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

$400 Opening Event

Day 1b Started

02-06-2020 17:00 UTC-4

Day 1b of the $400 Opening Event is Set to Start at 5 PM

Shirley Ang

At 5 p.m. local time, Day 1b of the $400 Opening Event of the 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open is set to start in the beautiful poker room in the MGM National Harbor casino. The Opening Event has an amazing guarantee of $500,000 and the first of six starting flights already attracted 207 entries with 16 surviving players making it through to Day 2 and another eight got paid $550.

In 2019, there was the $370 Opening Event during the regular Potomac Poker Open and Laura Moore walked away with $65,000 and the trophy when she outlasted 1,952. She agreed to a three-way deal with James Canoles and Lalith Mannur after almost 16 hours of play on Day 2 and it looks like the Winter Edition of the event will bring an equally long race to the win.

Daniel Araya has taken the Day 1a chip lead with 529,000 in chips, he is followed by Waleed Mian (442,000), Thomas LeBerre (425,000), George Karmires (404,000), and Michael Flesch (401,000). Day 1b is expected to be a bit busier than Day 1a as traditionally the number of entries creep up with each later starting flight. 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. on Friday and Saturday, February 6 and 7.

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 planned after Level 4, 7, 11, 14, and 18. 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.

PokerNews will be there from the card dealt until the final bag has been sealed, so keep reading the updates right here.

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	tba	tba	12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 1c	Friday February 7	11:00	End of Level 11	tba	tba	12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 1d	Friday February 7	17:00	End of Level 11	tba	tba	12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 1e	Saturday February 8	11:00	End of Level 11	tba	tba	12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 1f	Saturday February 8	17:00	End of Level 11	tba	tba	12% of field will be in the money, play down to 8%
Day 2	Sunday February 9	12:00	-	tba	-	Level duration increases to 45 mins, FT to 60 mins, play down to a winner

Tags: Daniel Araya George Karmires James Canoles Lalith Mannur Laura Moore Michael Flesch Thomas LeBerre Waleed Mian

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

02-06-2020 18:03 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal

Shirley Ang

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

The players have been welcomed to the tables, the rules and structure for the event have been explained, and the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal with the button in Seat 6.

02-06-2020 18:15 UTC-4

My Stack App Activated

Shirley Ang

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

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02-06-2020 18:27 UTC-4

Closing in on 100 Entries

Shirley Ang

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Day 1b's action is a bit slower compared to Day 1a but the number of entries is already up to 90, closing in on 100 during the first level of the day.

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

02-06-2020 18:44 UTC-4

Dansicker Downs One of the First Players of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Andrew Dansicker was sporting a substantially bigger stack than the starting stack and was kind enough to relay what had happened:

"I had nines and flopped a set on the board. A came on the turn to give me a full house. The came on the river, I bet 3,000, he shoved, I called. He had for top two pair."