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

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

McGuire Doubles Through Benhnini

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

All the chips went in preflop with Matthew McGuire and [Removed:212] heads-up and all-in with McGuire at risk for 1,500,000.

Matthew McGuire: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
[Removed:212]: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{10-Spades} for McGuire to hold with the higher pocket pair to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew McGuire us
Matthew McGuire
3,200,000 1,425,000
[Removed:212] us
[Removed:212]
1,100,000 30,000

Tags: Matthew McGuire

Day 1a Chip Leader Araya Eliminated

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Daniel Araya
Daniel Araya

All the chips went in before the flop for Daniel Araya in the under-the-gun position and Tristan Harris in the hijack with Araya at risk with the shorter stack.

Daniel Araya: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Tristan Harris: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{10-Spades} for Harris to hold with the nines to eliminate the Day 1a chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
Tristan Harris us
Tristan Harris
1,700,000 800,000
Daniel Araya us
Daniel Araya
Day 1A Chip Leader
Busted

Tags: Daniel ArayaTristan Harris

Martinelli Doubles Up

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Tanner Martinelli shoved from the early position for 760,000 and was called by [Removed:212] on the button while the blinds folded.

Tanner Martinelli: {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
[Removed:212]: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for Martinelli to flop a pair of fours to double up with.

Player Chips Progress
Tanner Martinelli us
Tanner Martinelli
1,720,000 415,000
[Removed:212] us
[Removed:212]
1,070,000 -575,000

Tags: Tanner Martinelli

Castaldo Doubles Through Harris

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The board read {6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{4-Spades} when all the chips went in and Mark Castaldo was at risk from under the gun for 2,045,000 and covered by Tristan Harris in the cutoff.

Mark Castaldo: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Tristan Harris: {a-Spades}{2-Spades}

The rest of the board was completed with the {3-Clubs} on the turn and the {4-Clubs} on the river to keep Castaldo ahead and double him up.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Castaldo us
Mark Castaldo
4,900,000 3,100,000
Tristan Harris us
Tristan Harris
900,000 -1,365,000

Tags: Mark CastaldoTristan Harris

Zelesnick Eliminates Fry

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Carson Fry
Carson Fry

Carson Fry shoved from under the gun and was called by Chris Zelesnick in the middle position.

Carson Fry: {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Chris Zelesnick: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for Zelesnick to improve his pocket pair to quads to send Fry to the payout desk in 23rd place for $3,693.

A few seconds later Michael Sol was also eliminated over on the other table.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Zelesnick us
Chris Zelesnick
4,430,000 1,405,000
Carson Fry us
Carson Fry
Busted
Michael Sol us
Michael Sol
Busted

Tags: Carson FryChris ZelesnickMichael Sol

Chip Counts After the Break (full)

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Cordero Hines us
Cordero Hines
5,600,000 3,500,000
Chris Zelesnick us
Chris Zelesnick
3,025,000 2,385,000
Rahul Jain us
Rahul Jain
2,400,000 1,850,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar us
Yaser Al-Keliddar
WSOP 1X Winner
2,350,000 1,520,000
Tristan Harris us
Tristan Harris
2,265,000 1,295,000
Suheil Katan us
Suheil Katan
2,100,000 1,440,000
Carson Fry us
Carson Fry
2,100,000 -100,000
Joseph Lafuria us
Joseph Lafuria
2,070,000 1,040,000
Andrew Chang (MD) us
Andrew Chang (MD)
2,040,000 1,390,000
Coury Mascagni us
Coury Mascagni
2,040,000 1,040,000
Mark Castaldo us
Mark Castaldo
1,800,000 -75,000
Matthew McGuire us
Matthew McGuire
1,775,000 745,000
Patrick Dewey us
Patrick Dewey
Day 1B Chip Leader
1,710,000 -510,000
Kareem Marshall us
Kareem Marshall
1,650,000 826,000
[Removed:212] us
[Removed:212]
1,645,000 -555,000
Daniel Araya us
Daniel Araya
Day 1A Chip Leader
1,500,000 740,000
Thomas Mader us
Thomas Mader
1,460,000 -95,000
Russell Felter us
Russell Felter
1,430,000 -70,010
Jay Jin us
Jay Jin
1,345,000 -505,000
Michael Sol us
Michael Sol
1,330,000 690,000
Tanner Martinelli us
Tanner Martinelli
1,305,000 -645,000
Valentin Lita us
Valentin Lita
1,210,000 896,000
Varun Bagga us
Varun Bagga
800,000 20,000

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Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000