$3,000 Main Event ($500K GTD)
Day 1b Completed
2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open
$3,000 Main Event ($500K GTD)
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$781,746
Entries
294
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
149
Players Left
34
Hall and Raymer Bag for Day 2 with Tolpingrud in the Chip Lead
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1b of the 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open $3,000 Main Event has come to an end with 34 out of 149 entries making it through to Day 2 at the MGM National Harbor to try and win their share of the already surpassed $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. Together with the 15 players who survived Day 1a, this means that 49 players will be returning for Day 2 to combine with the Day 1c survivors.
The day 1b chip lead honors go to Nils Tolpingrud with 579,500 followed by Canada’s Anatoly Zharnitsky (538,500), Chad Brown (510,500), Glenn Chernigoff (466,000), and Galen Hall with 380,500 in chips. MGM National Harbor Poker Room Ambassador John Auville also bagged 141,500 for Day 2.
Other notable names to keep an eye on Day 2 include 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Raymer, James Anderson, Jane Hitchcock, Andrew Brokos, and Matt Glantz. Unfortunately, not everyone was lucky enough to make it through and will have jumped into Day 1c to try again. Players like Darren Elias, Christian Harder, Phong Nguyen, Nicholas Salimbene, Yaser Al-Keliddar, Sachin Joshi, Rajasekar Govindan, Laura Moore, Adam Hendrix, and Orson Young for example.
Day 2 will take place at 3 p.m. local time on Sunday, February 16 with play continuing until 2 a.m. or until the final six players have been reached. The level duration will be increased to 45 minutes each on Day 2 until the final table of nine as the levels will then go up to 75 minutes. And on Monday, February 17, a first-ever Potomac Winter Poker Open Main Event Champion will be crowned!
PokerNews will continue with coverage of Day 1c so switch over to that day to follow along to see who else makes Day 2.
The 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open $3,000 Main Event Schedule
| Day | Date | Starting Time | Late Reg | Entries | Survivors | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1a | Friday February 14 | 11:00 | Start of Level 10 | 80 | 15 | 13 levels of 45 minutes |
| Day 1b | Saturday February 15 | 11:00 | Start of Level 10 | 149 | 34 | 13 levels of 45 minutes |
| Day 1c (1) | Saturday February 15 | 18:00 | Start of Level 10 | tba | tba | 9 levels of 45 minutes |
| Day 1c (2) | Sunday February 16 | 12:00 | Start of Level 10 | tba | tba | 4 levels of 45 minutes |
| Day 2 | Sunday February 16 | 15:00 | - | tba | tba | 60-minute levels, play until final 6 or 2 a.m. |
| Day 3 | Monday February 17 | 13:00 | - | tba | - | final table levels increase to 75 minutes |
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
579,500 | 243,500 |
|
538,500 | 197,500 |
|
510,500 | -19,000 |
|
466,000 | 388,000 |
|
380,500 | 150,500 |
|
320,000 | 198,000 |
|
305,500 | 130,500 |
|
301,000 | 301,000 |
|
289,500 | 62,500 |
|
284,000 | 104,000 |
|
278,000 | 33,000 |
|
267,000 | 57,000 |
|
230,000 | 230,000 |
|
213,000 | 145,000 |
|
|
183,000 | 183,000 |
|
171,000 | -49,000 |
|
167,000 | 56,000 |
|
|
161,000 | 21,000 |
|
155,000 | -10,000 |
|
152,500 | 15,500 |
|
146,000 | 56,000 |
|
142,000 | -75,000 |
|
141,500 | 5,500 |
|
129,000 | -41,000 |
|
121,000 | -39,000 |
Play Ended
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Play has ended with 34 players making it through to Day 2. The full chip counts and recap are to follow.
Six More Hands
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament clock has been paused and six more hands need to be played before play ends for today.
Recent Chip Counts
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000 | -11,000 |
|
|
230,000 | 63,000 |
|
|
210,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
165,000 | |
|
|
140,000 | |
|
90,000 | |
|
70,000 |
Sardo Wins the Blind vs Blind Battle
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Jason Emanuel raised to 12,000 from the small blind and Jason Sardo defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Emanuel continued with a bet of 15,000 which Sardo called.
They both checked through the 
on the turn to the 
on the river. Emanuel checked for the last time and then called the 10,000 bet of Sardo but mucked when he saw the 
of Sardo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
562,000 | 242,000 |
|
250,000 | 125,000 |
|
|
180,000 | |
|
|
175,000 | 102,000 |
|
|
160,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
122,000 | |
|
|
111,000 | |
|
|
90,000 | -18,000 |
|
|
78,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
More for Tolpingrud
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Nils Tolpingrud raised to 6,000 from the hijack and Daniel Wellborn defended his big blind.
They both checked through the 
board. Wellborn tabled 
for Tolpingrud to pick up the pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
336,000 | 138,000 |
|
|
245,000 | 5,000 |
|
150,000 | |
|
|
137,000 | 88,000 |
|
125,000 | 26,000 |
|
88,500 | -76,500 |
|
60,000 | -75,000 |
|
53,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Raymer Wins
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
James Carroll raised to 6,500 from the button and Greg Raymer defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Raymer check-called the 4,000 continuation-bet of Carroll.
The turn was the , Raymer checked again. This time Carroll bet 14,500 which was called by Raymer.
The river completed the board with the 
, Raymer checked for the last time. Carroll bet 8,500 and Raymer quickly called again.
"You win," Carroll said and Raymer quickly flipped over 
.
Carroll looked surprised and then added: "That was the hand I was trying to get you to fold..."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
217,000 | 66,000 |
|
|
170,000 | 60,000 |
|
111,000 | |
|
|
108,000 | -72,000 |
|
82,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
73,000 | |
|
66,500 | -73,500 |
|
61,000 |