A Few of the Bigger Stacks in The Room
2019 Potomac Poker Open
Main Event
Day: 1b
Vera Takes Chunks From Song to Move Toward Top
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Phil Vera relayed action that had happened after he took a bunch of chips from Stephen Song.
As he told it, he did it with pocket aces against Song's ace-king and Song was eliminated shortly afterward as he was seen missing from the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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350,000
350,000
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350,000 |
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Busted | |
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: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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Three More Hands
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The floor has announced three more hands before the night of play is complete.
Full chip counts will be posted momentarily once play is complete and the counts are complied.
End of Flight B Chip Counts (full)
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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398,000
398,000
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398,000 |
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398,000
73,000
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73,000 |
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360,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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360,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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354,500
-15,500
|
-15,500 |
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305,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
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281,500
281,500
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281,500 |
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278,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
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262,500
262,500
|
262,500 |
|
261,500
-78,500
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-78,500 |
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245,000
245,000
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245,000 |
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234,500
234,500
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234,500 |
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233,000
128,000
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128,000 |
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226,000
226,000
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226,000 |
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215,500
215,500
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215,500 |
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199,500
199,500
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199,500 |
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196,500
196,500
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196,500 |
|
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185,000
185,000
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185,000 |
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181,500
181,500
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181,500 |
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180,000
180,000
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180,000 |
|
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174,500
174,500
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174,500 |
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174,000
-41,000
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-41,000 |
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172,000
172,000
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172,000 |
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165,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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163,000
163,000
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163,000 |
Flight C Status
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament clock shows that Flight C has 50 entries so far with registration nearly over with only a few minutes remaining in level 8. The small number of players will play one more play level before finishing for tonight and returning for levels 10-13 tomorrow at 11 a.m.
Pokernews coverage will resume toward the end of Flight C tomorrow for chip counts at the end of the flight before Day 2 kicks off in full at 3 p.m.
Fisch and Weinhold Take Joint Chip Lead After Day 1b of the Main Event
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Flight B in Day 1b of Event 11: $3,300 Main Event is in the books drawing a large field of 180 entrants. When the dust settled after over 13 hours of play, 50 players remained with chips.
Jordan Fisch and Rich Weinhold ended the day as joint chip leaders as they both coincidentally finished with exactly 398,000. Weinhold was spotted late in the day with a big stack. He gained a good amount of chips when his opponent called his river raise after he had rivered kings full. Fisch’s rise in chips was spotted even later as it was almost at the end of the final level when his large stack became apparent.
Rounding out the top five stacks, all clustered close together in chips, to end the day were Phil Vera (360,000), who took a significant amount from Stephen Song late in the day, Laura Moore (360,000) who is continuing her hot week and who won a number of big hands in the last few levels and Jeff Esterling (354,500).
A few more notable players to survive the Flight include; Christian Harder with 278,500, Nicholas Pham who finished with 233,000, and Adam Hendrix who tallied 199,500 chips.
Despite the large number of entries, Flight B was a slightly more tepid affair than Flight A as many chip stacks remained static, a fewer % of the players were eliminated and many stacks in the final couple of levels were very close, with nobody really pulling away with a lead.
The 50 who survived the day will join the 27 survivors from Flight A as well as the small few who will make it through Flight C, which will wrap up tomorrow. All will converge to compete in an exciting Day 2, which will begin at 3 p.m. local time.
PokerNews will pick up coverage at the end of Flight C tomorrow and cover Day 2 wire to wire.
Main Event
Day 1b Completed