Kevin Kwak's short stack was in the middle in a three-way pot. The flop came 
and Phil Vera bet 200,000. Jordan Fisch folded and the cards were turned over.
Phil Vera: 
Kevin Kwak: 
The turn was the 
and the river came the 
to send Kwak out in 11th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Damon Sita shoved all in preflop and was called quickly by Dustin Semonavick. Sita was behind with the 
against the 
of Semonavick.
The flop was 
. The turn put Sita ahead the unconventional way as the 
peeled off and the on the river confirmed his double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
775,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
660,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Yaser Al-Keliddar raised under the gun to 125,000. Jimmy Chen called as did Farid Jattin. Jonathan Gilliam was in the big blind and shipped his stack. Al-Keliddar re-shipped his slightly larger stack which got rid of both Chen and Jattin.
The cards were on their backs as Gilliam got the bad news. His 
was way behind the 
of Al-Keliddar with only one live suit.
The board ran out 
and Gilliam was gone in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,050,000
1,010,000
|
1,010,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Rich Weinhold moved all in. Jordan Fisch re-shoved and everyone else folded.
Rich Weinhold: 
Jordan Fisch: 
.
The board ran out 
and Weinhold was the first casualty of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
990,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
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Three players saw a flop of . Jordan Fisch shoved from the small blind. Damon Sita folded and Al Mottur called.
Mottur had the 
and Fisch had the 
. The turn was the and the river came the 
to give Mottur the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
770,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
550,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
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PokerNews is at the 2019 Potomac Poker Open (PPO) to offer live updates from three tournaments, but those are just a few of the 14 events that played out at MGM National Harbor.
Another was Event #10: $1,125 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em, which attracted 28 players and was played in a bracket format. Only the final four would get paid, and the two players to bow out in that round were James Liddel and Khoa Luong, the latter having won Event #3: $370 5-Card PLO. Both earned $4,200 for their efforts.
The final was between Ryan Tamanini of Hanover, Pennsylvania and Maxwell Young. The former ultimately prevailed to capture the PPO title and a $12,600 first-place prize.
The trend of short stack survival continued as Rich Weinhold doubled with pocket tens through the of Kwak when the board stayed clean for the tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
375,000
-245,000
|
-245,000 |
In a pot of at least 600,000 in the middle the flop read 
. Farid Jattin checked from the small blind and, Jonathan Gilliam checked from under the gun. The turn came the . Jattin bet 195,000 and Gilliam called. The river was the . Jattin thought for several moments before making a smaller bet of 170,000. Gilliam thought it over for about 30 seconds before calling.
Jattin showed the 
and Gilliam mucked in frustration as the good size pit went over to Jattin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
1,750,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,750,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
||
|
|
2,500,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
2,300,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
1,700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
1,450,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
1,040,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
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Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000