$400 Monster Triple Stack
Day 2 Completed
2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open
$400 Monster Triple Stack
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$400
Entries
275
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
28
Players Left
1
Jacob Mitich Wins Event #6: $400 Monster Triple Stack ($22,298)
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Event #6: $400 Monster Triple Stack at the Potomac Winter Poker Open attracted 275 runners generating a prize pool of $91,770. On Wednesday, 28 players returned for the second and final day, all eyeing the top prize of $22,298.
After just over five hours of fast paced action, Jacob Mitich of Maryland came out on top to record the best live cash of his career. Though William Pinkerton came second, not a single hand of heads-up poker was played after Pinkerton, facing a large chip deficit, decided to simply accept the second place prize.
Event #6:$400 Monster Triple Stack Final Table Results
| Position | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Mitich | United States | $22,298 |
| 2 | William Pinkerton | United States | $13,582 |
| 3 | Brett Butz | United States | $9,865 |
| 4 | James Liddell | United States | $7,617 |
| 5 | Minwoo Ahn | United States | $5,506 |
| 6 | Jim Dike | United States | $4,310 |
| 7 | Belram Rais | United States | $3,212 |
| 8 | Alan Gendelman | United States | $2,524 |
| 9 | Cory Sitzman | United States | $1,835 |
The average stack depth when play commenced was very shallow and remained so throughout the day with the field being quickly cut down to the final table. One player unfortunate enough not to make the final table was start of day chipleader and WSOP bracelet winner Lara Eisenberg after she suffered a series of setbacks that left her short.
Final Table Action
Cory Sitzman became the first casualty of the final table after his ace-four could not hold against James Liddell's jack-ten. Alan Gendelman was next to go when ran his nines into the jacks of Brett Butz.
Butz continued his comeback from starting the final table as the short stack by flopping trips against Belram Rais to send Rais to the rail in 7th place. Jim Dike crashed out in 6th after being left short by Pinkerton to setup five-handed action.
Minwoo Ahn, who began the day third in chips, ran into the aces of Mitich to bust in 4th. At this point, Mitich had begun to put considerable distance between himself and the rest of the field, even controlling more than half of the chips in play at points. He used that to leverage extreme ICM pressure on his three opponents.
It took some time for the next elimination to occur but eventually Liddell was sent to the rail when Pinkerton rivered a flush against him. It did not long after that for Butz to be ousted when Mitich made a straight to overcome his nines.
That elimination should have setup a heads-up battle between Pinkerton and Mitich but Pinkerton immediately asked to just take second place money, pointing out that the considerable chip discrepancy between the two made a comeback unlikely. Mitich, of course, did not object and with that was crowned the winner to go along with the $22,298 first place prize. Pinkerton, meanwhile, was visibly happy at taking home an impressive $13,582 for coming in second.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from the floor throughout the rest of the Potomac Winter Poker Open.
No Heads-Up Play
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Following the elimination of Brett Butz, William Pinkerton decided to take the second place money of $13,582 instead of playing Jacob Mitich heads-up. As a result, Mitich is the champion of Event #6: $400 Monster Triple Stack and will take home $22,298 along with a glass trophy. Stay tuned for a full tournament recap to follow.
Brett Butz Eliminated in 3rd Place ($9,865)
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Jacob Mitich moved all in on the button and Brett Butz called off for the rest of his stack out of the small blind.
Brett Butz: 
Jacob Mitich: 
Butz was in a good spot to get a crucial double up and remained ahead on the 
flop and the 
turn. The 
river, however, dealt a death blow to his chances of emerging victorious, instead condemning him to a 3rd place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000,000
7,900,000
|
7,900,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
James Liddell Eliminated in 4th Place ($7,617)
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
James Liddell moved all in for 1,950,000 from under the gun and was called by William Pinkerton in the small blind.
James Liddell: 
William Pinkerton: 
Liddell was at risk but in a good spot to secure a full double. The 
flop did give Pinkerton some chop outs but they disappeared following the turn. It was Pinkerton, however, who would end the hand ahead after the 
rolled off the deck on the river to give him an ace-high flush while sending Liddell out of the tournament in painful fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,600,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 31
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Break Time
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The remaining four players have been sent on a 15-minute break. They will return to blinds of 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 big blind ante.
Minwoo Ahn Eliminated in 5th Place ($5,506)
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Jacob Mitich opened to 400,000 from the cutoff and was called by James Leddell on the button as well as Brett Butz in the small blind and Minwoo Ahn in the big blind.
Butz and Ahn checked to Mitich following the 
flop and he continued for 1,200,000. That was enough to get rid of all of his opponents except for Ahn, who moved all in. Mitich snapped it off to put Ahn at risk.
Minwoo Ahn: 
Jacob Mitich:
Ahn was in terrible shape and unable to find help on the turn or 
river to send him to the rail in 5th place. Mitich, meanwhile, has begun to run away with the chiplead, now controlling more than half of the chips in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,100,000
7,450,000
|
7,450,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000