$400 Opening Event | 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

02-09-2020 05:15 UTC-4

Day 2 Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
13	1	Kevin Martin (US)	United States	198,000	20
13	2	Patrick Dewey	United States	594,000	59
13	3	Eugene Davis	United States	326,000	33
13	4	Massoud Nooralian	United States	96,000	10
13	5	Waleed Mian	United States	442,000	44
13	6	Carlton Brumm	United States	90,000	9
13	7	Nicholas Faunce	United States	526,000	53
13	8	Andrew Stein	United States	238,000	24
13	9	Michael Flesch	United States	401,000	40

14	1	Marc Cohen	United States	286,000	29
14	2	Makram Kais	United States	164,000	16
14	3	Coury Mascagni	United States	370,000	37
14	4	Michael Lisman	United States	536,000	54
14	5	[Removed:212]	United States	367,000	37
14	6	James Katsikes	United States	91,000	9
14	7	Nolan Hanessian	United States	304,000	30
14	8	Roy Adler	United States	262,000	26
14	9	Valentin Lita	United States	314,000	31

15	1	Richard Austin	United States	142,000	14
15	2	George White	United States	189,000	19
15	3	Christopher Caruso	United States	298,000	30
15	4	Ronnie Thomas	United States	77,000	8
15	5	Justin Vioral	United States	892,000	89
15	6	Mukharji Uppalapati	United States	847,000	85
15	7	Cordero Hines	United States	408,000	41
15	8	Esa Al-Hanooti	United States	355,000	36
15	9	Omar Clarke	United States	280,000	28

16	1	Tanner Martinelli	United States	169,000	17
16	2	Stephen Guarnieri	United States	204,000	20
16	3	Robert Schneck	United States	216,000	22
16	4	Ryan Tamanini	United States	825,000	83
16	5	Dong Jun Ji	United States	468,000	47
16	6	Yiming Cao	United States	83,000	8
16	7	Ricky Crawford	United States	240,000	24
16	8	Brian Sampson	United States	193,000	19
16	9	Joseph Crowley	United States	486,000	49

17	1	Mark Castaldo	United States	284,000	28
17	2	Chanda Kiep	United States	64,000	6
17	3	Daniel Wellborn	United States	381,000	38
17	4	Dante Magtoto	United States	317,000	32
17	5	Thomas LeBerre	United States	425,000	43
17	6	Shawn Williamson	United States	248,000	25
17	7	Pearce Arnold	United States	394,000	39
17	8	Claudie Holland	United States	180,000	18
17	9	Christopher Csik	United States	267,000	27

18	1	Jeffrey Fotakis	United States	424,000	42
18	2	Daniel Araya	United States	529,000	53
18	3	Russell Felter	United States	395,000	40
18	4	Josef Teshome	United States	348,000	35
18	5	James Dike	United States	209,000	21
18	6	Chris Zelesnick	United States	249,000	25
18	7	Glenn Robinette	United States	273,000	27
18	8	Robel Andemichael	United States	343,000	34
18	9	Kevin Nielsen	United States	181,000	18

19	1	Joseph Lafuria	United States	197,000	20
19	2	George Karmires	United States	404,000	40
19	3	Scott Davis	United States	503,000	50
19	4	Han Oh	United States	385,000	39
19	5	Carson Fry	United States	225,000	23
19	6	Rahul Jain	United States	486,000	49
19	7	Hyun Roh	United States	239,000	24
19	8	Wesley Deaver	United States	176,000	18
19	9	Andrew Chang (MD)	United States	520,000	52

20	1	Jay Jin	United States	302,000	30
20	2	Yaser Al-Keliddar	United States	281,000	28
20	3	Benjamin Goldberg	United States	181,000	18
20	4	Paul Hermann	United States	242,000	24
20	5	Mike Mather	United States	274,000	27
20	6	Kenneth Lee	United States	137,000	14
20	7	Yevgeny Gans	United States	556,000	56
20	8	Suheil Katan	United States	534,000	53
20	9	Dien Le	United States	184,000	18

21	1	Gary Schoengold	United States	215,000	22
21	2	Rossbert Chua	United States	190,000	19
21	3	Scott Troise	United States	130,000	13
21	4	Aaron Olshan	United States	238,000	24
21	5	Kashka Corpening	United States	315,000	32
21	6	Yoon Cheon	United States	330,000	33
21	7	Derek Brown	United States	150,000	15
21	8	Christopher Grove	United States	681,000	68
21	9	Michele Lawson	United States	1,116,000	112

22	1	Faisal Siddiqui	United States	680,000	68
22	2	Jason Webster	United States	368,000	37
22	3	Mike Zgorski	United States	222,000	22
22	4	Raymond Dietzel	United States	138,000	14
22	5	Roger Sombat	United States	523,000	52
22	6	Christopher Gravely	United States	136,000	14
22	7	Jesse Bickford	United States	119,000	12
22	8	Chris Blackmore	United States	405,000	41
22	9	Loukas Michael	United States	286,000	29

23	1	Varun Bagga	United States	250,000	25
23	2	James Anderson	United States	658,000	66
23	3	Steven Tatum	United States	155,000	16
23	4	Robert Ezell	United States	157,000	16
23	5	Sousavath Souryachak	United States	384,000	38
23	6	Dustin Semonavick	United States	651,000	65
23	7	James O'Leary	United States	120,000	12
23	8	Rebecca Baugh	United States	370,000	37
23	9	Thomas Obermeyer	United States	39,000	4

24	1	Gintautas Putinas	United States	186,000	19
24	2	Alison Lewis	United States	169,000	17
24	3	Joel Doney	United States	300,000	30
24	4	Joseph Tak	United States	113,000	11
24	5	Joseph Frampus	United States	695,000	70
24	6	Mingda Bi	United States	207,000	21
24	7	Hien Nguyen	United States	258,000	26
24	8	Stephanie Sears	United States	240,000	24
24	9	Peter Valenti	United States	312,000	31

25	1	Ronald Hunt	United States	137,000	14
25	2	Jason Emanuel	United States	288,000	29
25	3	Michael Forsythe	United States	460,000	46
25	4	Matt Linardi	United States	134,000	13
25	5	David Somers	United States	207,000	21
25	6	Tristan Harris	United States	295,000	30
25	7	Nathan Tuthill	United States	163,000	16
25	8	Michael Sol	United States	549,000	55
25	9	Matthew McGuire	United States	134,000	13

26	1	Chris Pulley	United States	404,000	40
26	2	James Blake	United States	344,000	34
26	3	Michael Cordes	United States	145,000	15
26	4	Kareem Marshall	United States	162,000	16
26	5	Andrew Interdonato	United States	258,000	26
26	6	Nicholas Banyas	United States	276,000	28
26	7	Mark Wahba	United States	241,000	24
26	8	Forest Konwerski	United States	146,000	15
26	9	David Kim	United States	111,000	11

27	1	Darrell York	United States	290,000	29
27	2	Thomas Mader	United States	495,000	50
27	3	Jevon Fells	United States	682,000	68
27	4	Michael Lerner	United States	538,000	54
27	5	Mark Redding	United States	249,000	25
27	6	Jeffrey Gambrel	United States	309,000	31
27	7	Venkata Adusumalli	United States	419,000	42
27	8	Justin Arnwine	United States	1,012,000	101
27	9	Michael Payne	United States	189,000	19

28	1	Arnold Dinio	United States	128,000	13
28	2	John Lanese	United States	150,000	15
28	3	Jimmy Chan	United States	346,000	35
28	4	Steven Cho	United States	58,000	6
28	6	Phong Nguyen	United States	462,000	46
28	7	Jordan Phillips	United States	260,000	26
28	8	Norwood Chesnutt	United States	267,000	27
28	9	Jon Aldalur	United States	165,000	17

$400 Opening Event

Day 2 Started

02-09-2020 12:00 UTC-4

143 Return to Battle for the First-Ever Potomac Winter Poker Open Title in the $400 Opening Event

Shirley Ang

At noon local time, all 143 survivors out of 1,812 entries which were collected during the six starting flights in the $400 Opening Event will return to the MGM Grand Ballroom in the hotel lobby of the MGM National Harbor to play down to a winner in the first event of the 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open. The full prize pool details will be shared at the start of the day but the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool that was set has already been crushed in this inaugural event.

Leading the charge towards the final table is Michele Lawson with 1,116,000 which she collected during an amazing run on Day 1c. She’s trailed in the chip counts by local hero and Day 1f chip leader Justin Arnwine with 1,012,000, Justin Vioral with 892,000 who took the Day 1d chip lead, Day 1e leader Mukharji Uppalapati with 847,000, and Ryan Tamanini who’s coming fresh of a tournament win in the Borgata Winter Poker Open a few weeks back.

The day 1b and 1a chip leaders Patrick Dewey (594,000) and Daniel Araya (529,000) can be found further down the counts but with over 50 big blinds at the start of the day, there’s still everything to play for. James Anderson, Yaser Al-Keliddar, and Christopher Csik for example already have experience in winning the bigger titles that come with a ring or bracelet but they will all be aiming for that beautiful glass trophy here in Oxon Hill.

But they won’t be the only ones, everyone will have their sights set on the pay jumps and the final table. When they return, they will finish the 24 minutes and 50 seconds that are left of Level 17 which has a small blind of 5,000, big blind of 10,000, and a big blind ante of 10,000. Level duration will then be increased to 45 minutes with a break taking place after every three levels or when chips need to be raced off. Once the final table has been reached, level duration will increase to 60 minutes.

Get comfortable in your seats as the PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the first raise until the first-ever official PWPO Champion has been crowned.

The 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open $400 Opening Event Schedule

Day	Date	Starting Time	Late Reg	Entries	Survivors	Further Information
Day 1a	Wednesday February 5	17:00	End of Level 11	207	16	8 players cashed for $550
Day 1b	Thursday February 6	17:00	End of Level 11	167	13	7 players cashed for $550
Day 1c	Friday February 7	11:00	End of Level 11	338	27	13 players cashed for $550
Day 1d	Friday February 7	17:00	End of Level 11	268	21	11 players cashed for $550
Day 1e	Saturday February 8	11:00	End of Level 11	481	38	19 players cashed for $550
Day 1f	Saturday February 8	17:00	End of Level 11	351	28	14 players cashed for $550
Day 2	Sunday February 9	12:00	-	143	-	Level duration increases to 45 mins, FT to 60 mins, play down to a winner

Tags: Christopher Csik Daniel Araya James Anderson Justin Arnwine Justin Vioral Michele Lawson Mukharji Uppalapati Patrick Dewey Ryan Tamanini

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

02-09-2020 13:22 UTC-4

Prize Pool Details Confirmed

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The prize pool details have been confirmed and a min-cash for all players who have returned is worth $891 as the 1,812 entries created a prize pool of $588,900. 72 players have already been paid $550 over the first six starting flights for $549,300 to be left to divide over the Day 2 players. The winner will walk away with $96,567.

This is what they are all playing for:

Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$96,567	10-12	$7,896	37-45	$1,825
2	$53,135	13-15	$6,436	46-54	$1,649
3	$42,628	16-18	$5,269	55-63	$1,474
4	$33,289	19-21	$4,393	64-72	$1,357
5	$25,466	22-24	$3,693	73-81	$1,241
6	$19,746	25-27	$3,167	82-99	$1,066
7	$15,427	28-30	$2,700	100-117	$949
8	$12,216	31-33	$2,291	118-143	$891
9	$9,764	34-36	$2,059

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

02-09-2020 13:38 UTC-4

Martinelli Cracks Aces

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The board read when Tanner Martinelli check-shoved after a bet of Stephen Guarnieri and was called. Martinelli held for the straight while Guarnieri had .

The river completed the board with the to secure the double-up for Martinelli.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanner Martinelli	550,000	381,000
Stephen Guarnieri	85,000	-119,000

Tags: Stephen Guarnieri Tanner Martinelli

02-09-2020 13:53 UTC-4

Katan Coolers Jin?

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jay Jin raised to 28,000 from the cutoff and was called by Suheil Katan in the small blind.

They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Katan bet 45,000 and Jin called.

The river completed the board with the and Katan barreled another 50,000 over the line.

"This might be a cooler for one of us..." Jin said. "I just want to see it," he added before making the call.

Katan tabled for the turned two pair and Jin mucked and muttered: "It's a fucking cooler."

Player	Chips	Progress
Suheil Katan	720,000	186,000
Yevgeny Gans	565,000	9,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar	267,000	-14,000
Dien Le	125,000	-59,000
Jay Jin	113,000	-189,000
Kenneth Lee	Busted

Tags: Jay Jin Suheil Katan

02-09-2020 14:09 UTC-4

Some Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Vioral	1,320,000	428,000
Daniel Araya	760,000	231,000
Patrick Dewey	630,000	36,000
Kevin Nielsen	600,000	419,000
George Karmires	520,000	116,000
Scott Davis	500,000	-3,000
Andrew Chang (MD)	465,000	-55,000
Robel Andemichael	375,000	32,000
Daniel Wellborn	370,000	-11,000
Christopher Csik	320,000	53,000
Pearce Arnold	250,000	-144,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000