$400 Opening Event | 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

02-09-2020 14:54 UTC-4

Marshall Shoves on Pulley

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The board read with a big pot brewing in the middle already.

Kareem Marshall had shoved from the big blind for 286,000 and Chris Pulley was sitting in the tank for a while from the cutoff. The clock was called on him and the floor gave him 30 seconds to make a decision. When the floor started counting down from five, Pulley still didn't do anything and once time had run out, his hand was declared dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kareem Marshall	824,000 662,000	662,000
Chris Pulley	440,000 36,000	36,000
James Blake	Busted
Michael Cordes	Busted

Tags: Chris Pulley Kareem Marshall

02-09-2020 14:48 UTC-4

Mader Takes Adusumalli Out

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Venkata Adusumalli shoved from the early position for 151,000 and was called by Thomas Mader in the cutoff while the rest folded.

Venkata Adusumalli:
Thomas Mader:

The board ran out for Mader to hold with the pocket pair to send Adusumalli to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Mader	1,080,000 585,000	585,000
Venkata Adusumalli	Busted

Tags: Thomas Mader Venkata Adusumalli

02-09-2020 14:42 UTC-4

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Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

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02-09-2020 14:37 UTC-4

Sol Accidentally Calls

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Michael Sol completed his small blind and Matthew McGuire shoved in the big blind.

"Call," Sol said but he meant to ask for a count, there was a tiny discussion but Sol ended up making the call indeed.

Matthew McGuire:
Michael Sol:

The flop came for McGuire to hit top pair.

The turn was the which now gave Sol a gutshot to a straight but the river completed the board with the to keep McGuire ahead and double him up.

Tags: Matthew McGuire Michael Sol

02-09-2020 14:32 UTC-4

Recent Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rossbert Chua	Busted
Scott Troise	Busted
John Lanese	Busted
Jimmy Chan	Busted
Steven Cho	Busted
Norwood Chesnutt	Busted
Darrell York	Busted
Michael Lerner	Busted
Matt Linardi	Busted

02-09-2020 14:26 UTC-4

Corpening Busts Olshan

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Derek Brown raised to 32,000 from the early position and Aaron Olshan shoved in the small blind. Kashka Corpening called in the big blind and action was back on Brown who asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Olshan had 242,000 behind. Brown then looked over to Corpening's stack and then decided to let the hand go.

Aaron Olshan:
Kashka Corpening:

The board ran out [kc7sd5ckh] for Corpening to flop the higher pair and improve to trips on the river to eliminate Olshan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Grove	1,070,000 389,000	389,000
Derek Brown	800,000 650,000	650,000
Mukharji Uppalapati	800,000 -47,000	-47,000

Kashka Corpening	730,000 415,000	415,000
Dong Jun Ji	400,000 -68,000	-68,000
Michele Lawson	355,000 -761,000	-761,000

Aaron Olshan	Busted

Tags: Aaron Olshan Derek Brown Kashka Corpening

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

02-09-2020 14:09 UTC-4

Some Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Vioral	1,320,000 428,000	428,000

Daniel Araya	760,000 231,000	231,000

Patrick Dewey	630,000 36,000	36,000

Kevin Nielsen	600,000 419,000	419,000
George Karmires	520,000 116,000	116,000
Scott Davis	500,000 -3,000	-3,000
Andrew Chang (MD)	465,000 -55,000	-55,000
Robel Andemichael	375,000 32,000	32,000
Daniel Wellborn	370,000 -11,000	-11,000
Christopher Csik	320,000 53,000	53,000
Pearce Arnold	250,000 -144,000	-144,000

02-09-2020 13:53 UTC-4

Katan Coolers Jin?

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jay Jin raised to 28,000 from the cutoff and was called by Suheil Katan in the small blind.

They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Katan bet 45,000 and Jin called.

The river completed the board with the and Katan barreled another 50,000 over the line.

"This might be a cooler for one of us..." Jin said. "I just want to see it," he added before making the call.

Katan tabled for the turned two pair and Jin mucked and muttered: "It's a fucking cooler."

Player	Chips	Progress
Suheil Katan	720,000 186,000	186,000
Yevgeny Gans	565,000 9,000	9,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar	267,000 -14,000	-14,000

Dien Le	125,000 -59,000	-59,000
Jay Jin	113,000 -189,000	-189,000
Kenneth Lee	Busted

Tags: Jay Jin Suheil Katan

02-09-2020 13:38 UTC-4

Martinelli Cracks Aces

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The board read when Tanner Martinelli check-shoved after a bet of Stephen Guarnieri and was called. Martinelli held for the straight while Guarnieri had .