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

Big Stacks

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Below are updated chip counts for some of the biggest stacks in the room and early leaders:

Player Chips Progress
Alan Smith
Alan Smith
89,500
21,500
21,500
Woo Moore
Woo Moore
70,000
-5,000
-5,000
Travis Smith
Travis Smith
68,000
Matt Sundberg us
Matt Sundberg
60,000
40,000
40,000
Kory Harbour
Kory Harbour
53,000
-3,000
-3,000
Skylar Henshaw
Skylar Henshaw
50,000
3,000
3,000
Wendy Horton
Wendy Horton
46,000
-2,000
-2,000
BJ Malek
BJ Malek
41,000
10,000
10,000
Tim Vance us
Tim Vance
27,000
6,000
6,000

Break!

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

The players are now on a 15-minute break with four full levels in the books.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

May Day

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Dorianne May
Dorianne May

Just before the break, Kansas City's Dorianne May jumped up to a spot among the leaders after a massive three-way all-in hand.

It all started with a May early-position raise and three others calling. The flop fell {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades} and one of May's opponents led for 4,500.

May called before one player folded and another shipped it in for some 3,800 more. The original raiser called and May tried to push all in, but wasn't able to because the all in wasn't a full raise.

Forced to call, she went heads-up on the side to the {7-Spades} turn where both players checked.

Finally, on the {4-Diamonds} river, May's opponent pushed in and she made the easy call with {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, having turned quads.

Her opponent on the side showed {k-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for the rivered straight and the original all-in player mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Dorianne May
Dorianne May
82,000
82,000
82,000

Fire Away!

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker's second bullet here in St. Louis is going about as well as the first.

Faced with a 1,650-chip bet on a {9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{7-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} board with about 5,000 in the middle, Moneymaker raised to 3,600. A third player in the hand folded, but after a short time in the tank, the original bettor pushed all in for a little less than 17,000.

Moneymaker folded having his second starting stack now cut in half.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
11,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Large And In Charge

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Andros Ioakimides
Andros Ioakimides

St. Louis local Andros Ioakimides has emerged as the first player past the 100,000-chip mark here at the Hollywood Casino.

He managed to get all of early chip leader Skylar Henshaw's stack when Henshaw tried and failed to bluff him.

Ioakimides is now in the lead.

Player Chips Progress
Andros Ioakimides us
Andros Ioakimides
105,000
Skylar Henshaw
Skylar Henshaw
Busted

Tags: Andros Ioakimides

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Stacked!

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Below are updated counts for the early leaders, notables and biggest stacks in the room:

Player Chips Progress
Andros Ioakimides us
Andros Ioakimides
116,500
11,500
11,500
Dorianne May
Dorianne May
93,000
11,000
11,000
Kory Harbour
Kory Harbour
70,000
17,000
17,000
Woo Moore
Woo Moore
65,000
-5,000
-5,000
Adam Aulepp
Adam Aulepp
65,000
Alan Smith
Alan Smith
60,100
-29,400
-29,400
Wendy Horton
Wendy Horton
55,000
9,000
9,000
Travis Smith
Travis Smith
40,000
-28,000
-28,000
Matt Sundberg us
Matt Sundberg
33,000
-27,000
-27,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
32,000
21,000
21,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Tim Vance us
Tim Vance
29,000
2,000
2,000
BJ Malek
BJ Malek
23,000
-18,000
-18,000

Riverboat Gambler

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Dorianne May
Dorianne May

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 {j-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{q-Spades} 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 {J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for two pair and was behind her opponent's {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} Broadway straight.

However, the {10-Spades} river changed all that as May filled up and her opponent hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Dorianne May
Dorianne May
120,000
27,000
27,000

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 {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} on a {K-Clubs}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} board against one opponent with {K-}{8-}.

The {Q-Diamonds} river made Smith's day an even better one.

Player Chips Progress
Travis Smith
Travis Smith
119,000
79,000
79,000