$400 Opening Event Day 1b | 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open

02-07-2020 00:28 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Josef Teshome	232,000 232,000	232,000
Daniel Wellborn	77,000 29,000	29,000
Calvin Sanders	72,000 5,000	5,000
Jay Jin	24,500 -70,500	-70,500
Dien Le	19,000 -11,000	-11,000

Austin Dusts Carpenter Off

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Richard Austin raised to 8,500 from under the gun and Scott Carpenter shoved on the button for 17,500 in total. The blinds folded and Austin called.

Scott Carpenter:
Richard Austin:

The board ran out for Austin to flop top pair and improve to two pair on the turn to eliminate Carpenter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Austin	135,000
Scott Carpenter	Busted

Tags: Richard Austin Scott Carpenter

02-07-2020 00:41 UTC-4

Lisman Doubles Up

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The flop read with around 45,000 in the middle already.

Michael Lisman in the small blind and the player in the big blind were heads-up and all-in with Lisman at risk for 66,000.

Michael Lisman:
Big Blind:

Lisman held the overpair while his opponent had the pair of queens.

The turn brought them the which didn't change things and neither did the on the river as Lisman secured the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lisman	177,000

Tags: Michael Lisman

02-07-2020 00:45 UTC-4

Payout Details Confirmed

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The payout details have been confirmed by the organization.

With 167 entries for Day 1b this means that 20 players will be in the money as this is 12% of the field while only 13 players will bag up for Day 2 on Sunday, February 9. Seven players will be walking away with $550 in their pockets for cashing but not bagging.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

02-07-2020 01:00 UTC-4

Chang Chucks One

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Wesley Brown raised to 7,000 from under the gun and was called by the player on his left. Action folded to Andrew Chang on the button who three-bet to 18,000. The blinds folded and both Brown and the other player called.

The flop came , Brown checked, the other player shoved and Chang asked for a count. The dealer confirmed the shove was for 56,000. Chang made the call and Brown folded after looking at his cards once more.