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
Total Entries
1,812
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
143
Players Left
1
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Level: 31

Blinds: 120,000/240,000

Ante: 240,000

Mark Castaldo Eliminated in 8th Place ($12,216)

Level 30 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Mark Castaldo
Mark Castaldo

Mark Castaldo shoved from the button and was called by Matthew McGuire in the big blind.

Mark Castaldo: {k-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Matthew McGuire: {k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades} for the nine-kicker of McGuire to come into play to eliminate Castaldo in eighth place for $12,216.

Tags: Mark CastaldoMatthew McGuire

Zelesnick Doubles Through Castaldo

Level 30 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Chris Zelesnick shoved from the small blind for 1,370,000 and was called by Mark Castaldo in the big blind.

Chris Zelesnick: {q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Mark Castaldo: {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for Zelesnick to river a pair of eights to double up with.

Tags: Mark CastaldoChris Zelesnick

Rahul Jain Eliminated in 9th Place ($9,764)

Level 30 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Rahul Jain
Rahul Jain

Rahul Jain shoved from the button and Coury Mascagni asked for a count in the big blind. The dealer was counting still the stack of Jain which was worth 2,640,000 and Mascagni already made the call.

Rahul Jain: {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
Coury Mascagni: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

The flop came {10-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{k-Spades} for Mascagni to hit a straight immediately.

The turn was the {j-Clubs} which now gave Jain a chance to survive if the ace came on the river.

The river completed the board with the {7-Diamonds} to not help Jain as he was eliminated in ninth place for $9,764.

Rahul Jain
Rahul Jain

Tags: Coury MascagniRahul Jain

Lafuria Catches Castaldo's Bluff

Level 30 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Joseph Lafuria
Joseph Lafuria

Mark Castaldo completed his small blind and Joseph Lafuria opted to check.

They both checked through the {5-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop and the {a-Hearts} on the turn to the {q-Diamonds} on the river. Castaldo bet 650,000 and Lafuria took some time, cut out calling chips, and then made the call. Castaldo tabled {7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} for Lafuria to quickly show the {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} for the pair of kings to pick up the pot.

Tags: Joseph LafuriaMark Castaldo

Mascagni Takes Chip Lead

Level 30 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Coury Mascagni
Coury Mascagni

Matthew McGuire raised to 440,000 from the hijack and was called by Thomas Mader on the button, and Coury Mascagni and Yaser Al-Keliddar in the blinds.

They all checked through the {6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{q-Clubs} flop to the {2-Hearts} on the turn. It was checked to Mader who bet 800 and Mascagni was the only one to make the call.

The river completed the board with the {3-Clubs}, both players checked again. Mascagni tabled {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} which was enough to scoop the pot as Mader mucked his hand.

Tags: Coury MascagniMatthew McGuireThomas Mader

Mader Doubles Through Zelesnick

Level 30 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Thomas Mader
Thomas Mader

Thomas Mader shoved from the cutoff for 2,475,000 and was called by Chris Zelesnick in the big blind.

Thomas Mader: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Chris Zelesnick: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades} for Mader to hold with the slightly bigger pocket pair and double up.

Tags: Chris ZelesnickThomas Mader

Level: 30

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

Chip Counts During the Break

Level 29 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The level duration will increase to 60 minutes after the break.

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Coury MascagniUnited States6,200,00031
2Yaser Al-KeliddarUnited States6,545,00033
3Cordero HinesUnited States7,975,00040
4Chris ZelesnickUnited States4,545,00023
5Mark CastaldoUnited States4,795,00024
6Joseph LafuriaUnited States3,410,00017
7Matthew McGuireUnited States6,230,00031
8Rahul JainUnited States3,155,00016
9Thomas MaderUnited States2,475,00012