$370 Opening Event Day 1bc | 2019 Potomac Poker Open

$370 Opening Event

Day 1bc Completed

07-27-2019 04:31 UTC-4

Ehrgott and Smith Bag Massive Stacks of More than a Million on Day 1bc of the $370 Opening Event

Jeff McMillan

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Flights B and C of the $370 Opening Event followed the same drill as Flight A as play was fast and action packed on Day 1bc. From the beginning the plan was to play down till 8% remained and it took a little bit less than 11 hours for 92% of the field to be sent to the rail.

Play for Flight B began at 11 a.m. and it gathered a total of 405 entries and at the end of a long day of play, just 32 remained.

Flight C drew a smaller crowd with 281 entries that was played down to 22 remaining players by the end of the day around 4am.

Leading all players of both flights at the end of the day was Curtis Ehrgott, who bagged an eye-popping 1,402,000, which is more than 50 times the starting stack of 25,000. He caught fire late in the night, playing the role of grim reaper for many players’ tournament lives as he eliminated as many as 17 players according to him in a relatively short span of time.

Also bagging big from Flight C was Brandon Holder who ended pay with 800,500. Ehrgott and Holder were by far the two largest stacks to emerge from Flight C as nobody else finished the flight with more than 500,000.

Flight B had a larger amount of big stacks at the end of play, the biggest of all being Richie Smith who bagged a gigantic stack of 1,308,500. He already had a large stack before dinner break but won a huge hand in the later levels of the day, when another large stack player shoved pocket jacks into his pocket kings on the turn on a board with four undercards.

Other big stacks at the conclusion of Flight B were Jae Chong with 694,000 who experienced many ups and downs late in the day before finishing on a high, Joseph Paul (676,000), Quan Tran (663,000), Jonathan Kinder (661,000) and Paul Min (645,500).

All remaining players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday along with the players who survive Flights D and E on Saturday.

Tags: Brandon Holder Curtis Ehrgott Paul Min Quan Tran Richie Smith

07-27-2019 04:22 UTC-4

End of Day 1bc Combined Two Flight Chip Counts (full)

Jeff McMillan

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Curtis Ehrgott	1,402,000
Richie Smith	1,308,500
Brandon Holder	800,500
Jae Chong	694,000
Joseph Paul	676,000
Quan Nyen Tran	663,000
Jonathan Kinder	661,000
Paul Min	645,500
Elia Ahmadian	523,000
Andrew Moser	487,500
Mike Wansganz	437,500
Nathaniel Cram	405,000
Justin Arnwine	398,500
Dominic Lapus	378,500
Portia McDaniels	366,500
Abel Gebeyehu	360,000
An-Ming Hwang	347,000
Darren Keyes	316,000
Azeez Coker	312,500
Ken Holmes	302,000
Arjang Pouladdej	298,000
Timothy Glab	267,500
Laura Moore	261,000
Paul Fox	257,500
Brittany Kozarewicz	245,000

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07-27-2019 04:18 UTC-4

Flight C End of Day Chip Counts

Jeff McMillan

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Curtis Ehrgott	1,402,000	597,000
Brandon Holder	800,500	515,500
Andrew Moser	487,500	487,500
Mike Wansganz	437,500	437,500
Justin Arnwine	398,500	398,500
Portia McDaniels	366,500	366,500
An-Ming Hwang	347,000	347,000
Darren Keyes	316,000	316,000
Ken Holmes	302,000	302,000
Paul Fox	257,500	257,500
Kyle Hathaway	202,000	202,000
Cameron Dugan	194,000	194,000
Teddy Stocks	194,000	69,000
William Echols	193,000	193,000
Jamie Medlieolt	184,000	184,000
Lalith Mannur	180,000	180,000
Patrick Dewey	162,500	162,500
Victor Nolasco	144,000	144,000
Marc Fishman	134,000	134,000
Bernie Lisberger	126,000
John Kim	110,000	-100,000
Jeffrey Dolezat	87,000	87,000