Regional Main Event
Day 1 Completed
Regional Main Event
Day 1 Completed
Day 1 of the Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 St. Louis Regional Main Event drew 173 entries to the Hollywood Casino in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday. But by the time 14 levels were through, just 25 remained.
Late in the day, 2014 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Kyle Cartwright grabbed the chip lead, stacking a player with a turned straight against rivered top two pair and never looked back. He kept his foot firmly on the gas through the last two levels of the night and by the time it was all said and done, he bagged a massive 532,000-chip stack.
The last time the HPO came to St. Louis, it was HPO ambassador and 2003 WSOP Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker who bested a field of 67 to take home the $36,259 first-place prize. Coming off a final table appearance at HPO Grantville, he showed up loaded for bear and flirted with the lead in the middling levels after firing a second bullet in defense of his title. A misstep with ace-king all in preflop against aces saw Moneymaker dip down under 100,000 in chips as the day moved on, but he managed to right the ship and bag 86,500, retaining a shot at it when play resumes Sunday.
St. Louis local and 2008 European Poker Tour Copenhagen champ Tim Vance made some noise as well, grabbing the chip lead at one point as the day wore on, but he lost a flip to come back down to Earth. He bagged 143,000 when play ended just after 2 a.m. local time.
The $173,000 prize pool will pay the top 15 spots and they should hit the money early Sunday. Those hunting the $48,440 first-place prize will have to stick around a while longer, however, but we doubt they'll be complaining about that.
Play begins at 12 p.m. local time with plans to play all the way down to a winner. As always, the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand to capture all the action from start to finish, so stay tuned for more coverage from the Gateway to the West.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kyle Cartwright
|
532,000 | 82,000 |
Damian Radanov | 318,000 | 42,000 |
Paul Fehlig | 275,500 | 15,500 |
Josh Lozada | 222,000 | -8,000 |
James Basham | 216,000 | 216,000 |
Nicholas Weber
|
159,500 | 159,500 |
Linda Lieder | 157,000 | -23,000 |
Woo Moore
|
156,000 | 101,000 |
Tim Vance | 143,000 | -115,000 |
Garrett Riley | 141,000 | -9,000 |
Vadim Kleydman | 129,000 | -11,000 |
Larry Meek
|
124,000 | 124,000 |
Gary Tsui | 104,000 | 104,000 |
Bob Stockton | 95,000 | -55,000 |
Kory Harbour | 91,000 | 26,000 |
Chris Moneymaker
|
86,500 | -3,500 |
George Cepicky | 85,500 | 85,500 |
Barb Hunsel | 82,000 | -52,000 |
Alan Smith
|
64,000 | -21,000 |
Eric Nagel | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Steve Green | 49,500 | 49,500 |
Andy Ourth
|
47,000 | 47,000 |
Craig Welko | 47,000 | 47,000 |
Ben Klein | 44,000 | 44,000 |
Derek Schroeder | 35,000 | 35,000 |
Josh Lozada made it 5,000 to go and called when Linda Lieder bumped it to 15,000.
Lozada led for 10,000 on the flop, but could not shake Lieder. He bet another 10,000 on the turn, but Lieder raised it up to 20,000. Lozado called and fired 20,000 after the river, but Lieder called.
Lozado showed having missed his combo draw. Lieder took it down with .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Josh Lozada | 230,000 | -120,000 |
Linda Lieder | 180,000 | 106,000 |
Kyle Cartwright has the outright lead and is closing in on the half-million chip mark.
However, Josh Lozada is right next to him on the leaderboard, and on the table, following the redraw.
Cartwright led out for 5,000 in a recent hand and Lozado flatted. Alan Smith came along for the ride in the big blind and they went three-handed to an flop. Smith checked and a 9,500-chip bet from Cartwright was enough to force two folds.
Cartwright showed and rolled on.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kyle Cartwright
|
450,000 | 171,000 |
Josh Lozada | 350,000 | 135,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Paul Fehlig got on the good side of a classic cooler with aces over queens to join the pack near the top of the chip counts closing in on 200,000.
A few hands later he got them again and had the good fortune of a player in front of him pushing all in for 60,000 with .
This time his aces held on a run out and he's among the leaders on 260,000.
Now down to 27 players they are redrawing for seats at the final three tables
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Fehlig | 260,000 | 260,000 |
With some 60,000 in the middle on an board, Jason Bliven pushed all in heads-up with Josh Lozada.
Lozada took his time about it, but made the call with and needed help against Bliven's two pair.
Help is exactly what he got on the river, making Broadway to bust Bliven and crest the 200,000-chip mark.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Josh Lozada | 215,000 | 155,000 |
Jason Bliven | Busted |
Below are current chip counts for the leaders:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kyle Cartwright
|
279,000 | 33,000 |
Damian Radanov | 276,000 | 276,000 |
Tim Vance | 258,000 | 2,000 |
Jim Basham
|
185,000 | 20,000 |
Bob Stockton | 150,000 | 30,000 |
Garrett Riley | 150,000 | 53,000 |
Vadim Kleydman | 140,000 | 50,000 |
Barb Hunsel | 134,000 | -1,000 |
Chris Moneymaker
|
90,000 | -10,000 |
Linda Lieder | 74,000 | -42,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300