Welcome to Day 2 of Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event
Fifty-three contenders have emerged from two Day 1 flights to take the felt on Day 2 of Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event. They've come from a field of 288, and Jeff Greear leads the way with 327,000.
With play set to begin at Level 15 (1,500/3,000/500), other prominent contenders include James Wright (255,500), Nick Pupillo (240,500), Freddy Hamad (209,000), Michael Hahn (178,000), Tom Midena (156,000), and Bobby Brown (150,000).
Play kicks off at 12:15 p.m. local time here in Toledo and will continue until a winner emerges. That player will hold the title of HPO champion and take home nearly $70,000 for his or her efforts. Stay tuned to PokerNews as the action unfolds and we post all of the live updates right here.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
327,000 | |
|
255,500 | |
|
240,500 | |
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|
210,500 | |
|
209,000 | |
|
205,000 | |
|
202,500 | |
|
200,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
196,000 | |
|
181,500 | |
|
181,000 | |
|
178,000 | |
|
156,000 | |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
153,500 | |
|
152,000 | |
|
|
150,000 | |
|
|
147,000 | |
|
145,500 | |
|
|
128,000 | |
|
112,000 | |
|
112,000 | |
|
|
109,000 | |
|
99,500 | |
|
98,500 | |
hit the felt. Maxcy checked, and Vance put his last 26,000 in. Maxcy got the counted and then tossed in a call.
and 
hit the board. At first, Vance celebrated before remembering an important detail.
board. West had 
in front of him, while Mamo's hand was already in the muck. According to one of the players, Mamo had flopped a combo draw with 
. West's 265,000 represented a sizable chunk of Mamo's formerly leading stack, and West is the new chip leader.
, but Renner found an ace-high flop and bricks on the last two streets to double.
flop, and he check-called 43,500 ore on the 
turn. On the 
river, he checked and saw Midena bet 98,000. Greear tanked for a couple of minutes before pushing forward a call, and Midena turned over 
for the nut flush, besting Greear's 
.
turn gave him added outs with a gutter. The 
was one of the cards he needed, and Greear, who entered the day with the chip lead but never seemed to be above where he began, is done.
for a flush draw, and he watched two black cards fall. Both were clubs though, the 
and 
, and lamented the table's inability to bust Boyi, who was down to three big blinds a short time ago.
. The 
for top two.
.
river wasn't what he needed though, and Foster scored an unlikely double knockout.