Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 St. Louis Regional Main Event

Regional Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 St. Louis Regional Main Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
98
Prize
$48,440
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$173,000
Entries
173
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000

Last Break!

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The 34 players remaining are off on the final 15-minute break of the day and will return to play two more 50-minute levels before bagging, tagging and calling it a night.

Vance On Top

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Tim Vance
Tim Vance

2008 EPT Copenhagen champ Tim Vance has vaulted into the chip lead, just above Kyle Cartwright.

Vance had aces twice to drag decent pots, then got it in with jacks against {a-}{J-} and held to win a rather big one.

Player Chips Progress
Tim Vance us
Tim Vance
256,000 141,000

Tags: Tim Vance

He's Back!

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker is back in contention again after getting it in with two tens on a {j-}{9-}{8-} board against an all-in player with big slick.

Moneymaker turned a straight to make things easy and is back up to 100,000 now.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
100,000 40,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante
Kyle Cartwright
Kyle Cartwright

2014 WSOP Bracelet winner and WSOP Circuit legend Kyle Cartwright has suddenly jumped into the lead here in St. Louis.

He stacked a player in a 200,000-chip pot when he turned a straight and his opponent went runner-runner for top two. Then he got three streets of value with two kings to become the first player past the 200,000-chip mark.

In fact, things are going so well for Cartwright right now, he's pushing 250,000.

Player Chips Progress
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
WSOP 1X Winner
246,000 126,000

Tags: Kyle Cartwright

Basham Smashes Moneymaker

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante
Jim Basham
Jim Basham

In an flash, Jim Bahsam has stolen the chip lead from Chris Moneymaker and left the 2003 WSOP Main Event champ in rebuilding mode.

Basham made it 2,000, Moneymaker made it 5,000 and Basham shipped it in for close to 80,000 total. Not expecting a monster, Moneymaker made the call with {a-Hearts}{K-Hearts}, but Basham had a monster, holding {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}.

The board ran out {10-Spades}{J-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Basham held on to grab the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Jim Basham
Jim Basham
165,000 165,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
60,000 -85,000

Moneymaker On Top

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker made it 2,500 from the button and both blinds called.

They all checked the {K-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop, but when Alan Smith made it 3,000 on the {Q-Diamonds} turn and the big blind folded, Moneymaker raised it up to 8,000.

Smith called, then checked the {2-Diamonds} river. Moneymaker fired again, making it 12,000 and Smith folded, allowing Moneymaker to move to the top of the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
145,000 5,000

Chip Leaders

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Below are updated counts for the early and current chip leaders:

Player Chips Progress
Damian Radanov rs
Damian Radanov
141,000 141,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
140,000 39,000
Bob Stockton
Bob Stockton
120,000 120,000
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
WSOP 1X Winner
120,000 120,000
Linda Lieder us
Linda Lieder
116,000 116,000
Tim Vance us
Tim Vance
115,000 33,000
Garrett Riley us
Garrett Riley
97,000 6,000
Vadim Kleydman
Vadim Kleydman
90,000 -34,000
Alan Smith
Alan Smith
85,000 47,000
Andros Ioakimides us
Andros Ioakimides
75,000 17,200
Jason Bliven
Jason Bliven
74,000 4,000
Kory Harbour
Kory Harbour
65,000 -9,000
Josh Lozada
Josh Lozada
60,000 -40,000
Woo Moore
Woo Moore
55,000 -6,000
BJ Malek
BJ Malek
50,000 27,000
Joshua Turner us
Joshua Turner
49,000 -40,000
Adam Aulepp
Adam Aulepp
Busted
Dorianne May
Dorianne May
Busted

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

Break Time!

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The players are now on a 15-minute break with 10 full 50-minute levels in the books and four more to play before Day 1 is done.