$1,115 Regional Main Event | Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Charles Town Regional Main Event

05-22-2016 15:19 UTC-5

Anthony Vaughn Eliminated in 10th Place ($2,800)

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Anthony Vaughn was finally eliminated when he was in the big blind with and only had two big blinds left. David Lackey raised preflop with and got one other caller. On the flop, Lackey bet and Chris Chapman folded leaving Lackey and Vaughn heads up.

A king came on the flop and a queen came on the turn, but Vaughn couldn't catch up by the river and was eliminated in tenth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lackey	207,500 23,500	23,500
Anthony Vaughn	Busted

Tags: Anthony Vaughn Chris Chapman David Lackey

05-22-2016 14:34 UTC-5

Mel Lyon Eliminated in 11th Place ($2,240)

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Mel Lyon was eliminated in 11th place and took home $2,240 for his trouble.

He just doubled up Anthony Vaughn. Vaughn got short and doubled up again through Jim Keating. Keating had against the of Vaughn. Vaughn held and doubled.

On the next hand, Keating got all in with Mel Lyon. The hand started when Denny Grizzle raised to 7,000 and Lyon put his last 11,000 in. Keating was next to act and reraised to 36,000. Grizzle folded.

Lyon had and was at risk. Keating had . The board ran out and sent Lyon to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Keating	165,000 19,500	19,500
Anthony Vaughn	28,000 2,000	2,000
Mel Lyon	Busted

Tags: Anthony Vaughn Denny Grizzle Jim Keating Mel Lyon

05-22-2016 14:00 UTC-5

Scott Heiser and the Bubble Burst

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Scott Heiser is the bubble after getting all in preflop against Mike Melkersen who raised from the button.

Melkerson raised to 8,000 on the button and Heiser reraised to 17,500. Melkerson four-bet to 50,000 and Heiser five-bet shoved. Melkerson called.

Heiser had and Melkersen was behind with . Melkersen quickly took the lead and didn't give it up when a came on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Melkersen	315,000 173,000	173,000
Scott Heiser	Busted

Tags: Mike Melkersen Scott Heiser

05-22-2016 13:56 UTC-5

Sites Set on Moneymaker

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Chris Moneymaker and Mike Sites have been two of the more active players during hand-for-hand play. On this hand, Moneymaker loses a big pot to Sites.

The action started when Moneymaker raised preflop from the button to 6,500. Sites raised to 17,000 from the small blind and Moneymaker called.

The flop was and Sites bet 20,000. Moneymaker called.

The turn was the and Sites bet 27,000 this time. Moneymaker called.

The river was the and Sites checked. Moneymaker bet 50,000 and Sites snap called and showed .

Moneymaker came up just short with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	355,000 70,000	70,000

Mike Sites	314,500 70,000	70,000

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Mike Sites

05-22-2016 12:41 UTC-5

More Moneymaker, More Problems For Everyone Else

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Chris Moneymaker is approaching 500,000 chips, after he eliminated two players on the same hand.

The action started when Ed Blount raised to 7,000 and Moneymaker called in position. Ronald McDonald called from the big blind.

All three players checked the flop.

On the turn, they each did the exact opposite. In successive order, McDonald and Blount both shoved all in. Moneymaker snap called the two shoves.

McDonald was on a diamond draw with . Blount had an over pair with . Moneymaker had a set of fives with and was about to knock out both players.

The river was the and gave Moneymaker the double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	480,000 75,900	75,900

Ed Blount	Busted
Ronald McDonald	Busted

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Ed Blount Ronald McDonald

05-22-2016 12:08 UTC-5

Dabbaghle

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Habib Dabbagh continued his downswing right out of the tournament. He was looking at a flop and went all in to the 20,000 pot for his remaining stack.

Mike Melkersen called and had a set of nines, against the flush draw of Dabbagh, .

The flush didn't come and Melkersen won the hand and eliminated Dabbagh.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Melkersen	205,000 43,600	43,600
Habib Dabbagh	Busted

Tags: Habib Dabbagh Mike Melkersen

05-22-2016 11:38 UTC-5

Vaughn Doubles Through Dabbagh

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Anthony Vaughn changed tables for a couple hands before moving back to take Mike Truman's vacated seat. While he was away, he doubled up through Habib Dabbagh.

Vaughn flopped two pair with on the flop. Dabbagh had and turned a set when the hit the turn.

The river would send Dabbagh away from the table to let off some steam, as it came the and earned Vaughn the double up. Vaughn cheered for himself a little, meanwhile Dabbagh took a moment before composing himself and returning to the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Habib Dabbagh	124,000 43,000	43,000
Anthony Vaughn	94,000 43,300	43,300

Tags: Anthony Vaughn Habib Dabbagh

05-22-2016 10:47 UTC-5

HPO Charles Town Main Event Day 2, Two November Niners on Opposite Ends of Leaderboard

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It’s too bad there’s not a go-to theme song for the start of a poker tournament, because today is an exciting day. For now, imagine something similar to the first time you heard the Monday Night Football theme.

It’s Day 2 of the Hollywood Poker Open Charles Town $1,115 Regional Main Event and 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker is the massive the chip leader by almost 200,000. In the past two HPO regional main events, Moneymaker hit a few bumps at the end of Day 1 and was unable to cash, but this time he looks as sure as ever that he's not only going to cash, but make a run at his second HPO title.

In St. Louis, he would have finished Day 1 over 300,000 if it wasn’t for Peter Brooks. Brooks cracked Moneymaker's pocket aces and he finished just outside the money.

In Columbus, just two weeks ago, he doubled up Josh Lowing on the very last hand of the night. Moneymaker had against the pocket tens of Lowing and couldn’t catch up. That left him with just about 50,000 and he couldn’t make much happen on Day 2, finishing outside of the money again.

The table is set for Moneymaker to make a deep run, and with a 200,000-chip lead he might have the chance for a Joe Ebanks-type run here in Charles Town. Ebanks won the HPO Columbus Regional Main Event at the last stop, eliminating the final five players before finally making a deal with Jeremy Detamore to seal it off.

Moneymaker will start the day with 371,800. On the opposite end of the spectrum, another player with WSOP Main Event final table experience is the shortest stack. That's Lee Childs. Childs will enter the day with 14,600. He has been truly grinding his way through this tournament and managed to get into Day 2, albeit with only seven big blinds, so his work will be cut out for him.

Dennis Summers (199,700), Day 1b chip leader Andrew Rudnick (188,700), Mike Sites (184,600), and Habib Dabbagh (167,000) round out the top five chip stacks behind Moneymaker. Dabbagh is a Lebanese player with only four cashes in the US. He has $86,000 in earnings and a deep run here could put him over the $100,000 mark.

Stay tuned throughout the day for all the updates and photos from the field as the HPO crowns its newest champion, the last of Season 4 regional main events.

Tags: Andrew Rudnick Chris Moneymaker Dennis Summers Habib Dabbagh Joe Ebanks Josh Lowing Lee Childs Mike Sites