2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

$400 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$96,657
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Entries
2,457
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
193
Players Left
1

Bregger Gets One Through

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

A player in middle position opened to 60,000 and was called by the cutoff, button, Jason Bregger in the small blind and the big blind.

Action checked through the {8-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{a-Spades} flop to the {6-Hearts} turn at which point Bregger checked for a second time. The big blind led out for 100,000, enough to get rid of all of his opponents bar Bregger, who responded by raising to 350,000. The big blind thought for some time before releasing his holding. Bregger revealed he held {j-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for a complete bluff with his aggression earning him some valuable chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Bregger us
Jason Bregger
2,250,000
1,826,000
1,826,000

Tags: Jason Bregger

Updated Chip Counts

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sheldon Poe us
Sheldon Poe
3,015,000
1,920,000
1,920,000
Trenton Wilt us
Trenton Wilt
2,900,000
2,176,000
2,176,000
Rob Cohen us
Rob Cohen
2,200,000
1,735,000
1,735,000
Shouyi Gao us
Shouyi Gao
1,900,000
980,000
980,000
James Liddell us
James Liddell
1,300,000
857,000
857,000
Xiaohai Wu us
Xiaohai Wu
1,050,000
734,000
734,000
Mark Martin us
Mark Martin
950,000
-170,000
-170,000
Izzy Einsidler us
Izzy Einsidler
550,000
346,000
346,000

Tags: Izzy EinsidlerJames LiddellMark MartinRob CohenSheldon PoeShouyi GaoTrenton WiltXiaohai Wu

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Matei Makes Tough Call

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

A player opened from under the gun and Dan Matei three-bet one seat over. Action folded back around to the initial raiser who made the call to generate heads-up action heading to the flop.

Both players checked on a flop of {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{2-Clubs} to see the {3-Clubs} turn. At that point the under the gun player led out for 175,000 and was called by Matei.

The {4-Spades} river completed the board. The under the gun player decided to bet again, firing off a hefty 375,000. Matei thought long and hard before eventually calling with {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}. His opponent mucked as the table collectively congratulated Matei on making a difficult and correct call.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Matei us
Dan Matei
1,720,000
879,000
879,000

Tags: Dan Matei

Bregger Nails River

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

Sheldon Poe limped from early position and action folded around to Jason Bregger in the small blind who called. The big blind checked their option to send action three-way to the flop.

Bregger checked on a flop of {2-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and the big blind led out for 125,000, prompting Poe to toss his hand away. Bregger, meanwhile, moved all in and the big blind instantly called off with the effective stack.

Big Blind Player: {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Jason Bregger: {9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

Bregger was in rough shape with the inferior flush draw. The {7-Hearts} turn did give him an opened ended straight draw but it was the {9-Hearts} river that proved his saviour, sending his opponent out of the tournament in cruel fashion.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Bregger us
Jason Bregger
4,250,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
Sheldon Poe us
Sheldon Poe
3,100,000
85,000
85,000

Tags: Jason BreggerSheldon Poe

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Adams Outflips Opponent

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

Dorothy Adams opened to 100,000 from middle position and action folded around to the button who called. The small blind got out of the way while the big blind decided to three-bet to a little over 2,000,000, enough to cover both of his opponents. Adams called off for her tournament life while the button folded.

Nita Adams: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Big Blind Player: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Adams was locked in a coinflip, needing to win to survive. The {5-Spades}{a-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop brought her immediate help with neither the {9-Clubs} turn or {6-Spades} river changing matters to send Adams' stack shooting up the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Dorothy Adams us
Dorothy Adams
1,600,000
1,218,000
1,218,000

Tags: Dorothy Adams

Fikac Finds Ladies to Bust Opponent

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

Action folded around to the button who moved all in. The small blind folded while Robert Fikac instantly called out of the big blind with the covering stack to put his opponent at risk.

Button Player: {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Bob Fikac: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Fikac had found queens at an opportune time but was made to sweat things out after the flop came {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. The {8-Spades} turn and {5-Hearts} river completed a clean runout for the ladies, sending a pile of chips and a mystery bounty redemption ticket Fikac's way.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Fikac us
Robert Fikac
1,900,000
1,608,000
1,608,000

Tags: Robert Fikac

Bregger Felts Opponent

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

A player moved all in from under the gun for their last 575,000 and action folded around to Jason Bregger on the button who called. The blinds got out of the way to put the under the gun player officially at risk.

Under The Gun Player: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Jason Bregger: {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Bregger, though behind, did have two live cards and immediately paired up on the {q-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Spades} flop. There were not further lead changes as the board ran out {2-Hearts}{j-Hearts} to hand another elimination to Bregger. 'When you run good, you run good' remarked another player to Bregger as he raked in his newly acquired chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Bregger us
Jason Bregger
5,400,000
1,150,000
1,150,000

Tags: Jason Bregger