Player | Chips | Progress |
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|
47,600
17,400
|
17,400 |
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45,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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41,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
27,800
13,400
|
13,400 |
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24,500
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
24,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
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18,400
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
17,600
8,400
|
8,400 |
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16,800
3,200
|
3,200 |
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16,400
5,325
|
5,325 |
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15,100
12,900
|
12,900 |
|
7,300
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
7,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
Busted |
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Charles Town Regional Main Event
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Players are on another 15-minute break.
Jim Jefferson was down to his last 2,025 and he went all in. Phil Vera did the honors of doubling Jefferson up. Vera called with against the
of Jefferson.
Vera flopped a king and it looked like the rail for Jefferson, but a on the river save his tournament life and earned him the double up.
Jefferson clapped his hands together once as the nine hit the felt.
"What was that?" a player said, surprised that the nine came.
"A blind hog finding an acorn," Jefferson said in reply.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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24,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
4,050 |
David Jaing took down a pot with a bet on the river.
He was one of four players who saw the flop after a player raised to 700. The flop came and the preflop raiser bet 1,200. Jaing was the lone caller.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the
and the raiser checked again. This time, Jaing made it 2,000 and the preflop raiser folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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22,000
5,000
|
5,000 |

Jim Keating is sitting with a good stack at 34,500. He had an interesting experience involving ace queen on the last two hands.
On the first hand, Keating bet 6,000 on the river and was called by former HPO Champ, Gurney Goldman, who held ace, queen. Gurney's ace high was good enough to beat Keating's king high.
On the next hand, Keating saw the flop with three other players after he limped under the gun. The flop came and all four players checked.
The turn was the and Keating bet 800, and the three remaining players folded. Keating turned over
for a full house.
Mike Sites, who was sitting to the Keating's right.
"You got nothing and someone calls you, then you flop a good hand and no one calls you. Does that bother you?" Sites asked.
"Not really," responded Keating, "does it bother you?"
"Yeah!" Sites said as the two players laughed and the next hand was dealt.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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34,500
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Susan and Jeff Frazier joined the tournament flight today and one has doubled their chip stack, while the other has been eliminated.
Susan Frazier is the one eliminated, after she got all in for her remaining 3,200 chips with . She got called by Michael Sassin who held
. The board ran out
and Susan Frazier was eliminated.
At the next table, Jeff Frazier was involved in a three-handed pot. Ron Robey opened the action with a preflop raise to 600 and Frazier called along with one other player.
The flop was and the first player to act bet 1,100. Robey, the preflop raiser, folded and Frazier raised to 3,000. The original bettor called the raise and it was heads up to the turn.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the
and the first player opened again, this time making it 3,000. Frazier raised again, to the tune of 10,000 which proved to be enough to take down the pot when his opponent mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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|
40,000 | |
|
22,000 | |
|
19,500 | |
|
Busted |
Three players saw the flop. Ken Moore kicked off the post-flop action by betting 4,000 and Mike Truman was the only caller.
On the turn, Moore bet 5,000 when the hit. Truman went all in for his remaining 14,775. Moore called and showed
, but was behind the
of Truman.
The river was a blank and Truman earned the double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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|
37,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
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32,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Phil Vera is back in the field and ready to improve on his first attempts to make Day 2.
Yesterday, he busted early in the day and almost made it to Day 2 before he lost a big hand with aces, against a set of tens.
Loukas Michael is the defending champion in this event and he is seated next to last year's runner-up Ken Moore. Michael is off to a slow start, but it's still early.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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11,075 | |
|
9,900 | |
|
Busted |