Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Toledo Regional Main Event

Regional Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Toledo Regional Main Event
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$37,465
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Total Entries
288
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 288
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Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Eldridge Jams Sixes

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
David Eldridge
David Eldridge

Significant action followed a {5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop between three players, a David Eldridge had a raise of about 4,400 in front of him on the button, which a middle-position player called. A third player had shoved all in for about 7,000 more, and Eldridge also shipped it. That folded out the middle player.

Eldridge: {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}
Opponent: {a-}{k-}

The all-in player said he knew Eldridge's hand and wanted to gamble, but he was unable to improve as {10-Spades}{9-Spades} hit the board on the last two streets.

Eldridge comes into the tournament hot, with two recent scores in two of the biggest tournaments of 2015. He took 46th in the PCA for $27,700 and 56th at WPT Borgata for $9,497. We'll see if his streak continues.

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Two from Michigan

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Adam Lamphere, pictured at a different event.
Adam Lamphere, pictured at a different event.

With the tournament taking place less than an hour from Detroit, there's predictably a strong Michigan presence here at Hollywood Poker Open Toledo. Two standouts from the state, Thomas Midena and Adam Lamphere, just registered. Both players sport north of $300,000 in career tournament cashes and are easily recognizable faces on the national poker circuit.

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Cunix Dusts Off First Bullet

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Shawn Cunix, pictured at a different event.
Shawn Cunix, pictured at a different event.

Shawn Cunix lost a big chunk of his stack on one of the first hands of the day, when he flopped two pair with {q-}{3-} in the blinds only to be counterfeited when runner {9-}{9-} hit the board on the turn and river, losing to a player holding {k-}{q-}.

A few minutes later, we saw Cunix in line to reenter, and he said he lost the rest when he flopped two pair with {q-}{10-} against a player holding {k-}{k-} and ultimately lost the hand.

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Standouts

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Some of the players who have registered early on include Aaron Steury and Shawn Cunix.

Steury is an Indiana-based pro with nearly $900,000 in tournament cashes and a WSOP bracelet to his name from a $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event.

Cunix is known mainly for his exploits in the WPT, which includes a win at WPT Jacksonville in 2012 for $426,100. Cunix also recently made deep runs at this year's Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event (fourth for $212,108) and last year's SHRPO Main Event (third for $748,313).

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Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Welcome to Day 1b of Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event

HPO Toledo Main Event
HPO Toledo Main Event

The Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event began with yesterday's Day 1a, from which 16 players advanced to Monday's Day 2 field. Today, Day 1b will see another group of grinders make their way to the championship day.

James Wright is the man to catch, as he bagged up 255,500 after 14 levels of play, and he was joined by Charles Maxcy, Wayne Smith, Neil Coughlin, Michael Hahn, Kim Schinco, Bobby Brown, Ron Bell, Kenny Zuspan, and Raymond Ezzie. Some of the players who did not qualify included tour ambassador and former Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker, "East Coast" Mike Ross, Patrick Steele, Rex Clinkscales, Nick Pupillo, and Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler.

Each will have two bullets to fire today, with the same 50-minute level structure in use, of course. Blinds begin at 50/100 and players get 20,000 in starting chips. Reentries are allowed for the first six levels. Cards will fly at 12:15 p.m.

Regional Main Event

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