2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

$400 Opening Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$96,567
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$588,900
Entries
1,812
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
143
Players Left
1

Level: 28

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

Varun Bagga Eliminated in 15th Place ($6,436)

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Varun Bagga
Varun Bagga

Yaser Al-Keliddar raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Varun Bagga shoved from the button for 305,000, Mark Castaldo called in the big blind. Al-Keliddar four-bet to 975,000 and Castaldo called

The flop came {2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{6-Hearts}, Castaldo check-folded to the 800,000 continuation-bet of Al-Keliddar so the cards could go on their backs.

Varun Bagga: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Yaser Al-Keliddar: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The rest of the board was completed with the {3-Spades} on the turn and the {8-Hearts} on the river for Al-Keliddar to eliminate Bagga in 15th place for $6,436.

Player Chips Progress
Yaser Al-Keliddar us
Yaser Al-Keliddar
5,600,000
1,480,000
1,480,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Varun Bagga us
Varun Bagga
Busted

Tags: Varun BaggaYaser Al-KeliddarMark Castaldo

Tristan Harris Eliminated in 16th Place ($5,269)

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Tristan Harris
Tristan Harris

Tristan Harris shoved from the middle position and was called by Chris Zelesnick in the cutoff while the rest folded.

Tristan Harris: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Chris Zelesnick: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} for Zelesnick to hold and add even more chips to his stack while Harris made his way to the payout desk to collect $5,269.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Zelesnick us
Chris Zelesnick
8,000,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
Tristan Harris us
Tristan Harris
Busted

Tags: Chris ZelesnickTristan Harris

Martinelli Doubles Through Bagga

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Varun Bagga was all-in from the middle position and was called by Tanner Martinelli in the hijack while the rest of the table folded.

Tanner Martinelli: {a-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Varun Bagga: {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{7-Spades}{k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} for Martinelli to flop a pair of aces to double up with.

Player Chips Progress
Tanner Martinelli us
Tanner Martinelli
2,250,000
530,000
530,000
Varun Bagga us
Varun Bagga
300,000
-500,000
-500,000

Tags: Tanner MartinelliVarun Bagga

Andrew Chang Eliminated in 17th Place ($5,269)

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Andrew Chang
Andrew Chang

Andrew Chang and Valentin Lita were heads-up and all-in with Chang at risk with the slightly shorter stack.

Andrew Chang: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Valentin Lita: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Spades}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{8-Spades} for Lita to turn the pair of aces to eliminate Chang in 17th place for $5,269.

Player Chips Progress
Valentin Lita us
Valentin Lita
2,900,000
1,690,000
1,690,000
Andrew Chang (MD) us
Andrew Chang (MD)
Busted

Tags: Andrew ChangValentin Lita

Patrick Dewey Eliminated in 18th Place ($5,269)

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Patrick Dewey
Patrick Dewey

The flop read {8-Clubs}{6-Spades}{a-Spades} when all the chips went in for Patrick Dewey and he was called and covered by Chris Zelesnick with the bigger stack.

Patrick Dewey: {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Chris Zelesnick: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

They both flopped a pair of aces but Zelesnick was ahead with the higher kicker.

The rest of the board was completed with the {j-Diamonds} on the turn and the {3-Hearts} on the river to eliminate Dewey in 18th place.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Zelesnick us
Chris Zelesnick
6,100,000
1,670,000
1,670,000
Patrick Dewey us
Patrick Dewey
Busted
Day 1B Chip Leader

Tags: Patrick DeweyChris Zelesnick

Lafuria Takes Katan Down

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Suheil Katan
Suheil Katan

Joseph Lafuria and Suheil Katan were heads-up and all-in with Katan at risk with the shorter stack.

Suheil Katan: {k-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Joseph Lafuria: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Spades} for Lafuria to improve to a set on the flop and a full house on the turn to eliminate Katan in 19th place.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Lafuria us
Joseph Lafuria
2,525,000
455,000
455,000
Suheil Katan us
Suheil Katan
Busted

Tags: Suheil KatanJoseph Lafuria

Al-Keliddar Doubles Up

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Tristan Harris raised to 240,000 from the hijack and Yaser Al-Keliddar three-bet to 650,000 in the small blind. Mark Castaldo folded his big blind and Harris took a few seconds before deciding to shove with the bigger stack and Al-Keliddar snap-called for the 1,960,000 he had behind.

Yaser Al-Keliddar: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Tristan Harris: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Spades}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{8-Spades} for Al-Keliddar to hold with the rockets to double up with.

Player Chips Progress
Yaser Al-Keliddar us
Yaser Al-Keliddar
4,120,000
1,770,000
1,770,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Tristan Harris us
Tristan Harris
1,260,000
-440,000
-440,000

Tags: Mark CastaldoTristan Harris