| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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145,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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55,000 | |
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Busted |
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Columbus Regional Main Event
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
The players are on a 15-minute break. So far there have been 104 entries in Day 1a and registration is open until the start of level nine.
Morgan Newman has been on a tear the last few levels, busting two players when he flopped a flush for a huge pot that put him well over 100,000. Shortly after that, he had another player at risk and hit two pair on the river to send them home.
Blake Barnes seemed to have schocked Ryan Kalb after beating Kalb in a heads up pot.
Kalb raised preflop to 900 from the button and Barnes defended his big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and Barnes checked to Kalb. Kalb bet 1,200 and Barnes called.
The turn was the
and both players checked. The river was the
and Barnes led out for 1,200. Kalb called and Barnes showed ![]()
for a pair of nines.
Kalb seemed to be shocked when he saw the hand. He had his elbows on the table and made fists and shook his hands in what may have been disbelief. Either way, he mucked his hand and Barnes took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,000
7,600
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7,600 |
|
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11,300
24,400
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24,400 |
Chris Moneymaker is sitting a little under 50,000 chips after eliminating Alan Wentz.
The action started when a player limped and Wentz shoved his remaining 3,600 in front of Moneymaker. Moneymaker called and Paul Cordrey called behind him. The remaining players folded. This left Moneymaker and Cordrey heads up to the flop with Wentz all in.
The flop came ![]()
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and both players checked. The turn was the
and Moneymaker bet 3,000. Cordrey called.
The river was the
and Moneymaker led again, this time for 7,000. Cordrey folded.
"You're good sir," Moneymaker said to Wentz.
"I can't be!" Wentz replied, turning over ![]()
.
He was correct, Moneymaker had ![]()
for ace high, which was good enough to win the main pot and eliminate Wentz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,600
4,600
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4,600 |
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Busted | |
Rick Sklenar just eliminated a player who had pocket queens when he flopped a flush. Sklenar held ![]()
and the two players got all in when the flop came all hearts. Sklenar's hand held and he was the second player in the last hour to win a huge pot with four-five suited.
Morgan Newman had the same hand, but suited to clubs instead of hearts, and busted two players when he flopped a flush and his hand held as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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62,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Morgan Newman is the first player to break 100,000 and is the chip leader by far. He knocked out two players when he flopped a flush with ![]()
.
His opponents had a set of deuces and an ace-high flush draw. Newman's hand held and he jumped into the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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128,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
Brian Ebert just won a pot after betting the river against Phil Bullmaster.
The two players were heads up after Bullmaster limped preflop and Ebert raised to 1,150. Bullmaster was the lone caller.
The flop came ![]()
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and Bullmaster checked to Ebert. Ebert bet 1,650 and Bullmaster called.
The turn was the
and this time, Bullmaster led out for 2,800. Ebert called.
The river was the
and Bullmaster gently tapped his hand on the felt, checking to Ebert. Ebert bet 6,300.
"Good hand," Bullmaster said as he tossed his hand into the muck and Ebert won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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62,000
7,000
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7,000 |
|
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45,000 |