As registration has now closed, Flight A attracted 208 entries. Meaning that 24 will make the money and 16 will advance to Day 2
As registration has now closed, Flight A attracted 208 entries. Meaning that 24 will make the money and 16 will advance to Day 2
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Players are now on a 10 minute break in which registration for Flight A will close and the chips will be colored up.
Yaser Al-Keliddar made a bet of 30,500 on a board that read ![]()
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. His opponent thought it over for a while before folding ![]()
face up to give Al-Keliddar another addition to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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A large pot was in the middle with a board that read ![]()
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Kunal Shah bet 35,000 over to his opponent Frederick Hoban who thought it over for a few moments before giving up his hand to send some of the chips in his big stack over to settle in Shah's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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170,000
60,000
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60,000 |
Kenneth Adams was ahead in a three-way all in on a flop of ![]()
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He held ![]()
while one opponent had ![]()
and the shortest of the three stacks had ![]()
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The turn was a
and the river a
to confirm the double knockout for Adams.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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72,000
72,000
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72,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
On a board that read ![]()
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, Farhad Husaini raised a bet of 10,000 to 25,500 which forced his opponent to give up his hand after a few moments.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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155,000
45,000
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45,000 |
PokerNews is at the 2019 Potomac Poker Open (PPO) to offer live updates from three tournaments, but those are just a few of the 14 events playing out at MGM National Harbor.
Another was Event #3: $370 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO), a tournament that attracted 67 entries and created a $20,100 prize pool.
The final table got paid, while it was Khoa Luong of Sterling, Virginia emerging victorious to capture the title and $6,834 top prize.
It marked Luong's second PPO title after he won the 2019 PPO Event #13: $500 + 80 Pot Limit Omaha for $6,975.
2019 PPO Event #3 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Khoa Luong | Sterling, VA | $6,834 |
| 2nd | Roger Barbour | Redlion, PA | $4,221 |
| 3rd | Tommy Hwang | Arlington, VA | $2,814 |
| 4th | Tyler Baumler | Bowie, MD | $1,809 |
| 5th | Sheldon Johnson | Baldwin, NY | $1,407 |
| 6th | Daniel Cherlow | Arlington, VA | $1,206 |
| 7th | Mitchell Folter | Burke, VA | $1,005 |
| 8th | Gregory Hess | Ashborn, VA | $804 |
In a preflop all in, Sundiata Devore took out his opponent when his ace-queen held up against king-queen when the board ran out all under cards to give him a boost in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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95,000
95,000
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95,000 |