Not sure what set this one off, but Ari Engel and Brandon Meyers have entered into some kind of needling war of late.
Myers is on Engel's direct left, but Engel appears to be getting the best of it right now, with more chips and the sharper wit.
"It's so strange to have someone on your left who is basically telling you he's going to give away all his chips to you," Engel said. "He's playing great...for the table."
It's been a good day so far for Bob Redman, who's sitting on 62,000 chips as of right now. Just now it was German pro Pascal Hartmann who raised to 700 from the button and Redman three-bet right away from the small blind to 2,500.
Hartmann made the call and the flop brought out on which Redman bet 3,300. Hartmann made the call and the turn was the .
Both players checked on the turn and the river completed the board with the . Redman bet 5,000 on the river and Hartmann called, only to muck when he was shown .
Dan O'Brien check-called a Jesse Yaginuma flop bet on a board reading . They both checked the turn, but when the river came down and O'Brien led for 7,500, Yaginuma jammed over the top for 18,175 total.
O'Brien didn't seem to like it, but made the call with the . Yaginuma had the set, with the river going about as well for O'Brien as Game 7 of the NBA Finals and his forays into sports betting mentioned earlier.
O'Brien had about a quarter of a starting stack, making the walk of shame out of the tournament room soon after, as Yaginuma began a climb up the counts.
We just spotted Tobias Peters lingering around, and he explained to us how he lost his stack to Bob Redman. Peters explained how he raised to 750 and Redman three-bet from his left to 3,100. Peters moved all in for 13,000 and Redman made the call.
Peters:
Redman:
The board ran out and Peters was knocked out.
"I'm gonna take the rest of the day off," Peters said, as he decided against re-entering the tournament.
Louisiana's Howard Hunt is the first player past the 100,000-chip post and into the lead here at the Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event.
He ensured there would be no min-cash for rock Tony Cousineau in this one, busting him a little earlier, and had a smile when asked how that hand went.
"Not good for him," Hunt joked, later acknowledging he'd flopped bottom set against top two pair and held.