2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open
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Toby Barrera three-bet to 4,500 in the hijack before an opponent four-bet to 12,500 in middle position. Barrera called, and they went to a flop of J♣9♥10♦. The middle-position player then moved all in, and Barrera snap-called.
Toby Barrera: 9♣9♦
Opponent: A♣A♠
The middle-position player turned over two aces, but Barrera had flopped a set of nines to take the lead. The board ran out 6♣3♦, and Barrera's opponent walked away from the table before he was called back to confirm if he was covered. Barrera's stack was counted as 63,300, and his opponent was left with just 2,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Justin Arnwine raised to 2,000 in middle position and received one caller before the button moved all in. Arnwine called for his last 30,000, and the rest of the table got out of the way.
Justin Arnwine: 9♦8♦
Opponent: A♦K♣
The 2♦10♣7♦ flop gave Arnwine both straight and flush draws, and he hit a pair on the 8♣ turn to take the lead. The 9♣ river improved him to two pair, and Arnwine doubled up.
At the same table, Spencer Meads has built up a stack of around 160,000.
Four players went to a flop of 5♥6♦J♣ where the cutoff bet 4,000. Only Josh McClain called on the button.
The turn was the 2♣ and the cutoff bet another 4,000. McClain again called, and the 6♣ fell on the river.
The cutoff slowed down and checked to McClain, and he bet 12,000. His opponent quickly folded, and McClain showed 7♣4♣ for a bluff as he took the pot.
A player in the big blind three-bet to 3,500, and Thomas Barry called on the button.
The flop came K♠10♣6♥ and the big blind continued for 5,000. Barry called, and they both checked the K♦ turn.
The big blind also checked the 10♠ river, and Barry then bet 10,500. His opponent called with A♥A♠, but Barry turned over 10♥9♥ for a full house to win the pot.
Andy Schmegel three-bet to 4,700 in the small blind and the button three-bet to 11,000 on the button. Schmegel then moved all in, and the button called for 45,000.
All-In Player: A♣Q♥
Andy Schmegel: J♣J♦
The at-risk player hit top pair on the A♠7♠10♦ flop to take the lead, but Schmegel spiked the J♥ on the turn to make a set. The river was the 9♦, and Schmegel scored the knockout.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Kash Corpening got in his last 44,600 from the hijack and was up against an opponent in middle position.
Kash Corpening: A♠K♣
Opponent: Q♣Q♦
Corpening remained behind his opponnet's queens on the 8♥4♠4♣6♥ board, but he spiked the A♦ on the river to win the pot and double up.
With around 10,000 in the pot on a board of J♣9♦Q♥7♣, Richard Ray moved all in from the big blind and Jackson Bruns called for his last 15,000 in early position.
Bruns showed 10♦10♠ for a pair and straight draw, while Ray had Q♦8♦ for top pair. The river was the 2♦, and Ray took the pot to send Bruns to the rail.