$400 Large Stack BBA Day 1ab | 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

02-13-2020 04:55 UTC-4

Marella First to Cash in Day 1b

CodyShook

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Divakaran Marella limped in from the small blind and then called the raise from Sachin Joshi of 56,000 out of the big blind.

Marella checked in the dark, Joshi bet 40,000 after seeing the flop of and Marella went all-in for 529,000. Joshi asked for a count and then called with , Marella tabled his hand showing for two pair.

The on the turn didn't change anything, but the on the river paired the board to counterfeit Marella's two pair to send him to the payout desk to collect $550.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sachin Joshi	1,171,000 309,000	309,000

Divakaran Marella	Busted

Tags: Divakaran Marella Sachin Joshi

02-13-2020 04:48 UTC-4

Joshi Burst the Bubble by Taking Out Smith

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Marcus Smith shoved from the small blind for 156,000 and was called by Sachin Joshi in the big blind.

Marcus Smith:
Sachin Joshi:

The board ran out for Joshi to hold with the pocket queens to burst the bubble by eliminating Smith.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sachin Joshi	862,000 272,000	272,000

Marcus Smith	Busted

Tags: Sachin Joshi Marcus Smith

02-13-2020 04:43 UTC-4

Nguyen Doubles Through Rogers

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Barbara Rogers raised to 50,000 from the button and Chin Nguyen shoved from the small blind for 86,000. Rogers confirmed how much more it was, cut out calling chips, checked her cards several times, and then took some more time to consider what to do. She then made the call.

Chin Nguyen:
Barbara Rogers:

The board ran out for Nguyen to hold with the pocket nines to double up with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chin Nguyen	204,000 84,000	84,000
Barbara Rogers	190,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Barbara Rogers Chin Nguyen

02-13-2020 04:33 UTC-4

Bubble Time

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

With 14 players left and 13 getting paid, the hand-for-hand process has started.

02-13-2020 04:32 UTC-4

Kim Doubles Dovdontseren Up

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Undrakhbold Dovdontseren shoved from the cutoff for 27,000 and was called by John Kim in the big blind.

Undrakhbold Dovdontseren:
John Kim:

The board ran out for Dovdontseren to find a ten on the flop to pair up with to stay alive.

A few hands later it was Craig Le Compte who would be eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Kim (VA)	360,000 215,000	215,000
Undrakhbold Dovdontseren	78,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Craig Le Compte Undrakhbold Dovdontsere John Kim

02-13-2020 04:28 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

CodyShook

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sachin Joshi	590,000 80,000	80,000

Barbara Rogers	250,000 160,000	160,000
Divakaran Marella	245,000 20,000	20,000
Ken Fishback	230,000 -50,000	-50,000
Marcus Smith	200,000 -88,000	-88,000
Jeremy Moore	160,000 -100,000	-100,000
Chin Nguyen	120,000 120,000	120,000

02-13-2020 04:21 UTC-4

Level 19

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Except for a split pot, not much else has happened and Level 19 has started which is 45 minutes long and has already surpassed the shortest time of 42 minutes and 3 seconds which were left of Level 19 on Day 1a which means that Day 2 will start with 42 minutes and 3 seconds left of Level 19 with a small blind of 8,000, big blind of 16,000, and a big blind ante of 16,000

02-13-2020 04:10 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

CodyShook

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Kim (VA)	390,000 245,000	245,000
Peter Karl	370,000 -65,000	-65,000
Vincent Marchesano	300,000 35,000	35,000
Andrew Whetzel	280,000 70,000	70,000
Ali Salah-Eddine	250,000
Craig Le Compte	235,000 35,000	35,000
Undrakhbold Dovdontseren	80,000 -170,000	-170,000
Chris Zelesnick	46,500 -53,500	-53,500
Sergio Torrez	Busted