2019 Potomac Poker Open

$370 Opening Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 Potomac Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$65,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$370
Prize Pool
$583,356
Entries
1,952
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Vakser Takes From Chong With Straight

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

On a board that read {9-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{6-Clubs} Jae Chong bet 70,000 into a pot of near 100,000. Yefim Vakser thought for about 10 seconds before calling.

Chong showed the {2-Spades}{2-Clubs} for a set but Vakser had him beat with {5-}{3-} for the straight and he took some chips from Chong's stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jae Chong us
Jae Chong
590,000
-104,000
-104,000
Profile photo of Yefim Vakser us
Yefim Vakser
550,000
97,500
97,500

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Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

The $370 Opening Event Culminates on Day 2 as 154 Players Return to Play Down to a Champion

Day 2 of the $370 Opening Flight is finally upon us. After five grueling and exciting opening flights of play that drew an astounding 1,952 entries only 154 players return to action today at 12 p.m.

A winner will be crowned on Day 2 and the winner’s reward will be $94,203 once the dust settles which will likely be late into the morning. The first few players to be eliminated on Day 2 will receive $806 and the payouts go up steadily from there.

Curtis Ehrgott leads the returning hopefuls with 1,402,000 in chips and he will be looking to continue his run of eliminating players that he ended with on Day 1. Maxwell Schrack is on his heels with 1,329,000 in chips. Richie Smith (1,308,500), Columbus Randolph Jr (1,123,000) and Ian Mason (807,500) round out the top 5 chip stacks.

Top 10 Chip Counts

Chip RankPlayerChip Count
1Curtis Ehrgott1,402,000
2Maxwell Schrack1,329,000
3Richie Smith1,308,500
4Columbus Randolph1,123,000
5Ian Mason807,500
6Brandon Holder800,500
7Jae Chong704,000
8Justin Stonehill680,000
9Joseph Paul676,000
10Quan Nyen Tran663,000

Play will begin with 11 minutes left in Level 20 with blinds at 6,000-12,000 and with a 2,000 ante. All levels on Day 2 are 45 minutes in length until the final table when the level length is stretched to 60 minutes.

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$370 Opening Event

Day 2 Started