2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

$2,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$277,053
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,700
Entries
533
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
223
Players Left
41

Elias Spikes River

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

Darren Elias opened to 7,500 from early position and action folded around to the big blind who three-bet to 19,000. Elias just called.

The big blind almost immediately announced they were all in after the flop came {8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} prompting Elias to go into the tank. He did end up making the call with the effective stack to put himself at risk.

Darren Elias: {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}
Big Blind Player: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Elias was behind, needing to hit his gutshot or make a set to survive. The {j-Hearts} turn was bad news for Elias, removing his straight outs, but the {7-Spades} river saw him hit one of the two remaining cards in the deck that would cause his hand to surpass his opponent's in strength to give him the full double and prolong his stay in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Darren Elias
215,000
198,000
198,000

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