Dean Schultz was all in against Ron Bell. Bell was in the lead with against the of Schultz. However, once the board ran out , Schultz held a straight to the queen, and that left Bell with only a little more than 10 big blinds.
Demian Poll just won a big pot of Michael Hahn, which put Poll at almost 80,000 in chips.
Poll raised preflop in middle position, making it 4,700 to go. Hahn defended with a call in the big blind, and the flop was . Both players checked, and the turn was the . Hahn checked again, but this time Poll bet 4,100. Hahn called.
The river was the , putting four diamonds on the board. Hahn lead out for 12,800, and Poll called. Hahn showed the for trip fives, but it was Poll's for a flush that won the pot.
The players are on their last 15-minute break of the night. Lance Howard, Hollywood Poker Open ambassador Chris Moneymaker, and Dennis Hugelet lead the pack of 21 remaining players going into the final two levels of the day.
Dennis Hugelet called two all-in shoves with pocket jacks. He was up against, and the . He had both players covered and his jacks held to give him the double knockout.
Elsewhere, Charles Maxcy, the defending Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event champion, was bounced to the rail by HPO ambassador Chris Moneymaker. Moneymaker is now sitting just ahead of Hugelet on the leaderboard, but both players trail Lance Howard.
Lance Howard just won the biggest pot of the tournament, scooping in nearly 200,000.
The action started when Howard opened with a preflop raise to 3,500 and three players called. The flop came , and Mark Nienow was first to act. He shoved for his last 24,700. John Nelson was next to act, and after some consideration, he called. The action then fell to Lance Howard, who took a bit longer to decide, but eventually called, too. The other player in the hand had folded.
The turn was the , and Nelson checked to Howard. Howard took even longer this time, but eventually settled on a bet of 30,000. Nelson called.
The river was the , and Nelson checked again. Howard took a few moments and shoved all in for 85,000. Nelson had him covered and would be left with only about 12 big blinds if he called and lost the hand. Nelson called and saw the bad news when Howard turned over a flush. Nelson mucked his had, but because there was an all in, he had to show. He had flopped a straight with .
Nienow was in third place with and was eliminated.
Justin Rice shoved all in for his last 17,600 and doubled up against Jeff Weiss. Rice had the against the of Weiss and hit a king on the flop to double up.
In other action, Mark Nienow doubled up through Phillip Wojtuniecki. Nienow had and turned a set against the of Wojtuniecki.
John Nelson is sitting with over 160,000 in chips after eliminating a player who three-bet shoved all in from the small blind.
Nelson opened the action, raising to 2,100. The player in the small blind shoved all in for 35,800. Nelson took a moment before calling with the and was flipping against the pocket jacks of his opponent.
The board ran out , and Nelson scored the knockout with trip queens.