$3,000 Main Event ($500K GTD) Day 1a | 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

02-14-2020 18:59 UTC-4

Overlay Alert

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

While the Main Event is trundling along, there is also a multi-flight $400 tournament running with a guarantee of $100,000! Up till now, there have been 106 entries collected while the tournament need just over 300 players to reach the guarantee.

Day 1c which is the final starting day starts at 11 a.m. local time on Saturday, February 15 and players can reenter once until the start of Level 12.

So for anyone who isn't planning on planning to play the Main Event, make sure to take your shot at the $00 tournament and grab your piece of that possibly tasty overlay!

02-14-2020 19:05 UTC-4

Some Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Austin Morin	294,000 181,000	181,000
Sam Panzica	285,000 285,000	285,000
Dien Le	145,000 -5,000	-5,000
Michael Lisman	83,000 -12,000	-12,000

02-14-2020 19:10 UTC-4

More for Neacsu

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

John Neacsu raised to 3,500 from the middle position, he was called by Carol Schulte in the hijack and Adam Hendrix in the big blind.

The flop came , Hendrix checked, Neacsu continued with a bet of 5,000 which was called by both of his opponents.

The turn brought them the , Hendrix check-folded to the 7,000 continuation-bet of Neacsu which Schulte did call.

The river completed the board with the for both players to check. Hendrix tabled for the pair of tens but Neacsu held for the pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carol Schulte	148,000 -82,000	-82,000
John Neacsu	135,000 96,000	96,000
Adam Hendrix	76,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Adam Hendrix Carol Schulte John Neacsu

02-14-2020 19:15 UTC-4

Cooler for Dhallan to Bust to Yoon

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

David Yoon raised to 3,500 from the middle position and Narender Dhallan three-bet to 11,000 from the hijack for the rest of the table to fold. Yoon responded with a shove which Dallan snap-called for the 50,000 or so he had behind.

Narender Dhallan:
David Yoon:

The flop came with the king in the window to Dhallan to sigh.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river to not help Dhallan as he was eliminated just before the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Yoon	212,000 111,000	111,000
Narender Dhallan	Busted

Tags: David Yoon Narender Dhallan

02-14-2020 19:16 UTC-4

Dinner Break

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With 80 entries on the tournament clock, the players have been sent for a 60-minute dinner break. Play should resume at approximately 7:16 p.m. local time.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

02-14-2020 20:34 UTC-4

Recent Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Austin Morin	305,000 11,000	11,000
Jeromy Bittan	140,000 -20,000	-20,000

Carol Schulte	132,000 -16,000	-16,000
Mac Chatham	89,000 89,000	89,000
Adam Hendrix	87,000 11,000	11,000

Haofeng Xu	81,000 81,000	81,000
Carlos Chadha-Villamarin	79,000 79,000	79,000
Anthony Ibrahim	69,000 69,000	69,000

02-14-2020 20:54 UTC-4

Verderamo Knows What Stokes Has

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Nicholas Verderamo raised to 5,000 from the hijack and by Steve Stokes three-bet to 11,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Verderamo called.

They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Verderamo check-called the 5,000 bet of Stokes.

The river completed the board with the , Verderamo checked for the last time. Stokes continued with a bet of 10,000 and that was enough to get Verderamo to fold.