An early position player open-jammed for around 160,000 and Christopher Caruso called in the small blind with a bigger stack.
Early Position: K♣10♣ 
Christopher Caruso: 8♣8♥
The flop landed A♣7♦5♣ to give the early position player a flush draw, but the board bricked out 2♠Q♥ as Caruso sent him to the rail.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $156,190 |
| 2 | $89,160 |
| 3 | $52,065 |
| 4 | $36,157 |
| 5 | $26,757 |
| 6 | $20,972 |
| 7 | $15,910 |
| 8 | $12,295 |
| 9 | $10,125 |
| 10-12 | $8,750 |
| 13-15 | $7,447 |
| 16-18 | $6,363 |
| 19-21 | $5,279 |
| 22-24 | $4,194 |
| 25-27 | $3,254 |
| 28-30 | $2,892 |
| 31-33 | $2,603 |
| 34-36 | $2,387 |
| 37-45 | $2,242 |
| 46-54 | $2,025 |
| 55-63 | $1,808 |
| 64-72 | $1,663 |
| 73-81 | $1,518 |
| 82-99 | $1,374 |
| 100-117 | $1,301 |
| 118-135 | $1,229 |
| 136-153 | $1,157 |
Cards are in the air and action is underway in Day 2 of the $600 NLH Opener.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
| Table | Seat | Player Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 1 | Michael Robinson | 25,000 | 4 |
| 57 | 2 | Edward Altman | 400,000 | 67 |
| 57 | 3 | Landon Kooce | 266,000 | 44 |
| 57 | 4 | Emmanuel Mbatu | 244,000 | 41 |
| 57 | 5 | Mark Beasley Jr | 237,000 | 40 |
| 57 | 6 | Patrick Ibrahim | 335,000 | 56 |
| 57 | 7 | Patrick Burger | 346,000 | 58 |
| 57 | 8 | Daniel Collins | 275,000 | 46 |
| 57 | 9 | Chong Ham | 310,000 | 52 |
| 58 | 1 | Eugene Matusevitch | 409,000 | 68 |
| 58 | 2 | Camerson Patton | 138,000 | 23 |
| 58 | 3 | Walter McMichael | 311,000 | 52 |
| 58 | 4 | Joseph Crowley | 267,000 | 45 |
| 58 | 5 | Atharv Kumar | 297,000 | 50 |
| 58 | 6 | Alex Rivera | 597,000 | 100 |
| 58 | 7 | Jeremy Fineman | 95,000 | 16 |
| 58 | 8 | Michael Demeza | 173,000 | 29 |
| 58 | 9 | Michael Carey | 442,000 | 74 |
| 59 | 1 | Ivan Tomic | 591,000 | 99 |
| 59 | 2 | Chris Kojack | 167,000 | 28 |
| 59 | 3 | Alex Piguet | 265,000 | 44 |
| 59 | 4 | Edward Kim | 148,000 | 25 |
| 59 | 5 | Rishi Tangri | 474,000 | 79 |
| 59 | 6 | Ryan Kirkpatrick | 478,000 | 80 |
| 59 | 7 | Yaser Al-Keliddar | 486,000 | 81 |
| 59 | 8 | William Chonka | 429,000 | 72 |
| 59 | 9 | Joseph Sullivan | 465,000 | 78 |
| 60 | 1 | Brandon Paolula | 248,000 | 41 |
| 60 | 2 | Jamal Haque | 132,000 | 22 |
| 60 | 3 | Mohamed Salem | 217,000 | 36 |
| 60 | 4 | Liesl Himmelberger | 97,000 | 16 |
| 60 | 5 | Sumit Kumar | 159,000 | 27 |
| 60 | 6 | Silvio Derubeis | 245,000 | 41 |
| 60 | 7 | Hristov Zlatkov | 180,000 | 30 |
| 60 | 8 | Billy Kingberg | 201,000 | 34 |
| 60 | 9 | Wes Clark | 324,000 | 54 |
| 61 | 1 | Carl Beeman | 233,000 | 39 |
| 61 | 2 | Marshall Tarzy | 313,000 | 52 |
| 61 | 3 | Al Navidi | 114,000 | 19 |
| 61 | 4 | Ryan McPherson | 549,000 | 92 |
| 61 | 5 | Nicholas Wang | 483,000 | 81 |
| 61 | 6 | Taylor Evans | 495,000 | 83 |
| 61 | 7 | Nicholas Eckran | 211,000 | 35 |
| 61 | 8 | Ryan Tamanini | 135,000 | 23 |
| 61 | 9 | Ashlsn Arora | 51,000 | 9 |
| 62 | 1 | Joshua Martin | 327,000 | 55 |
| 62 | 2 | Jordan Phillips | 224,000 | 37 |
| 62 | 3 | Maurice Mayer | 104,000 | 17 |
| 62 | 4 | Robert Veres | 148,000 | 25 |
| 62 | 5 | Jacob Mears | 379,000 | 63 |
| 62 | 6 | Ratha Ramasami | 368,000 | 61 |
| 62 | 7 | Victor Nungs | 244,000 | 41 |
| 62 | 8 | E Patrick Curzio | 146,000 | 24 |
| 62 | 9 | Dwight Shell | 371,000 | 62 |
| 63 | 1 | Shajan Paul | 77,000 | 13 |
| 63 | 2 | Marie France | 133,000 | 22 |
| 63 | 3 | Ivan Wong | 174,000 | 29 |
| 63 | 4 | Bridgete Necman | 154,000 | 26 |
| 63 | 5 | Diego Yonashiro | 516,000 | 86 |
| 63 | 6 | Cllint Houck | 154,000 | 26 |
| 63 | 7 | Dominic Lake | 333,000 | 56 |
| 63 | 8 | Kashka "Kash" Corpening | 288,000 | 48 |
| 63 | 9 | Jeff Krusinski | 205,000 | 34 |
| 64 | 1 | Jeff Stauffer | 156,000 | 26 |
| 64 | 2 | Christopher Rutowsla | 415,000 | 69 |
| 64 | 3 | Skender Alicka | 198,000 | 33 |
| 64 | 4 | Jacob Webb | 535,000 | 89 |
| 64 | 5 | Alvin Anton | 149,000 | 25 |
| 64 | 6 | Scott Nicoletti | 118,000 | 20 |
| 64 | 7 | Mah Riebu | 361,000 | 60 |
| 64 | 8 | Albert Gardner | 423,000 | 71 |
| 64 | 9 | Adron Countryman | 136,000 | 23 |
| 65 | 1 | Kwang Jung | 549,000 | 92 |
| 65 | 2 | Glenn Segal | 548,000 | 91 |
| 65 | 3 | Shahab Shirazi | 437,000 | 73 |
| 65 | 4 | Joseph Mirable | 221,000 | 37 |
| 65 | 5 | Tadele Shiferaw | 76,000 | 13 |
| 65 | 6 | Xing Yun | 281,000 | 47 |
| 65 | 7 | Ruibo Xu | 237,000 | 40 |
| 65 | 8 | Stephen Starr | 242,000 | 40 |
| 65 | 9 | Dasini Coxsey | 300,000 | 50 |
| 66 | 1 | Kenneth Douglas | 134,000 | 22 |
| 66 | 2 | Justin Arnwine | 594,000 | 99 |
| 66 | 3 | Matthew Mizel | 1,091,000 | 182 |
| 66 | 4 | Tamim Reza | 70,000 | 12 |
| 66 | 5 | John (Jack) Cooper | 338,000 | 56 |
| 66 | 6 | Kyle Kishonsh | 633,000 | 106 |
| 66 | 7 | Isaac Bolden | 731,000 | 122 |
| 66 | 8 | Timothy Love | 115,000 | 19 |
| 66 | 9 | William Beer | 353,000 | 59 |
| 67 | 1 | Thomas Morrison | 273,000 | 46 |
| 67 | 2 | Steve Nichols | 442,000 | 74 |
| 67 | 3 | Vamsi Magam | 369,000 | 62 |
| 67 | 4 | Elin Ahmadian | 490,000 | 82 |
| 67 | 5 | Fred Jafurzadeh | 196,000 | 33 |
| 67 | 6 | Jason Stopinski | 138,000 | 23 |
| 67 | 7 | Michael Rosa | 308,000 | 51 |
| 67 | 8 | Chris Smith | 370,000 | 62 |
| 67 | 9 | Johnathan Butler | 577,000 | 96 |
| 68 | 1 | Shawn Williamson | 363,000 | 61 |
| 68 | 2 | Valentine Lita | 905,000 | 151 |
| 68 | 3 | Barbara Bradley | 455,000 | 76 |
| 68 | 4 | Gordon Lee | 207,000 | 35 |
| 68 | 5 | Christopher Vergnetti | 466,000 | 78 |
| 68 | 6 | Rick Aasen | 150,000 | 25 |
| 68 | 7 | Vigen Harutyunyan | 101,000 | 17 |
| 68 | 8 | Arash Asadabadi | 851,000 | 142 |
| 68 | 9 | Chadd Beatty | 199,000 | 33 |
| 69 | 1 | Michael Miralli | 573,000 | 96 |
| 69 | 2 | MacLaren Chatham | 204,000 | 34 |
| 69 | 3 | Italo Etkin | 322,000 | 54 |
| 69 | 4 | Gabriel Ado | 174,000 | 29 |
| 69 | 5 | Derek Hudson | 379,000 | 63 |
| 69 | 6 | Bryan Reyes | 129,000 | 22 |
| 69 | 7 | Josh Nolan | 433,000 | 72 |
| 69 | 8 | Bamyas Nichols | 138,000 | 23 |
| 69 | 9 | Mohammed Anwary | 143,000 | 24 |
| 70 | 1 | Daniel Sanders | 168,000 | 28 |
| 70 | 2 | Jeffrey Mason | 685,000 | 114 |
| 70 | 3 | John Hall | 469,000 | 78 |
| 70 | 4 | Robert Allen Jr | 314,000 | 52 |
| 70 | 5 | Yonnas Banteamlak | 181,000 | 30 |
| 70 | 6 | Mike McQuaid | 83,000 | 14 |
| 70 | 7 | Michael Stonehill | 207,000 | 35 |
| 70 | 8 | Laurence Rogers | 192,000 | 32 |
| 70 | 9 | John Nidhiry | 72,000 | 12 |
| 71 | 1 | Kyle Vaughan | 343,000 | 57 |
| 71 | 2 | Joan Bousman | 516,000 | 86 |
| 71 | 3 | Todd Dunlop | 547,000 | 91 |
| 71 | 4 | Idan Sonodi | 103,000 | 17 |
| 71 | 5 | David Martini | 563,000 | 94 |
| 71 | 6 | Jose Cagetano | 161,000 | 27 |
| 71 | 7 | George O Agollah | 605,000 | 101 |
| 71 | 8 | Andrew Chang | 113,000 | 19 |
| 71 | 9 | Allen Robey | 85,000 | 14 |
| 72 | 1 | Scott Willette | 52,000 | 9 |
| 72 | 2 | Derek Scott | 104,000 | 17 |
| 72 | 3 | Derek Childress | 116,000 | 19 |
| 72 | 4 | Richard Ray | 361,000 | 60 |
| 72 | 5 | Terry Breeden | 124,000 | 21 |
| 72 | 6 | Phillip Luy | 384,000 | 64 |
| 72 | 7 | Aaron Pinson | 423,000 | 71 |
| 72 | 8 | Christopher Caruso | 326,000 | 54 |
| 72 | 9 | Corey Paulev | 149,000 | 25 |
| 73 | 1 | Alexanros Takounakis | 194,000 | 32 |
| 73 | 2 | Rami Ilyason | 73,000 | 12 |
| 73 | 3 | Phillip Doucet | 263,000 | 44 |
| 73 | 4 | Harrison Shea | 200,000 | 33 |
| 73 | 5 | Zach Johnson | 71,000 | 12 |
| 73 | 6 | Danny Nguyen | 265,000 | 44 |
| 73 | 7 | Andrew Bart | 152,000 | 25 |
| 73 | 8 | Jeffreg Chotikul | 106,000 | 18 |
| 73 | 9 | Marvin Bequio | 123,000 | 21 |
Welcome to Day 2 of the $600 NLH Opener, an day that sees the start of PokerNews live reporting here at the 2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open.
There were seven starting flights, giving players plenty of opportunity to hop into the opening event of the series. All of the bubbles burst on the Day 1 flights, meaning all 153 returning players are in the money.
The event drew 1,508 runners for a massive prize pool, and that means 153 spots are paid with a minimum cash being worth $1,157. Meanwhile, a six-figure prize of $156,190 awaits the eventual champion.
Day 1d chip leader Matthew Mizel has a runaway lead with a stack of over one million, while other big stacks include Valentin Lita (905,000), Arash Asadabadi (851,000), Isaac Bolden (731,000) and Kyle Kishonsh (633,000).
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Mizel | United States | 1,091,000 |
| 2 | Valentin Lita | United States | 905,000 |
| 3 | Arash Asadabadi | United States | 851,000 |
| 4 | Isaac Bolden | United States | 731,000 |
| 5 | Kyle Kishonsh | United States | 633,000 |
| 6 | Justin Arnwine | United States | 594,000 |
| 7 | Johnathan Butler | United States | 577,000 |
| 8 | Michael Miralli | United States | 573,000 |
| 9 | David Martini | United States | 563,000 |
| 10 | Ryan McPherson | United States | 549,000 |
Action kicks off at 11 a.m. local time with blinds of 3,000/6,000/6,000. The event will play down to a winner, meaning we are just over a hundred eliminations away from the winner being crowned.
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