2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

$400 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$96,657
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Entries
2,457
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
193
Players Left
1

Updated Chip Counts

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sheldon Poe us
Sheldon Poe
3,015,000
1,920,000
1,920,000
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Trenton Wilt
2,900,000
2,176,000
2,176,000
Profile photo of Rob Cohen us
Rob Cohen
2,200,000
1,735,000
1,735,000
Profile photo of Shouyi Gao us
Shouyi Gao
1,900,000
980,000
980,000
Profile photo of James Liddell us
James Liddell
1,300,000
857,000
857,000
Profile photo of Xiaohai Wu us
Xiaohai Wu
1,050,000
734,000
734,000
Profile photo of Mark Martin us
Mark Martin
950,000
-170,000
-170,000
Profile photo of Izzy Einsidler us
Izzy Einsidler
550,000
346,000
346,000

Tags: Izzy EinsidlerJames LiddellMark MartinRob CohenSheldon PoeShouyi GaoTrenton WiltXiaohai Wu

Bregger Gets One Through

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

A player in middle position opened to 60,000 and was called by the cutoff, button, Jason Bregger in the small blind and the big blind.

Action checked through the {8-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{a-Spades} flop to the {6-Hearts} turn at which point Bregger checked for a second time. The big blind led out for 100,000, enough to get rid of all of his opponents bar Bregger, who responded by raising to 350,000. The big blind thought for some time before releasing his holding. Bregger revealed he held {j-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for a complete bluff with his aggression earning him some valuable chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Bregger
2,250,000
1,826,000
1,826,000

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Neiman Leaves Nbatu Short

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Phil Neiman moved all in from early position and action folded around to Emmanuel Nbatu in the cutoff who re-jammed his slightly larger stack. The remaining players got out of the way to put Neiman officially at risk.

Phil Neiman: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Emmanuel Nbatu: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

Neiman would need to win a flip to survive but surged into a commanding lead following the {5-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{10-Spades} flop. The {9-Hearts} turn and {6-Hearts} river kept him ahead to secure a big double while leaving Nbatu with crumbs.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Neiman
780,000
282,000
282,000
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Emmanuel Nbatu
60,000
-1,140,000
-1,140,000

Tags: Emmanuel NbatuPhil Neiman

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Cohen Survives

Level 21 : Blinds 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Picking up the action partway through the hand, Rob Cohen was all in and at risk from under the gun against a middle position player.

Rob Cohen: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Middle Position Player: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}

Cohen had once again found pocket rockets and was well placed to double and survive. That is exactly what happened following the {8-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} runout to keep Cohen's hopes of victory alive for at least a little longer.

Player Chips Progress
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Rob Cohen
465,000
60,000
60,000

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Martin Scores Double Knockout

Level 21 : Blinds 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Mark Martin
Mark Martin

A player opened to 50,000 from early position before a player in middle position moved all in. Action then folded around to Mark Martin on the button and he opted to re-jam his large stack. The small blind called off for their tournament life while the original raiser folded to setup a three-way all in.

Small Blind Player: {q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Middle Position Player: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Mark Martin: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Martin held a commanding lead over both of his opponents and was in a decent position to get the double knockout and two mystery bounty tickets. Nothing changed on the {10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop or the {5-Clubs} turn with the {7-Spades} river completing a clean runout for the pocket rockets.

Player Chips Progress
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Mark Martin
1,120,000
509,000
509,000

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Poe Prevails Over Hershey

Level 21 : Blinds 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Action folded around to Sheldon Poe in the small blind who chose to raise to 110,000. Jacob Hershey seemed somewhat confused at the large sizing but did make the call to send the players heads-up to the flop.

Both players checked through the {4-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop to the {9-Spades} turn at which point Poe checked for a second time. Hershey fired off 60,000 which was promptly called by Poe.

The river came {6-Hearts} and for a third time Poe checked. Hershey was not yet willing to go to showdown, pushing 100,000 into the middle. Poe tossed in a chip to call and tabled {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}, pipping Hershey's {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} to the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Jacob Hershey
1,830,000
1,085,000
1,085,000
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Sheldon Poe
1,095,000
119,000
119,000

Tags: Jacob HersheySheldon Poe

Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 24,000

Wolfe Makes the Call

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A player opened to 42,000 from middle position and received a single call from Christopher Wolfe out of the big blind.

Wolfe checked to the initial raiser on a flop of {9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades} and the middle position player continued for 35,000. That did not dissuade Wolfe who flatted.

The {4-Clubs} turn saw Wolfe check for a second time and his opponent once more bet, this time sizing up to 115,000. Despite the larger sizing, Wolfe was not going anywhere and made the call.

Wolfe checked for a third time as the {10-Diamonds} completed the board. The middle position player was not prepared to go to a cheap showdown and fired off a third barrel of 200,000. After just a few moments, Wolfe called and tabled {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}, good enough to take down a large pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Wolfe
1,150,000
1,018,000
1,018,000

Tags: Christopher Wolfe