Regional Main Event
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Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Charles Town Regional Main Event
Regional Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Charles Town Regional Main Event
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$115,500
Entries
118
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Day 2 of the HPO Season 3 Charles Town Regional Main Event Starts Now!
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The second and final day of the Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Charles Town Regional Main Event will go off at 12 p.m. today inside the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in Charles Town, West Virginia.
Play will resume with the start of Level 15 and on the stone bubble with Just 12 players remaining and 11 spots getting paid. Up top sits a $35,803 first-place prize with the winner also taking home a $2,500 seat in the Championship Event at M Resort Casino and Spa in Las Vegas this June.
After taking most of 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker's chips in the wee hours of the morning with a massive full-house-over-full-house cooler, Leesburg, Virginia's Carl Garland will come in with the chip lead. However, fellow locals Mike Axen, Chris Yeary, Chris Grove, and Ronald "Rooster" McDonald all loom within striking distance.
Plus, a host of confident and experienced shorter stacks fill out the final 12, led by by Season 3 HPO Grantville champion Steven Gurney-Goldman, who has the proven end-game experience to take a second HPO title down this year.
Play begins with two six-handed tables and plans to redraw when they get down to 10. The levels jump to 60 minutes today and there will be a 15-minute break after every two with a 60-minute dinner planned for the end of Level 20.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be here to cover all the action until an HPO Charles Town champion is crown, so stay tuned to see who takes it down.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Turner Doubles
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
It was a slow start to the day with hand-for-hand play on the bubble before a short stacked Lowell Turner got it in with 
against Loukas Michael's 
.
Much to Michael's disappointment the board ran out 
and Turner made a pair to double through him.
Hand-for-hand continues now at two six-handed tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
-31,500
|
-31,500 |
|
|
65,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Rivered Dueces Full
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Steven Gurney-Goldman bet 8,000 into a 20,000-chip pot on the river with the board reading 
, heads up with chip leader Carl Garland.
Garland responded by bumping it up 25,000 chips more.
"This would be unfortunate if you rivered deuces full," said Gurney-Goldman, making the crying call with 
.
Sure enough, Garland turned over 
for deuces full of aces, leaving Gurney-Goldman short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
45,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Turner Bubbles
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Ken Moore bet 25,000 in a multi-way pot on the turn with the board reading 
.
Only Lowell Turner called and the 
river came down, prompting Turner to push all in. Moore called instantly with 
and Turner's 
was crushed.
With that, the bubble has burst and the 11 players remaining are all in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Casey Glick Eliminated in 11th Place ($2,310)
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Tommy Ingram and Casey Glick got it all-in preflop with Glick three-bet shoving 
and Ingram calling on 
.
The board ran out 
and with Ingram making a set of sevens, Glick was bounced out and they are redrawing for seats at the final table of ten.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
The Final Table
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Here's how things look at the final table of ten:
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Gurney-Goldman | 35,000 |
| 2 | Mike Axen | 440,000 |
| 3 | Ronald McDonald | 250,000 |
| 4 | Tommy Ingram | 220,000 |
| 5 | Ken Moore | 330,000 |
| 6 | Loukas Michael | 150,000 |
| 7 | Carl Garland | 425,000 |
| 8 | Friedrich Neunkirchner | 45,000 |
| 9 | Chris Grove | 270,000 |
| 10 | Chris Yeary | 300,000 |
Gurney-Goldman Gets There
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Steven Gurney-Goldman open-shoved 
and got the call from Loukas Michael with a dominating 
.
They both made pairs on the 
flop but Michael's was bigger. The river left Michael ahead and Gurney-Goldman on the brink, but the river was the right one for Gurney-Goldman, making him trip treys to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
70,000
35,000
|
35,000 |