2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

$2,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$277,053
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,700
Entries
533
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
310
Players Left
58

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Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
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Al-Keliddar Check-Raises

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A player opened to 1,600 on the button and Yaser Al-Keliddar defended in the big blind.

Al-Keliddar checked to the preflop aggressor on a flop of {k-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and the button player continued for 1,500. After giving it some thought, Al-Keliddar opted to check-raise to 6,000 which got a fairly quick fold from his opponent to keep Al-Keliddar chipping up.

Player Chips Progress
Yaser Al-Keliddar us
Yaser Al-Keliddar
135,000
54,000
54,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Yaser Al-Keliddar

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

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Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
My Stack
My Stack

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Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Lara Eisenberg us
Lara Eisenberg
160,000
110,000
110,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jacob Hershey us
Jacob Hershey
95,000
25,000
25,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar us
Yaser Al-Keliddar
81,000
81,000
81,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Robert Cohen us
Robert Cohen
75,000
35,000
35,000
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
72,000
72,000
72,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Justin Arnwine us
Justin Arnwine
60,000
60,000
60,000
Aubrey Williams us
Aubrey Williams
55,000
5,000
5,000
James Kraetz us
James Kraetz
26,000
-24,000
-24,000
Jason Bregger us
Jason Bregger
25,000
-48,000
-48,000
Marshall Roof us
Marshall Roof
2,000
-43,000
-43,000

Tags: Aubrey WilliamsJacob HersheyJames KreitzJason BreggerJoe McKeehenJustin ArnwineLara EisenbergMarshall RoofRobert CohenYaser Al-Keliddar

Fard Doubles Up

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

A player opened to 1,500 from middle position and was called by Payam Fard on the button as well as the big blind player.

Action checked to Fard on a flop of {4-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and he led out for 2,200. Both of his opponents called to keep action three-handed heading to the turn.

The big blind checked for a second time following the {k-Diamonds} turn. At this point, the middle position player took over the betting lead, firing off 8,000. Fard was not yet ready to release his hand and called while the big blind got out of the way.

The middle position player moved all in with the covering stack after the {3-Hearts} river completed the board, putting Fard to the ultimate test. After a moments thought he sigh called but received a full double after turning over {k-Spades}{q-Hearts} for top two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Payam Fard us
Payam Fard
70,000

Tags: Payam Fard

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Hershey Forced to Fold

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

A player limped from middle position before the player to their immediate left raised to 2,800. Jacob Hershey called on the button as did the big blind and the limper to generate four-way action heading to the flop.

The big blind and middle position players both checked on the {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}{8-Spades} flop and the preflop raiser continued for 4,000. That bet was called by Hershey while the two other players folded.

The {2-Diamonds} turn saw Hershey's opponent continue his aggression with a bet of 7,500. Hershey, after asking to see how much the other player had behind, did commit calling chips.

The {6-Diamonds} river completed the board, prompting the player who had shown no qualms at pushing the action throughout the hand to move all in. Hershey open folded {6-Spades}{5-Spades}, remarking 'I should've raised the flop'.

Player Chips Progress
Jacob Hershey us
Jacob Hershey
70,000
20,000
20,000

Tags: Jacob Hershey

Roof Folds Turn

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Marshall Roof, fresh off a runner-up finish in Event #1: $400 Mystery Bounty for a career high $53,458, opened to 2,000 from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position as well as the button.

Roof checked following the {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} flop and the middle position player led out for 3,000. The button folded while Roof called to send action heads-up to the turn.

The {9-Hearts} turn saw Roof check for a second time and then fold after his opponent announced a bet of 8,000, taking a minor hit to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Marshall Roof us
Marshall Roof
45,000

Tags: Marshall Roof

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500