East Coast excitement as Potomac Poker Open gets underway Wednesday

Mike Patrick
Posted on: August 13, 2025 09:46 PDT

One of the biggest summer series on the East Coast gets underway Wednesday with the 12-day, 24-event Potomac Poker Open at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

The series features over $2,000,000 in guarantees, headlined by the $3,000 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event from August 22-25. The series also kicks off with a $750,000 Opener with five starting flights kicking off Wednesday at noon ET.

The schedule features something for everyone, including mixed games, a ladies' event, a super seniors tournament, several big field multi-flight events, and plenty of satellites to the marquee events. You can check out all the amazing offerings here. Structures for all events are also available here.

Two big winners last time out

In our last journey to MGM National Harbor in February, Seung Hyun Nam and Nolan Hanessian chopped the Winter Poker Open Main Event heads-up when the duo were virtually even, with Nam taking home $190,512 and the champion’s trophy, while Hanessian got $187,878 for his official placing as the runner-up.

Potomac Winter Open champion Seung Hyun Nam Potomac Winter Open champion Seung Hyun Nam

That edition of the Potomac Poker Open’s showcase event drew 401 entries to build a $1,080,000 prize pool, which was distributed to the final 51 players, and another high-quality field of poker superstars is expected to turn out in Maryland for this one.

PokerOrg is your home for coverage

MGM National Harbor has built its reputation as one of the premier poker locations in the USA with a gorgeous room, incredible staff, and multiple outstanding tournament series throughout the year.

This one will be no different, and we’re thrilled to be there again to bring you live coverage from start to finish.

Join us on PokerOrg Instant and our social media channels for complete coverage of another outstanding Potomac Poker Open powered by BetMGM.