Caitlyn Cobb Leads Final Seven in Event #11: $2,700 Main Event
After 14 hours of play on day 2 of Event #11: $2,700 Main Event at the Potomac Winter Poker Open just seven players remain from a starting field of 533. Leading those seven players is Caitlyn Cobb with a big stack of 7,740,000. WSOP bracelet winner Justin Liberto sits second in chips on 5,990,000, despite losing a huge pot against Cobb when he ran his kings into her aces. Christopher Brown rounds out the top three with 3,995,000.
At the start of the day, 99 players took their seat knowing that only the top 54 would see a return on their investment. The field was cut down fairly quickly, setting up bubble play only a couple of levels into the day. Not long after Lara Eisenberg burst the bubble when her ace-king held against the at risk player's ace-ten.
Final Seven Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caitlyn Cobb | 7,740,000 | 77 |
| 2 | Justin Liberto | 5,990,000 | 60 |
| 3 | Christopher Brown | 3,995,000 | 40 |
| 4 | Joseph Lebrun | 3,265,000 | 33 |
| 5 | Mark Dickstein | 2,850,000 | 29 |
| 6 | Anthony Lam | 1,650,000 | 17 |
| 7 | Shouyi Gao | 1,200,000 | 12 |
While there was the usual post bubble bustout bonanza, the pace of play eventually slowed down significantly. Notables to make it into the money but fail to survive the day include Darren Elias, Phong Nguyen and Ryan Eriquezzo. Finally, late into night Daniel Sol was eliminated in 10th place to setup the final table of nine.
Final Table Play
Tim Faro came into the final table as the short stack and it was not long before he was eliminated in 9th place when he ran his last few chips into Cobb's cowboys.
With just a few minutes left in the day's play, Hal Rotholz was sent to the rail in 8th place after Shouyi Gao's fours held against him.
Shortly after that, the remaining seven players bagged up for the night. They will return to play down to a winner on Monday, February 6th at 1 p.m. Play will resume in Level 28 with blinds of 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante. Be sure to stay tuned as the Pokernews live reporting team continues coverage through to the conclusion of Event #11: $2,700 Main Event at the Potomac Winter Poker Open.