$1,115 Regional Main Event
Day 1a Completed
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Columbus Regional Main Event
$1,115 Regional Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Columbus Regional Main Event
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
249
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Jeremy Detamore Leads 15 Others After Day 1a of HPO Columbus Main Event
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Day 1a of the Hollywood Poker Open Columbus $1,115 Regional Main Event was in the books on Friday and Jeremy Detamore led the way.
Detamore hovered around the middle of the pack and didn't play many huge hands, but that was only until the last two levels. He started stacking more and more chips and didn't slow down until after he put a huge dent in Eli Stepanovich.
Detamore was heads up with Stepanovich and shoved his last 76,500 in on the river. Stepanovich called with top two pair. Detamore had the best of it with a set of aces and stacked a pot of more than 200,000.
J.J. Ura also won a couple big hands at the end of the day, including the hand that busted Stepanovich. Ura had 
against the 
of Stepanovich and hit a queen on the flop. Stepanovich didn't catch up, and Ura jumped into the second spot, where he would finish on the leaderboard going to Day 2.
Andrew Barfield (199,500), Paul Kardules (195,500), and Greg Yeager (177,000) rounded out the top five Day 1a stacks.
Chris Moneymaker tweeted that his Day 1a was much like a roller coaster, and it rang true to the very last hand of play. Josh Lowing opened and Moneymaker three-bet. The two ended up getting all in preflop, and Moneymaker held against the 
of Lowing. Lowing's tens held and left Moneymaker sitting 54,500 on the last hand.
The 16 returning players will be back Sunday at 12:15 p.m. local time for Day 2. They will be joined by the survivors of the Day 1b flight, which takes place on Saturday.
The field for Day 1b is expected to be at least twice the size of Day 1a and there should be some familiar faces in the crowd. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the updates when Day 1b starts at 11:15 a.m. local time.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
282,500 | 12,500 |
|
266,500 | 131,500 |
|
199,500 | 17,500 |
|
195,500 | 500 |
|
177,000 | 85,000 |
|
150,500 | 500 |
|
150,000 | 98,800 |
|
149,000 | -6,600 |
|
132,500 | 95,500 |
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
|
126,000 | 57,600 |
|
86,500 | -3,500 |
|
73,000 | 17,000 |
|
54,500 | -27,500 |
|
51,000 | -16,000 |
|
46,500 | 46,500 |
Day 1a is Done
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The Day 1a flight of the HPO Columbus Main Event is over. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action and up-to-date chip counts for all 16 players who made it to Day 2.
Five More Hands
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
There are five hands left until players will bag and tag for Day 2. Of the 113 entries today, 16 remain.
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Two Big Stacks Gone, Ura Moving Up
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Eli Stepanovich and Emad Allabsi were two of the bigger stacks coming into the final two levels. After two huge pots, they were both short stacked and looking for a path back up. Unfortunately for both, it wasn't to be and they are both on the outside looking in.
Allabsi lost a pot worth more then 190,000 with a flush against a better flush held by Paul Kardules. Shortly after that, Allabsi got all in for his tournament life and busted.
Stepanovich lost 
versus when Jeremy Detamore hit a set on the river and shoved all in. That left Stepanovich in dangerous territory and J.J. Ura was there to take his remaining stack when the two got all in preflop with for Ura and for Stepanovich.
Ura hit a queen on the flop and stayed ahead to eliminated Stepanovich.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | 135,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Kardules Wins a Big One
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The last two levels of the night have been a bit more eventful than expected. After Eli Stepanovich called Jeremy Detamore's all in on the river for a massive 260,000 pot, Paul Kardules and Emad Allabsi played a 195,000 flush over flush pot.
Three players saw the flop and Josh Lowing made it 10,000 on the flush draw flop. Kardules called and Allabsi raised. Lowing folded and Kardules called. When the flush was completed on the turn, it didn't take either player too long to get all their chips in. Allabsi was second best with 
. Kardules had 
and the better flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000 | 101,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -82,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Phillips The Bust
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Steve Phillips joined Day 1a after satelliting in earlier in the day. He debated whether to join at the start of level nine and eventually decided to go for it. He was off to a quick start, eliminating two people on one his very first hands. He then won a huge flip with against .
Despite a great effort, Phillips hit the rail during this last level. He was short stacked and got a couple shoves through, but ran into a hand he could not beat and hits the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |