$400 Opening Event
Day 1ef Completed
$400 Opening Event
Day 1ef Completed
It would take over 16 hours for Day 1e and 1f to come to an end on the fourth day of the 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open. The final starting days of the $400 Opening Event took place in a fully packed MGM National Harbor Grand Ballroom. Day 1e attracted 481 entries with 57 players in the money while Day 1f took in 351 entries with 42 players cashing. Making it through to Day 2 to claim a bigger share of the already surpassed $500,000 guaranteed prize pool were 38 Day 1e players and 21 players survived Day 1f.
In total, 1,812 entries have been collected with 143 players returning on Sunday, February 9. Currently second in the chip lead and wearing the Day 1f chip leader badge loud and proud is Justin Arnwine with 1,012,000 in chips, trailing Michele Lawson in the overall chip counts. Mukharji Uppalapati might have bubbled earlier this week, he compensated for this fact by taking the Day 1e chip lead.
Bracelet winner James Anderson finished third in the Day 1e chip counts with 658,000 but is following Joseph Frampus who laid claim to 695,000 in chips. Other players making it through the long day today include Michael Lerner, another bracelet winner in Yaser Al-Keliddar and Phong Nguyen for example. Nguyen ended a short bubble by flopping quad jacks and cracking the aces of his opponent.
PokerNews will be back at noon local time on Sunday, February 9 to bring you all the action from the floor until the first 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 |
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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 |
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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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 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Justin Arnwine
|
1,012,000 | 112,000 |
Jevon Fells | 682,000 | 682,000 |
Michael Lerner | 538,000 | 283,000 |
Thomas Mader | 495,000 | 495,000 |
Phong Nguyen | 462,000 | -38,000 |
Venkata Adusumalli | 419,000 | 419,000 |
Cordero Hines | 408,000 | 408,000 |
Chris Blackmore | 405,000 | 405,000 |
[Removed:212]
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367,000 | 367,000 |
Jimmy Chan | 346,000 | 83,000 |
Dante Magtoto | 317,000 | 317,000 |
Jeffrey Gambrel | 309,000 | 54,000 |
Darrell York | 290,000 | 290,000 |
Norwood Chesnutt | 267,000 | 113,000 |
Christopher Csik | 267,000 | 267,000 |
Jordan Phillips | 260,000 | 260,000 |
Hien Nguyen | 258,000 | 258,000 |
Mark Redding | 249,000 | 249,000 |
Rossbert Chua | 190,000 | 190,000 |
Michael Payne | 189,000 | 189,000 |
Jon Aldalur | 165,000 | 165,000 |
Nathan Tuthill | 163,000 | 163,000 |
Steven Tatum | 155,000 | 155,000 |
John Lanese | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Forest Konwerski | 146,000 | 146,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Frutchey | Busted | |
Tyler Growden
|
Busted | |
Mayan Shih
|
Busted | |
Josh Lassiter
|
Busted | |
James Hicks
|
Busted | |
Damien Schultz
|
Busted | |
Young Choi | Busted | |
Mathew Chang
|
Busted | |
Daniel Iachan | Busted | |
Paul Yu
|
Busted | |
Earnest McCuffie
|
Busted | |
Larry Whyte
|
Busted | |
Phillip Doucet
|
Busted | |
Trevor Savage | Busted |
The full chip counts, payouts of Day 1f, seat draw for Day 2, and a recap are to follow.
Jeffrey Gambrel shoved from the button and the player in the small blind called for his last 91,000.
Small Blind:
Jeffrey Gambrel:
The board ran out for Gambrel to flop a set immediately to eliminate his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Gambrel | 255,000 | 255,000 |
Phong Nguyen raised to 30,000 from under the gun in the second round of hand-for-hand play and action folded to Solomon Woldmariam in the big blind who decided to three-bet to 75,000. Nguyen responded with a four-bet shove which Woldmariam called for his last 170,000.
Solomon Woldmariam:
Phong Nguyen:
The flop came immediately to give Nguyen quad jacks and leave Woldmariam drawing dead. The latter grabbed his stuff while the dealer completed the board with the on the turn and the on the river.
The rest of the field is now in the money and play will continue until there are 28 players left.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phong Nguyen | 500,000 | |
Solomon Woldmariam
|
Busted |
With 43 players left and 42 getting paid, it is time for hand-for-hand play.
In a button versus small blind situation, Daniel Iachan had the player in the small blind covered when all the chips went in.
Small Blind:
Daniel Iachan:
The board ran out for Iachan to river a pair of queens to double up with.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Iachan | 256,000 |