Regional Main Event
Day 1b Completed
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Toledo Regional Main Event
Regional Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Toledo Regional Main Event
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
288
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Greear Finishes Day 1b With Monster Lead
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
When Day 2 of Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event begins on Monday, it will be Jeff Greear leading the way with 327,000, which is quite a bit a more than Day 1a chip leader James Wright (255,500). Greear seeks his second win at HPO Toledo, as he banked $34,727 for topping a 599-player field in a $300 deepstack event just a couple of weeks ago.
Day 1b attracted 80 runners, which combined with Day 1a's 104 entries brought the total field up to 180. The top 27 players will earn a payday, with the eventual winner taking home $69,120. After 14 levels of play, Greear bagged a wide lead over Nick Pupillo (240,500), who finished with the second-biggest stack of the 37 survivors. Others joining Pupillo and Greear for Day 2 included Randy Bryer (210,500), Freddy Hamad (209,000), Bobby Dickerson (205,000), Tom Midena (156,000), and Emad Alabsi (153,500).
Greear was hovering with an above average stack of 130,000 during Level 13 (1,000/2,000/300), the penultimate level of the night, when a huge rush vaulted him to the top of the counts. Most of the chips apparently came courtesy of Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler, who called off a chunk of his formerly first-place stack in a hand that didn't go to showdown, according to an observer. Then, Greear collected the remainder of Kessler's chips with 
when Kessler was unable to hold with 
.
"Chainsaw" wasn't the only prominent player finding his way to the rail during the course of play. Rex Clinkscales, "East Coast" Mike Ross, Aaron Steury, Shawn Cunix, Adam Lamphere, David Eldridge, Ben Grise, and Mid-States Poker Tour Season 4 Player of the Year Patrick Steele all fired one or two bullets without success on Day 1b.
The charismatic Cunix, a former World Poker Tour champion, dusted off his first entry before many players had even taken their seats when he flopped queens up twice only to be counterfeited both times. His second attempt went only slightly better. Meanwhile, Rosee sent his stack to Pupillo, a fellow Chicago resident, when he three-bet 
and called the rest off against Pupillo's early on, with neither player improving.
Day 2 fires up at 12:15 on Monday, with play continuing until a new HPO champion is crowned. PokerNews will be back on the scene for live updates once more, and you can be ready for some more exciting poker action.
End of Day 1b Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
327,000 | 5,000 |
|
240,500 | |
|
210,500 | 31,900 |
|
209,000 | -20,000 |
|
205,000 | |
|
181,500 | 21,900 |
|
156,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
153,500 | 15,500 |
|
|
128,000 | -14,800 |
|
112,000 | |
|
|
109,000 | |
|
98,500 | |
|
|
91,500 | |
|
86,000 | |
|
|
83,500 | 5,100 |
|
|
83,000 | |
|
70,000 | |
|
64,500 | |
|
62,500 | |
|
|
58,500 | |
|
|
57,000 | -26,800 |
|
|
55,500 | |
|
54,500 | |
|
45,000 |
Photos: HPO Toledo Day 1b
Steele Calls it Off
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
A player in the big blind bet 20,000 on a board of 
, and Patrick Steele called in the cutoff. The player fired again for 30,000 on the 
river, enough to put Steele all in, and he tossed in his stack of 25,000 or so.
The big blind showed 
, and a frustrated Steele mucked forcefully. The dealer turned over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Kessler Busted
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler went bust in a hand we didn't see. According to an observer, Kessler lost the last of his chips all in with against Jeff Greear's , holding through the flop but losing when his opponent turned a big pair. Greear had taken the majority of Kessler's stack in a hand that didn't go to showdown prior to that, we were told.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
322,000 | 192,000 |
|
Busted |
"That's Why This Game's So F****** Sick"
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Donnie Kidman put a shorter-stacked player at risk preflop with 
against 
. The flop brought 
, giving his opponent a set.
"One-outer," someone said softly across the table.
"That was a one-outer?" Kidman said after he missed the turn and river. "That's why this game's so f****** sick."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,500 | -28,500 |
Hamad Takes Lead from Pupillo
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Freddy Hamad opened to 5,000 under the gun just before the level change and got a call from the cutoff. Nick Pupillo reraised to 22,000, and Hamad called, while the cutoff folded. The flop came 
, and Pupillo checked immediately. Hamad bet 17,000, and Pupillo called. Both players checked the 
turn, and Hamad bet 38,000 when Pupillo checked the 
river. That was enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
229,000 | 39,000 |
|
|
218,800 | -40,600 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Pupillo Ousts a Shorty
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Nick Pupillo put a player who had about 23,000 at risk preflop.
Pupillo: 
Opponent: 
Pupillo's dominating hand held up as the board ran out 
, and he collected another pot to increase his lead over the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
259,400 | 1,000 |