$3,000 Main Event ($500K GTD)
Day 1c Started
$3,000 Main Event ($500K GTD)
Day 1c Started
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.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The final starting flight of the Main Event has attracted 55 entries already with many of the big names trying again to make it through to Day 2. There are currently eleven minutes left in Level 7 and the players will continue to play until the end of Level 9.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cordero Hines | 170,000 | |
Justin Liberto |
142,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
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Darren Elias |
106,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
Jack Eichenberger
|
102,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
Pearce Arnold |
97,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
Aaron Olshan |
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Faisal Siddiqui | 58,000 | |
Christian Harder |
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Phong Nguyen |
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Jeffrey Chang |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Esa Al-Hanooti | 40,000 | |
Orson Young |
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Timothy Glab |
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Mike Zgorski |
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The player in the early position raised to 3,200 and was called by Timothy Glab in the middle position, the player in the hijack, and Pearce Arnold in the small blind.
The flop came , it was checked to Glab who bet 4,500 which only the initial raiser called.
They both checked through the on the turn to the . the early position player checked and Glab fired 13,000 into the pot. The other player considered his options for a bit but then opted to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pearce Arnold |
129,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Timothy Glab |
62,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Cordero Hines raised to 2,700 from the cutoff and was called by Orson Young and Johnathon Gilliam in the blinds.
The flop came , it was checked to Hines who continued with a bet of 3,000 which was called by both Young and Gilliam.
They all checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Young bet 12,000 and that was enough to get Gilliam out of the way but Hines raised to put Young all-in for his last 26,000 or so. Young glanced over to Hines and then made the call with the for the flush but Hines held the for the nut flush to eliminate Young on his first bullet for Day 1c. He quickly left the tournament area but might be back tomorrow before the restart of Day 1c.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cordero Hines |
216,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Johnathon Gilliam |
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
Orson Young | Busted |
The board read when all the chips went in with Amir Moshiri at risk for his last 19,400 and Faisal Siddiqui having him covered.
Amir Moshiri:
Faisal Siddiqui:
The river completed the board with the for Moshiri to secure the double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dave Alfa |
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Joe Arnold
|
145,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Jack Eichenberger
|
80,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
Jerry Humphrey |
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Ryan Dougherty |
72,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
Amir Moshiri |
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Christian Harder |
50,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Faisal Siddiqui |
40,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |