2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open

$3,000 NLH Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b
Event Info
2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$750,000
Total Entries
244
Players Left
124
Average Chip Stack
118,065
Total Chips
14,640,000
Level Info
Level
9
Blinds
1,000 / 1,500
Ante
1,500
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
100
Players Left
20
Players Left 124 / 244
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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Nguyen Tries to Trap Bailey

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

After two limps in front of him, Louis Bailey raised to 3,000 in the cutoff and was called by a player in middle position and Danny Nguyen in the hijack.

The flop came 8JJ and Bailey bet 8,000. Only Nguyen called.

Bailey bet another 13,500 on the 2 turn, and Nguyen again called. Nguyen checked the 5 river, and Bailey checked back this time.

"Good check," Bailey told him as he turned over KJ for trips to win the pot.

2022 WSOP finalist Matthew Su just joined the field.

Tags: Danny NguyenLouis BaileyMatthew Su

Patel Raises the Turn

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three-handed on a flop of 739, a player under the gun bet 3,000 and only Akash Patel called on the button.

The turn was the 10 and the under-the-gun player bet another 3,000. Patel then raised to 13,000, and his opponent tanked for a minute before folding.

Tags: Akash Patel

Shea Shows Down a Straight

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three players went to a flop of 7106 where the hijack bet 2,000. Only Harrison Shea called on the button.

The hijack checked to Shea on the 10 turn, and he bet 6,000. His opponent called to see the 8 river, where Shea bet another 7,000. His opponent snap-called.

Shea showed A9 for a straight, and his opponent mucked K10.

Tags: Harrison Shea

Hill Spikes a Set to Bust One

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Edward Hill
Edward Hill

A player under the gun moved all in for 22,000 and Ed Hill put him at risk in the big blind.

All-In Player: JJ All in
Ed Hill: 1010

The at-risk player had Hill dominated with his jacks until the flop brought 1052 to give Hill top set. The rest of the board ran out 47, and Hill scored the knockout.

Tags: Ed Hill

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Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Shea Shows Down a Bigger Ace

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Harrison Shea
Harrison Shea

A player in the cutoff raised to 1,100, Harrison Shea three-bet to 2,200 on the button, and his opponent called.

The flop came A28 and Shea continued for 2,000. The cutoff called, and they both checked the 3 turn.

The cutoff then led out for 4,500 on the 5 river, and Shea quickly called. "Ace," the cutoff announced.

"Ace-king," Shea replied, turning over AK to win the pot.

Tags: Harrison Shea

Bousman Finds a King to Double

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Joan Bousman limped in from middle position before the hijack raised to 2,000. Another opponent in the cutoff three-bet to 6,500, and both Bousman and the hijack called.

The flop came K89 and Bousman moved all in for 16,000. The hijack quickly folded, while the cutoff tanked for a minute before calling.

Joan Bousman: AK All in
Opponent: QQ

Bousman had outflopped her opponent's queens with top pair, and she held up through the 5 turn and 2 river to double up.

Tags: Joan Bousman