2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

$400 Opening Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info

2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠k♣
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 1a
Entries
207
Players Left
16
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Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante
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Shirley Ang
Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante
My Stack
My Stack

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One Out Already

Shirley Ang
Shirley Ang
Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante
Jerry Schraders
Jerry Schraders

A player was seen leaving the tournament area and muttered: "That was a bad first hand."

Jerry Schraders was sporting the double starting stack and was kind enough to relay what had happened:

The other player raised big pre-flop and Schraders called with {k-Spades}{j-Spades}.

He flopped a flush and check-called the continuation-bet of his opponent. The turn was the {10-Spades}, Schraders check-called another bet.

On the river, his opponent shoved out of turn so Schraders checked to let his opponent do as he wanted and then called. The other player claimed to have fives and made his way to the cashier to reenter.

Player Chips Progress
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Jerry Schraders
50,000

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Inaugural Potomac Winter Poker Open Set to Start at 5 PM with Day 1a of the $400 Opening Event

Shirley Ang
Shirley Ang
MGM National Harbor
MGM National Harbor

Welcome to the first-ever event of the brand-new East Coast Poker Tour which is the $400 Opening Event of the 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open at the stunning MGM National Harbor. This is one of the three events PokerNews will cover in this inaugural festival which features a guaranteed prize pool of over $1,000,000. The Opening Event itself has an amazing guarantee of $500,000!

The new East Coast Poker Tour (ECPT) has five events slated for 2020 with the first one starting today with the Borgata Spring Poker Open, Borgata Summer Poker Open, Potomac Summer Poker Open, and The Armory Classic to follow later this year. Players who register and play in any of these main events and championship events will participate in the leaderboard.

The five winners of the ECPT Main Events plus five randomly selected participants from each event will join the top 90 of the leaderboard in Atlantic City as they will all receive a complimentary two-night stay at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa and an entry to the Borgata Fall Poker Open/MGM Resorts ECPT $2,000,000 Guaranteed Championship which is scheduled from November 15-20.

As this is the debut of the winter version of the Potomac Poker Open, there is no defending champion. In 2019, there was the $370 Opening Event six months ago and Laura Moore emerged victorious in a field that attracted 1,952 entries over five starting flights. She recorded her biggest score for $65,000 when she agreed to a three-way deal with James Canoles and Lalith Mannur after almost 16 hours of play on Day 2.

This year’s edition features a slightly increased buy-in of $400 and six starting flights. Day 1a is set to kick-off at 5 p.m. local time in the Poker Room with Day 1b scheduled for Thursday, February 6 at the same time and location. But Day 1c and onwards will be taking place in the Ballroom on the 2nd floor of the hotel with two starting flights each day, one at 11 a.m. and 1 at 5 p.m.

Players will get 25,000 in chips when they start the day with late registration and one reentry possible for the first 11 levels of the day. Level duration will be 30 minutes on Day 1 with a break assumed to take place after every four levels. Players can reenter once per starting flight.

Each starting flight will pay 12% of the field as they cash for a fixed $550 while play will stop when there’s 8% of the field left. Day 2 will begin at the shortest time played in any of the six starting flights and all Day 2 payouts will exceed the $550 Day 1 payout. The level duration for Day 2 will increase to 45 minutes until the final table when it will go up to 60 minutes and play will continue until a new winner has been crowned.

The 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open $400 Opening Event Schedule

DayDateStarting TimeLate RegEntriesSurvivorsFurther Information
Day 1aWednesday February 517:00End of Level 11tbatba12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 1bThursday February 617:00End of Level 11tbatba12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 1cFriday February 711:00End of Level 11tbatba12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 1dFriday February 717:00End of Level 11tbatba12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 1eSaturday February 811:00End of Level 11tbatba12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 1fSaturday February 817:00End of Level 11tbatba12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 2Sunday February 912:00-tba-Level duration increases to 45 mins, FT to 60 mins, play down to a winner

PokerNews will be there from the first shuffle up and deal until the final player has been paid so make sure to follow along with the updates right here.

Tags: James CanolesLalith MannurLaura Moore

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