Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 St. Louis Regional Main Event
Regional Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 St. Louis Regional Main Event
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$173,000
Entries
173
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Ioakimides Grounded
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Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Brandon Smith has brought Andros Ioakimides down to earth.
Smith flopped a set of eights, then got all his chips in once Ioakimides turned an open ender.
The river bricked and Smith doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | |
|
52,000 | -69,000 |
Vance Doubles
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Tim Vance got a much needed double up with a set of queens against a set of deuces to get off life support for now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000 | 18,000 |
Get The Money
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
With registration closed, the prizepool information has been released.
The prizepool reached a total of $173,000 from which 15 spots will get paid. A minimum cash is worth $3,287, but the big money is up top with $48,440 reserved for first.
Updated Counts
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Below are updated counts for the big stacks and early leaders:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
122,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
121,000 | 4,500 |
|
|
75,000 | 14,900 |
|
|
75,000 | |
|
|
74,000 | 9,000 |
|
74,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
73,000 | 8,000 |
|
36,000 | -19,000 |
|
27,500 | -4,500 |
|
|
19,000 | -10,000 |
Registration Closed
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Registration and re-entry has now closed with the start of Level 7.
TD Bill Bruce just informed PokerNews the total number of entries reached 173.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Dinner Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
With six full levels now in the books the remaining players have been sent off on a 60-minute dinner break.
Play will resume little after 6:30 p.m. local time with plans to play another eight levels.
Down By The River
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Yet another lucky river card has vaulted a player up near the top of the counts.
This time the beneficiary was Travis Smith, who got it in holding 
on a 
board against one opponent with 
.
The river made Smith's day an even better one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
119,000 | 79,000 |
Riverboat Gambler
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Dorianne May has moved into the top spot on the leaderboard after a very fortunate river card helped her bust one opponent.
May had bet 6,000 on the turn of a 
board and sat in the tank for a good two minutes when her opponent pushed in for a little more than 20,000 total.
She eventually made the call with 
for two pair and was behind her opponent's 
Broadway straight.
However, the 
river changed all that as May filled up and her opponent hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 | 27,000 |