Regional Main Event
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Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Tunica Regional Main Event
Regional Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Tunica Regional Main Event
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
45
Level
17
Blinds
2,500 / 5,000
Ante
500
Welcome to Day 1 of Hollywood Poker Open Tunica Regional Main Event
The Hollywood Poker Open rolls out another event on its season 3 March today as the Tunica Regional Main Event is set for a noon kickoff. Previous events at Lawrenceburg and Toledo drew well, with bracelet winner Jesse McEuen and amateur Charles Maxcy taking down solid chunks of prize money, the latter doing so as part of a six-way chop in which he bagged a seat at the season finale in Las Vegas.
Today's $1,115 Regional Main Event follows in the footsteps of last year's event, at which tour ambassador and former Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker navigated to a third-place finish in what was then an $1,800 event. Toby Mathews was able to take that one down, defeating Jonathan Taylor heads up.
Cards begin flying at noon with a slow structure that should offer the participants plenty of play, so stay tuned to PokerNews as another HPO event unfolds with live update.
MyStack App Available for HPO Tunica Main Event
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Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Slow Going
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The tournament is underway, but internet connectivity issues have put the kibosh on live reporting for the moment. Stay tuned.
$600,000 in Guarantees at the Playground Winter Festival
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The temperature outside might be below freezing, but the poker action will be hotter than ever! Running from February 27 to March 10, 2015, Playground Poker Club is hosting the first Playground Winter Festival.
The festival kicks off with "The Wild $150," a reentry event with four starting flights and a $100,000 guarantee. It continues with 14 other events including a $330 two-day Freeze, a mixed hold’em/Omaha event, and a $220 Survivor tourney.
The $1,100 Main Event will begin on Friday, March 6 and feature two Day 1s (next-day reentry), and it has a massive $500,000 guaranteed prize pool!
Visit the Playground Winter Festival site for details and to purchase your event tickets online.
Visit Playground Poker's live event blog for news and event updates throughout the festival.
Some Standouts
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The starting field here at Hollywood Poker Open Tunica Regional Main Event includes some recognizable players.
Of course, 2003 Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker is the biggest headliner. Moneymaker has taken up a post as an ambassador for the tour, but a few other standouts have also taken seats. Kyle Cartwright has put together a decorated career grinding the WSOPC, with five rings to his name. Speaking of the Circuit, Johnny Landreth is seated at a nearby table. He snagged his first ring by taking down the WSOPC Tunica Main Event last month after a marathon heads-up match. Finally, Barry Schultz has been a force in the preliminary events here, climbing atop the leaderboard with 49 points at the stop.
We'll keep an eye on all of these runners as the tournament progresses.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
17,600 | -5,350 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Early Setback for Cartwright
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
In a pot containing 2,500 preflop, Kyle Cartwright checked from early position to Ken Mynatt, who bet 3,000. The player on the button folded, and Cartwright thought for a couple of minutes before putting Mynatt all in for what turned out to be 11,450 total. Mynatt called after thinking briefly.
Mynatt: 
Cartwright: 
It was a grim flop for Cartwright, who needed a third king, but the 
and 
didn't help him. Despite the early loss, he's still barely under the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,900 | |
|
|
16,650 | -3,350 |
Bullets Top Big Slick Again
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
On a flop of 
, a player in early position checked to Steve Kendrick, on his left. Kendrick fired 1,200 on the wet board, but his opponent was unafraid. The first player led out for 2,250 on the 
turn, and Kendrick raised to 6,000. His opponent called, and the two quickly checked the 
.
Kendrick showed , besting the 
of his opponent, who needed another spade to overtake the bullets but didn't find one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,200 |