$2,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

02-05-2023 23:13 UTC-4

Hershey Makes Quads

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Jacob Hershey opened to 80,000 from middle position and Elia Ahmadian three-bet to 200,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back around to Hershey who called to see a flop.

Hershey checked to Ahmadian following the flop and he continued for 125,000. After some thought, Hershey raised to 450,000. Ahmadian then announced he was all in and Hershey quickly called off with the effective stack.

Jacob Hershey:
Elia Ahmadian:

Hershey had outflopped the rockets of Ahmadian to put himself in a great position to secure a full double up. That is exactly what happened after the board ranout to improve Hershey to quads, leaving Ahmadian desperately short with just 25,000. Ahmadian was able to spin that 25,000 up to 500,000 within the space of a couple hands so is not out of contention yet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Hershey	2,100,000 1,115,000	1,115,000
Elia Ahmadian	500,000 -950,000	-950,000

Tags: Elia Ahmadian Jacob Hershey

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

02-05-2023 22:46 UTC-4

Break Time

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The remaining 17 players have been sent a 15-minute break. They will return to blinds of 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante.

02-05-2023 22:08 UTC-4

Four-Way All In Ends With Chop Pot

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Shouyi Gao opened to 84,000 from under the gun before James Gilbert moved all in for 755,000 from middle position. Jacob Hershey then re-jammed his larger stack of 985,000 from the cutoff and Elia Ahmadian went into the tank on the button. Eventually he too announced he was all in. The blinds got out of the way and Gao, despite the insane amount of action ahead of him, called off as well.

James Gilbert:
Jacob Hershey:
Elia Ahmadian:
Shouyi Gao:

Somehow all four players had woken up with strong hands. The flop immediately launched James Gilbert into the lead with nothing changing on the turn. The river put a straight on the board, sending all the chips back to their original owners and concluding what was certainly the hand of the tournament so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shouyi Gao	3,150,000 2,060,000	2,060,000
Elia Ahmadian	1,450,000 1,189,000	1,189,000
Jacob Hershey	985,000 125,000	125,000
James Gilbert	755,000 -295,000	-295,000

Tags: Elia Ahmadian Jacob Hershey James Gilbert Shouyi Gao

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

02-05-2023 21:36 UTC-4

Ryan Eriquezzo Eliminated in 18th Place ($12,744)

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action folded around to Ryan Eriquezzo, who bluffed off a significant portion of his stack to Anthony Lam a few hands ago, in the small blind and he moved all in. James Gilbert quickly called in the big blind with the covering stack to put Eriquezzo at risk.

Ryan Eriquezzo:
James Gilbert:

Eriquezzo had run right into the rockets of Gilbert and was in terrible shape. There was no miracle runout for Eriquezzo, ending his tournament in 18th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Gilbert	1,050,000 816,000	816,000
Ryan Eriquezzo	Busted

Tags: Anthony Lam James Gilbert Ryan Eriquezzo

02-05-2023 21:15 UTC-4

William Staursky Eliminated in 19th Place ($11,470)

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Picking up the action on the river, Mark Dickstein on the button was involved in a hand with William Staursky from early position. With the board reading Staursky moved all in and was snapped off by Dickstein who tabled for the full house to send Staursky to the payout desk in 19th place.

Elsewhere, Vincent Giuliano was eliminated in 21st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Dickstein	1,400,000 695,000	695,000
Vincent Giuliano	Busted
William Staursky	Busted

Tags: Mark Dickstein Vincent Giuliano William Staursky

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

02-05-2023 19:47 UTC-4

Dinner Break

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 21 : Blinds 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

The remaining 21 players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break. They will return to blinds of 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante.

02-05-2023 19:44 UTC-4

Three Table Redraw

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 21 : Blinds 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count
31	1	Anthony Lam	475,000
31	2	Ryan Eriquezzo	820,000
31	3	Mark Dickstein	1,150,000
31	4	Hiep Nguyen	350,000
31	5	Gintautas Putinas	1,300,000
31	6	John Aspaugh	550,000
31	7	Jacob Hershey	610,000
31	8	Hal Rotholz	780,000
31	9	William Staursky	650,000

33	1	Tim Faro	2,550,000
33	2	Richard Newman	350,000
33	3	Eugene Chung	350,000
33	4	Michael Mander	1,750,000
33	5	Boris Kravets	1,900,000
33	6	Caitlyn Cobb	2,800,000
33	7	Kasey Mills	600,000
33	8	Justin Liberto	2,450,000
33	9	Daniel Sol	400,000

34	1	Elia Ahmadian	450,000
34	2	David Lackey	1,400,000
34	3	David Tiller	350,000
34	4	Shouyi Gao	1,950,000
34	5	Joseph Lebrun	1,400,000
34	6	Chris Brown	390,000
34	7	James Gilbert	700,000
34	8	Vincent Giuliano	480,000
34	9