Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 500
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event
$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,477,025
Entries
655
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
O'Brien Doubles Through Mermelstein
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Aaron Mermelstein raised to 12,000 and Dan O'Brien tanked for a while before moving all in for 93,000. The action folded back to Mermelstein and he made the call.
Mermelstein: 
O'Brien: 
The board ran out 
and O'Brien doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,025,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
||
|
189,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
Chip Counts from Table 5
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
650,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
415,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
221,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
135,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
||
|
115,000
73,600
|
73,600 |
|
|
92,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
82,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
Spun Out
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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Anthony Spinella got it in with two pair holding the 
on a 
board.
Unfortunately for him, Richard Pflum had the better two pair with the 
. The 
river bricked and Spinella spun out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
410,900
|
410,900 |
|
|
260,000
199,100
|
199,100 |
|
160,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
120,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Serock's Deuces Rocked By Lynskey's Kings
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
From the hijack seat, Joe Serock raised to 14,000. Alex Lynskey reraised on the button to 38,000, and then Serock moved all in. Lynskey called it off to put himself at risk for 196,500.
Lynskey had the 
, and Serock had the 
.
The 
board kept Lynskey in front, and he doubled to 400,000 in chips. Serock was left with 85,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
85,000
-147,000
|
-147,000 |
|
|
||
Queens for Alexander
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
After a raise from Dejuante Alexander, Romy Reyes just moved all in for 115,000 chips and Alexander made the call right away.
Alexander: 
Reyes: 
The board ran out 
and Reyes was knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
445,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Chip Counts from Table 7
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
350,000
200,100
|
200,100 |
|
|
320,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
||
|
300,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
275,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
200,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
140,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
75,000
-82,100
|
-82,100 |
Travis Burch Busts in 64th Place; Field Now in the Money
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
In back-to-back hands, Travis Burch went from about 135,000 to out, falling in 64th place as the tournament's official "bubble boy."
On the first hand, Burch had Justin Young on the ropes with what could have been the bubble. That is, if Burch's held up against the 
for Young. But, the board ran out 
and Young doubled up. He was all in for 119,500.
On the next hand, Burch moved all in for his last 15,000 from the button. Mark Herm called from the big blind with the 
, meaning Burch was in a dominating position with the .
The flop, turn, and river came 
, and Burch was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000 | |
|
250,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Sands Doubles on the Bubble
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
The first all in and call on the bubble goes to David Sands, who jammed close to 70,000 with the 
.
Bryan Piccioli made the call with a dominated 
and Sands paired on the 
board to double through.
Hand for hand continues with Sands in a much more comfortable position.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000
143,200
|
143,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
170,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Mermelstein Eclipses The Seven-Figure Mark
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
The board just read 
when Alex Lynskey checked to Aaron Mermelstein who bet 30,000, and the Aussie pro check-raised to 85,000. Mermelstein made the call and on the river the hit.
After a while Lynskey checked, and Mermelstein checked behind.
Lynskey showed ,and Mermelstein raked in the pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,090,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
170,000
-40,600
|
-40,600 |