2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

$400 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1c
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 1c
Entries
403
Players Left
32

Two Barrels Good For Brooks

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

A player limped from under the gun as did Shawn Brooks from middle position. The small blind called and the big blind checked to send action four-handed to the flop.

Action checked to Brooks following the {j-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} flop and he led out for 12,000. Both blinds folded while the under-the-gun player called.

The under-the-gun player checked for a second time on the {3-Diamonds} turn before folding when faced with a 21,000 bet from Brooks.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Brooks us
Shawn Brooks
285,000
285,000
285,000

Tags: Shawn Brooks

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Confusion Gifts Phelps Double

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Dean Phelps
Dean Phelps

Dean Phelps moved all in for around 50,000 from middle position and was called by the player on the button. It quickly transpired, however, that the player on the button believed he was only calling a limp or perhaps a small raise. Given that he had tossed a chip into the middle, the ruling was clear and the call of the all in stood.

Button Player: {j-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Dean Phelps: {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}

Phelps, though ahead, did not hold a dominant lead over his opponent, needing to fade two live cards. The {3-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Hearts} did give him a wheel and flush draw to take away some of his opponent's outs before the {7-Clubs} turn vaulted the button player into the lead. Needing to hit a four, heart or ace on the river to avoid elimination in one of the more sickening ways imaginable, he was able to do just that as the {k-Hearts} rolled off the deck.

Player Chips Progress
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Dean Phelps
120,000

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Tadjer Wins Flip

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action folded to Mohammed-Ali Tadjer in middle position who moved all in for 48,500. A player in the cutoff then re-jammed their slightly larger stack with the button and blinds getting out of the way to put Tadjer at risk.

Mohammed-Ali Tadjer: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Cutoff Player: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

Tadjer was flipping for his tournament life, needing to hit to survive. He nailed the {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} flop, with nothing changing on the {k-Spades} turn or {5-Clubs} river to send a big pot his direction while leaving the cutoff player with just a few thousand.

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Mohammed-Ali Tadjer
102,000

Tags: Mohammed-Ali Tadjer

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Einsidler Navigates Multiway Pot

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A player limped from under the gun, as did a middle position player and the small blind. Izzy Einsidler checked his option out of the big blind to send the four players to the flop.

Action checked to the middle position player on a flop of {9-Spades}{5-Spades}{q-Clubs} and he continued for 7,000. The small blind and under the gun players folded while Einsidler called to send action heads-up to the turn.

Both players checked through the {k-Diamonds} turn to the {q-Hearts} river. Einsidler was not willing to go to showdown just yet, betting out 10,000, which was met with a fold.

Player Chips Progress
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Izzy Einsidler
105,000
53,000
53,000

Tags: Izzy Einsidler

Simmons Triples Up

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A player in the cutoff limped and was called by the small blind. Baxter Simmons then moved all in for his last 16,000 out of the small blind but, far from discouraging either opponent, was instead faced with two calls.

The two active players in the hand checked through the {3-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} flop to the {5-Hearts} turn at which point the small blind led out for 15,000, eliciting a quick fold from the cutoff.

Baxter Simmons: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Small Blind Player: {a-Spades}{5-Spades}

Simmons held an insurmountable lead with his set of jacks, collecting a big triple up following the meaningless river.

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Baxter Simmons
50,000

Tags: Baxter Simmons

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Salzberg Gets a Knockout

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Picking up the action on a flop of {7-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{3-Clubs} a player in the big blind was all in and at risk against Ray Salzberg from under the gun.

Big Blind Player: {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Ray Salzberg: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Salzberg was well ahead with top-top and remained so following the {4-Diamonds} turn and {k-Diamonds} river. That pot moved his stack above the 150,000 mark, a remarkable achievement given that, according to other players at the table, he had had 17,000 just a few hands ago.

Player Chips Progress
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Ray Salzberg
155,000

Tags: Ray Salzberg