Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open
$400 Large Stack BBA
Day: 1ab
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1ab
2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$100,000
Entries
261
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Entries
261
Players Left
19
Selection of Chip Counts
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
89,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Lita Stays Alive
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Valentin Lita shoved from the button for 14,900 and the player in the small blind did the same but for more.
Valentin Lita; 
Small Blind: 
The board ran out 
for Lita to flop a pair of fours to stay alive and double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Zelesnick Wins Big Pot
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Six players limped in to see a flop of 
and the blinds and two early-position players checked to the middle position where the player bet 2,700. He was called by a player in the late position and Chris Zelesnick in early position.
The 
hit the turn, Zelesnick checked to the aggressor, who bet 5,100, and both Zelesnick and the other player called.
With the 
on the river, Zelesnick and the player in the middle position checked, the player in late position bet 11,000 and was only called by Zelesnick.
Zelesnick tabled 
to take down a pot of over 30,000 as his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Mottur Looking For Repeat Success
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
The players in the under-the-gun position, early position, and Al Mottur in the cutoff limped in. The player in the small blind then raised to 2,200 and was called by the initial limper. The early-position player shoved for just over 12,000 and Mottur four-bet to isolate, which worked as the other two players folded.
Early Position: 
Al Mottur: 
The board ran out 
for Mottur to flop a pair of tens and improve to two pair on the river and eliminate his opponent.
Mottur finished in eighth place in the Main Event of the 2019 Potomac Poker Open.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Battle of the Joes
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Joseph Tak shoved his last 13,300 in from the cutoff and was called by Joseph Malebranche on the button while the blinds folded.
Joseph Tak: 
Joseph Malebranche: 
The board ran out 
for Malebranchte to flop a set to eliminate Tak from the tournament for now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
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Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
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Updated Chip Counts
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
121,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
70,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
56,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
55,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600