laura Moore

08-02-2019 23:51 UTC-4

Ji Gets Two Pair Value

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Dong Jun Ji bet 21,000 on the river on a board that read . His opponent thought about it for a few moments and made the call. Ji tabled the which was good enough as his opponent mucked and Ji took in a nice pot with value added on the end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dong Jun Ji	275,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Dong Jun Ji

08-02-2019 23:35 UTC-4

Chan Snaps Off Opponent's Life

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On the river the board read . Jeffrey Chan checked and his opponent moved all in for 64,000. Chan called after a few seconds and turned over the which was the best hand as his opponent showed and Chan gathered in the remained of his stack.