Day 1c Started at 6 PM; Keep Following the Day 1b Coverage Until Its Conclusion
Day 1c of the 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open $3,000 Main Event started at 6 p.m. local time today which will be the last chance for players to get their hands on a share of the $5000,000 guaranteed prize pool event here at the stunning MGM National Harbor. On Day 1a, 80 entries were collected with 15 players making it through to Day 2 and Day 1b currently has 149 entries with registration still open for another hour.
Currently in the lead is Day 1a chip leader Jeromy Bittan with 478,500 in chips, followed by Justin Arnwine (406,500), Sam Panzica (384,500), Joe McKeehen (377,000), and Daniel Lim (305,000).
Players will receive 50,000 in chips in their starting stack and play nine levels of 45 minutes each today. A 15-minute break is planned after Level 3 and 6. Players can reenter once per starting flight and the late registration period will remain open until the start of Level 10 which will be on Sunday, February 16 at noon local time.
Everyone who makes it through the nine levels of today at noon on to play the last four levels of their day before Day 2 starts at 3 p.m. local time on Sunday, February 16 with play continuing until 2 a.m. or until the final six players have been reached. The level duration will be increased to 45 minutes each on Day 2 until the final table of nine as the levels will then go up to 75 minutes. And on Monday, February 17, a first-ever Potomac Winter Poker Open Main Event Champion will be crowned!
PokerNews will be covering Day 1c after Day 1b has come to a conclusion.