Level: 21
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 24,000
2019 Potomac Poker Open
Main Event
Day: 2
Jattin Forces Out Vera
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
On a board that read 
in a pot of over 300,000, Farid Jattin bet 185,000. Phil Vera considered the bet for quite a while before laying down his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,900,000 | 140,000 |
|
1,300,000 | -75,000 |
Gouindan Barrels River to Take Pot
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Rajasekar Gouindan, who has been on a tear recently, raised Jeff Esterling's bet of 60,000 to 235,000 on the turn when the board read 
. Esterling put in the extra chips to call.
The river came the 
. Gouindan bet 325,000 which caused Esterling to fold after a few moments to continue Gouindan's huge chip up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000 | 1,160,000 |
|
485,000 | -115,000 |
Two Table Redraw
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Damon Sita |
| 2 | 2 | Dustin Semonavick |
| 2 | 3 | Phil Vera |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Kwak |
| 2 | 5 | Rich Weinhold |
| 2 | 6 | Yaser Al-Keliddar |
| 2 | 7 | Farid Jattin |
| 2 | 8 | Al Mottur |
| 2 | 9 | Jordan Fisch |
| 3 | 1 | Chase Butler |
| 3 | 2 | Ryan Freeman |
| 3 | 3 | Rajasekar Gouindan |
| 3 | 4 | Jeff Esterling |
| 3 | 5 | Jimmy Chen |
| 3 | 6 | Michael Scarano |
| 3 | 7 | Ian O'Hara |
| 3 | 8 | Jonathan Gilliam |
| 3 | 9 | Laura Moore |
Weinhold Eliminates Kostelac
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
In a preflop all in Rich Weinhold held 
against the 
of John Kostelac. The board was safe for the queens as it came 
and Kostelac was eliminated in 19th place.
There will now be a final two table redraw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Final Three Table Players
Elimination Flurry
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Three eliminations have occurred within the last couple of minutes including those of Matt Marafioti and Ali Abduljabba.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Esterling Hits Turn King to Crack Aces
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Jeff Esterling held the 
against the pocket aces of Yaser Al-Keliddar. The flop was 
, but the turn changed everyhting as the 
peeled off and the 
on the river confirmed Esterling's double. According to the table it was his second consecutive double up with kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000 | 360,000 |
Semonavick Busts Frields
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
In a preflop all in, Dustin Semonavick had against the 
of John Frields.
The board ran out in favor of the ace-queen as the turn was a queen and the river an ace to end Frields's tournament in 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,315,000 | 215,000 |
|
Busted |
Kenneth Schaefer Wins Event #9: $370 No-Limit Hold’em Title
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
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 that played out at MGM National Harbor.
Another was Event #9: $370 No-Limit Hold’em, a tournament that drew 84 entrants and created a $25,200 prize pool.
That was paid out to the top nine players with Kenneth Schaefer of Lexington, Virginia coming out on top for $8,190.
It was a bit of redemption for Schaefer, who at the beginning of the 2019 PPO finished eighth in the $370 Opening Event for a career-high $12,022.
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2019 PPO Event #9 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kenneth Schaefer | Lexington, VA | $8,190 |
| 2nd | Michael Scarano | Brookeville, MD | $4,914 |
| 3rd | Eric Siegal | Melville, NY | $3,528 |
| 4th | John Fooladi | Potomac, MD | $2,268 |
| 5th | Peter Lee | Reston, VA | $1,764 |
| 6th | Myung Choi | Gainsville, VA | $1,512 |
| 7th | Gary Schoengold | Olney, MD | $1,260 |
| 8th | Aziz Qarghah | Fallschurch, VA | $1,008 |
| 9th | Steven Montoya | Laurel, MD | $756 |