Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
2019 Potomac Poker Open
$370 Opening Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Potomac Poker Open
Buy-in
$370
Prize Pool
$583,356
Entries
1,952
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
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Level 5
: 150/300, 50 ante
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Vargas Doubles with Set
Level 5
: 150/300, 50 ante
Juan Vargas Hernandez was seen scooping a big pot with 
on a board showing 
besting the 
of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Ervin Bets Out Opponent on River
Level 5
: 150/300, 50 ante
On a board that read 
Robert Ervin bet 6,000 on the river, after he had called a bet of 2,000 on the turn.
His opponent played with his chips for a but before releasing his hand and Ervin took in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Gatling's Queens Take Down Opponent
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
On the turn the board read 
. The first player to act moved all in and Latonia Gatling immediately called. She turned over the 
which was ahead of the [jh4j] of her opponent. The river was the 
for Gatling to bust her opponent and add to her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Frampus Rivers Highest Straight in Wild Eight Way Pot
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
According to a player at the table, the pot was limped eight ways and the players saw a flop of 
.
Action was picked up with Joseph Frampus all in. He was called by the bigger stacks of Richard Ray and then Gabriel Rababy. One more player was left to act as Ray nearly exposed his hand, not realizing there was another player still in the pot. But after a moment the fourth player folded and the cards were turned on their backs.
Frampus was the shortest stack and held the 
, Rababy had a set with the 
and Ray held the hammer with the 
for the flopped straight. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
to give Frampus the 10 high straight and steal the pot at the last moment to triple up, while Ray could only shake his head in disgust and walk away from the table as he was left to chop the side pot with Rababy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Early Big Stacks
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Here are some of the early big stacks so far today after a quick glance around the room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
||
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
110,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Gatling Collects More
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Latonia Gatling's hand was shown as the winner with the 
nut flush on a board that read with her opponent having two pair with 
and packing up his things as he was busted from the flight while Gatling added even more to her large stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
146,000
36,000
|
36,000 |