Welcome to Day 1a of Event #11: $2,700 Main Event
The2023 Potomac Winter Poker Open at MGM National Harbor has now reached its zenith with the tournament that many players have had their eyes on since the beginning of the series, namely Event #11: $2,700 Main Event. Players who have had success throughout the series will be looking for a deep run to put a cherry on top of that success while those to whom the deck has been less kind this past week will be seeking to wipe all of that out by securing a slice of what will very likely be the largest tournament prizepool of the Winter Poker Open.
When this tournament was last held before the COVID-19 pandemic back in 2020, Matthew Sesso topped a field of 294 entries to secure the title of main event champion as well as $189,965 after defeating 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen in heads-up play. Though that iteration of the event did boast a slightly higher buy in of $3,000, it is still expected that a good chunk of change will be due the eventual winner.
Play commences at 11 a.m. local time with all those who pony up the buy in taking their seat with 50,000 in tournament chips. Blinds will start at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante with levels on day 1 lasting 45-minutes before increasing to 60-minutes on day 2. A total of 15 levels will be played today before the survivors bag up for the night and the late registration period will last until the conclusion of Level 12.
Day 2 resumes on Sunday, February 5th at 12 p.m. at which point play will continue until just six players remain, although there will be a hard cutoff at 2 a.m. if the field cannot be whittled down to that number by that time. The final six will then play down to a winner on Monday, February 6th.
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