2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

$400 Opening Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$96,567
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$588,900
Entries
1,812
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
143
Players Left
1

Joseph Lafuria Eliminated in 6th place ($19,746)

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Joseph Lafuria
Joseph Lafuria

Joseph Lafuria shoved from the small blind for 4,775,000 and Matthew McGuire looked at his cards in the big blind. He was hesitating what to do after having gone heads-up with Lafuria twice and finding out that they had to split the pot as they both had {a-}{10-} and {k-}{q-} in both hands. After a while, he opted to make the call.

Joseph Lafuria: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Matthew McGuire: {k-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

"At least I'm live," McGuire commented.

The board ran out {3-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for McGuire to flop the pair of kings and eliminate Lafuria in sixth place for $19,746.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew McGuire us
Matthew McGuire
12,000,000 5,025,000
Joseph Lafuria us
Joseph Lafuria
Busted

Tags: Matthew McGuireJoseph Lafuria

Thomas Mader Eliminated in 7th Place ($15,427)

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Thomas Mader
Thomas Mader

Thomas Mader shoved from the cutoff for 3,775,000 and was called by Cordero Hines in the big blind.

Thomas Mader; {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
Cordero Hines: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{3-Clubs} for Hines to hold with the higher pocket pair to eliminate Mader in seventh place for $15,427.

Player Chips Progress
Cordero Hines us
Cordero Hines
14,625,000 3,925,000
Thomas Mader us
Thomas Mader
Busted

Tags: Cordero HinesThomas Mader

Zelesnick Hits the Flush

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Chris Zelesnick
Chris Zelesnick

Chris Zelesnick shoved from the button for 2,450,000 and was snap-called from the big blind by Matthew McGuire.

Chris Zelesnick: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Matthew McGuire: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

In what looked to be a split pot, the board ran out {2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} instead to bring a flush to Zelesnick to double him up.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew McGuire us
Matthew McGuire
6,975,000 -2,750,000
Chris Zelesnick us
Chris Zelesnick
5,350,000 2,900,000

Tags: Chris ZelesnickMatthew McGuire

Level: 32

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

Chip Counts During the Break

Level 31 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Coury MascagniUnited States4,475,00015
2Yaser Al-KeliddarUnited States8,075,00027
3Cordero HinesUnited States10,700,00036
4Chris ZelesnickUnited States2,450,0008
5Joseph LafuriaUnited States5,350,00018
6Matthew McGuireUnited States9,725,00032
7Thomas MaderUnited States4,525,00015
Player Chips Progress
Cordero Hines us
Cordero Hines
10,700,000 2,000,000
Matthew McGuire us
Matthew McGuire
9,725,000 125,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar us
Yaser Al-Keliddar
WSOP 1X Winner
8,075,000 1,595,000
Joseph Lafuria us
Joseph Lafuria
5,350,000 50,000
Thomas Mader us
Thomas Mader
4,525,000 -615,000
Coury Mascagni us
Coury Mascagni
4,475,000 -25,000
Chris Zelesnick us
Chris Zelesnick
2,450,000 -490,000

Mader Doubles Through Mascagni

Level 31 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Thomas Mader
Thomas Mader

Thomas Mader shoved from the hijack for 2,270,000 and was called by Coury Mascagni in the cutoff for the rest of the table to fold.

Thomas Mader: {2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}
Coury Mascagni: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for Mader to turn the full house to double up with.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Mader us
Thomas Mader
5,140,000 3,295,000
Coury Mascagni us
Coury Mascagni
4,500,000 -1,800,000

Tags: Coury MascagniThomas Mader

McGuire Takes Over Chip Lead

Level 31 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Matthew McGuire
Matthew McGuire

The flop read {5-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{q-Spades} with over 1,000,000 in the middle already.

Coury Mascagni checked in the big blind and Matthew McGuire bet 535,000 from the button which Mascagni called.

The river completed the board with the {2-Diamonds}, Mascagni checked and McGuire fired 1,580,000 into the pot. Mascagni took some time to consider his options and then made the call but mucked when McGuire tabled {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew McGuire us
Matthew McGuire
9,600,000 2,000,000
Coury Mascagni us
Coury Mascagni
6,300,000 -3,400,000

Tags: Coury MascagniMatthew McGuire

Lafuria's Bluff Doesn't Get Through

Level 31 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Joseph Lafuria raised to 500,000 from the button and was called by both Matthew McGuire and Thomas Mader in the blinds.

The flop came {2-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Spades}, it was checked to Lafuria who continued with a bet of 650,000 which only McGuire called.

They both checked through the {8-Hearts} on the turn to the {5-Hearts} on the river. McGuire checked for the last time and Lafuria fired a bet of 1,100,000 into the pot. McGuire dived into the tank for a while, counted out his stack, took some more time, and then made the call. Lafuria knocked on the table and tabled {q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for the bluff. McGuire showed the {a-Spades}{8-Spades} for the pair of eights to score the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew McGuire us
Matthew McGuire
7,600,000 2,400,000
Joseph Lafuria us
Joseph Lafuria
5,300,000 -1,075,000
Thomas Mader us
Thomas Mader
1,845,000 -1,065,000

Tags: Joseph LafuriaMatthew McGuireThomas Mader

Hines Wins Some Back

Level 31 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Cordero Hines
Cordero Hines

Coury Mascagni raised to 650,000 from the button and Cordero Hines defended his big blind.

The flop came {3-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, Hines check-called the 600,000 continuation-bet of Mascagni.

They both checked through the {k-Diamonds} on the turn to the {2-Diamonds} on the river. Hines took over the initiative and led out for 400,000. Mascagni folded and showed the {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Hines tabled {a-Spades}{q-Clubs} for the pair of aces.

Player Chips Progress
Coury Mascagni us
Coury Mascagni
9,700,000 -1,800,000
Cordero Hines us
Cordero Hines
8,700,000 725,000

Tags: Cordero HinesCoury Mascagni