2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

$400 Opening Event
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
167
Players Left
13

$400 Opening Event

Day 1b Completed

Dewey Dons the Day 1b Chip Lead of the $400 Opening Event of the Potomac Winter Poker Open

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

At the start of Level 18, play ended immediately when there were 13 players left on Day 1b of the $400 Opening Event of the Potomac Winter Poker Open in the MGM National Harbor. Day 1b attracted 167 entries and 20 players made the money. Seven players busted and cashed for $550 before the 13 remaining players made it through to Day 2 to claim a bigger share of the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Patrick Dewey has taken the Day 1b chip lead honors with 594,000 in chips. He is followed by Michael Lisman (536,000) and Andrew Chang (520,000) as the only players to cross the 400,000-mark. Pearce Arnold will start Day 2 with 394,000 in chips after also being responsible for bursting the money bubble by eliminating Jayson Craddock when he held a pair of jacks. Craddock held king-queen and got no help from the board.

Wesley Brown, Arthur Gauthier, Vivian Nguyen, Alexander Pryor were some of the players who busted but did collect $550 for their efforts today. John Georgy was really close to making Day 2 but was the last player to leave the tournament area today without knowing for sure that he would be coming back on Sunday when he ran his ace-nine into the queens of Daniel Wellborn.

All 13 players will return on Sunday, February 9 at noon local time to play down to a winner together with the 16 Day 1a players and the rest who survive any of the other starting flights. PokerNews will be back at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 7 for the coverage of Day 1c and Day 1d so make sure to return then.

The 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open $400 Opening Event Schedule

DayDateStarting TimeLate RegEntriesSurvivorsFurther Information
Day 1aWednesday February 517:00End of Level 11207168 players cashed for $550
Day 1bThursday February 617:00End of Level 11167137 players cashed for $550
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

Tags: Alexander PryorAndrew ChangDaniel WellbornJayson CraddockJohn GeorgyMichael LismanPatrick DeweyPearce ArnoldVivian NguyenWesley Brown

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Patrick Dewey us
Patrick Dewey
Day 1B Chip Leader
594,000 -6,000
Michael Lisman us
Michael Lisman
536,000 6,000
Andrew Chang (MD) us
Andrew Chang (MD)
520,000 -42,000
Pearce Arnold us
Pearce Arnold
394,000 224,000
Daniel Wellborn us
Daniel Wellborn
381,000 1,000
Josef Teshome us
Josef Teshome
348,000 -27,000
Jay Jin us
Jay Jin
302,000 52,000
Marc Cohen us
Marc Cohen
286,000
Roy Adler us
Roy Adler
262,000 75,000
Dien Le us
Dien Le
184,000 44,000
Richard Austin us
Richard Austin
142,000 -18,000
Kenneth Lee us
Kenneth Lee
137,000 -281,000
Carlton Brumm us
Carlton Brumm
90,000 -26,000

Play Ended

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

The 13 remaining players have tagged their chips and will return on Sunday, February 9 at noon local time for Day 2.

The full chips counts and a recap are to follow.

Cohen Doubles Up

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

Marc Cohen (early position) and Alexander Pryor (middle position) got all their chips in preflop with similar stacks.

Marc Cohen: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Alexander Pryor: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {2-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{6-Spades} for Cohen to hold with the higher pocket pair to leave Pryor behind with 1,000 which he lost the hand after to Daniel Wellborn.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Cohen us
Marc Cohen
311,000 166,000
Alexander Pryor us
Alexander Pryor
Busted

Tags: Alexander PryorDaniel WellbornMarc Cohen

Pryor Doubles Up

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

Marc Cohen limped in from the hijack and Alexander Pryor shoved from the cutoff for 72,000. Action folded to John Georgy in the big blind who also decided to shove for more. Cohen quickly folded.

Alexander Pryor: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
John Georgy: {a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{5-Spades} for Pryor to hit the flop for a pair of jacks and improve to two pair on the turn to double up with.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Pryor us
Alexander Pryor
169,000 92,000
John Georgy us
John Georgy
120,000 -110,000
Arthur Gauthier us
Arthur Gauthier
Busted
Vivian Nguyen us
Vivian Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Alexander PryorMarc Cohen

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Chang Takes Brown Down

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Wesley Brown
Wesley Brown

Wesley Brown shoved from under the gun and was called by Andrew Chang on the button with the bigger stack while the blinds folded.

Wesley Brown: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Andrew Chang: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for Chang to flop top pair to eliminate Brown.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Chang (MD) us
Andrew Chang (MD)
562,000 376,000
Wesley Brown us
Wesley Brown
Busted

Tags: Andrew ChangWesley Brown