After 22 Levels of play on day 1 of Event #6: $400 Monster Triple Stack at the Potomac Winter Poker Open just 28 players remain from an initial field of 275. Leading those 28 players is Lara Eisenberg, sitting on a massive stack of 2,685,000. That places her well in front of Jacob Mitich in second who was able to amass 1,830,000 during the day's play. Minwoo Ahn (1,725,000) rounds out the top three.
The tournament drew a total of 275 entries to generate a prizepool of $91,770. Each of the 30 players who receives a portion of that prizepool is guaranteed at least $597 with $22,298 reserved for the eventual winner.
It took until the final level of play for the money bubble to burst when Dave Helpard outflipped his opponent to bring the tournament down to just 30 players. Two more eliminations occurred in the final few minutes before the remaining 28 players bagged up for the night.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lara Eisenberg | United States | 2,685,000 |
| 2 | Jacob Mitich | United States | 1,830,000 |
| 3 | Minwoo Ahn | United States | 1,725,000 |
| 4 | Dave Helpard | United States | 1,330,000 |
| 5 | Justin Arnwine | United States | 1,100,000 |
| 6 | Joel Lanning | United States | 845,000 |
| 7 | Cory Sitzman | United States | 810,000 |
| 8 | Scott Panozo | United States | 770,000 |
| 9 | Benny H | United States | 770,000 |
| 10 | Alan Gendelman | United States | 760,000 |
Eisenberg struggled to gain momentum early in the day, at one point being down to just 40,000. That all changed, however, as the afternoon progressed and by the dinner break, Eisenberg was among the big stacks in the room. That momentum only continued to grow as the night wore on, with Eisenberg making good use of her big stack during bubble play to put some distance between herself and the rest of the field.
The day 2 hopefuls will return at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1st at which point they will play down to a winner. Levels will continue to be 30 minutes in length with play resuming at Level 23 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Be sure to stay tuned as the Pokernews live reporting team brings its coverage of Event #6: 400 Monster Triple Stack at the Potomac Winter Poker Open to a conclusion.
flop, while keeping the at risk player ahead, did give Helpard a flush draw. The 
turn changed nothing but the 
river improved Helpard to a flush to eliminate the under the gun player and burst the bubble.
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turn flipped the tables back around and Matei headed to the exits just shy of the money after the 
river completed the board. 
flop. The 
turn saw him stand up from his seat before the 
runout, handing Malebranche a full double courtesy of his opponent's misclick.
Steve Burnett in early position was involved in a hand with Yaser Al-Keliddar in late position. According to the table, the two players had some playing history with one another. 
