Defending Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event champion, Charles Maxcy, has almost 50,000 in chips early in Level 5 of Day 1a.
On this hand, Maxcy took down the pot with a check-raise.
Preflop, there was a middle-position raise, with Mike Packey and Charles Maxcy both making the call. The flop was , and Maxcy checked to the preflop raiser. He made it 1,200, Packey folded, and Maxcy raised to 2,600. His opponent folded, and Maxcy won the pot.
Erik Wojtuniecki just won a pot after flopping a set of fours.
The action started when he limped in from early position and saw the flop of with four other players. The action checked to Wojtuniecki, who bet 1,200. Two players called.
All three players checked the on the turn. On the river, which was the , Wojtuniecki called after the first player to act bet 2,300. Wojtuniecki showed pocket fours for a set of fours and that was good enough to take the pot against the of his opponent.
Wojtuniecki was overheard after the hand saying that he teaches ninth grade.
After two successful all-in pots went his way, Bob Randall was unable to make a flush draw and stay alive on a third.
He went all in against Jeff Weiss and Weiss called on a board of . Randall was on a flush draw for his tournament life with the and Weiss had top pair with the . Weiss held and eliminated Randall when the board came the on the turn and the on the river.
"Yay, I won a pot," said Hollywood Poker Open ambassador Chris Moneymaker as he stacked the chips from the pot he just won. "Miracles do happen!"
On the hand, Mark Nienow raised from the cutoff seat to 900, and Moneymaker reraised to 2,400 from the small blind. Nienow called. The flop came , and Moneymaker bet to 2,400. Nienow called.
Moneymaker fired 4,000 when the came on the turn, and Nienow folded.
Chris Moneymaker and his neighbor to the left, Denny Robinson, were heads up to the flop after a Moneymaker preflop raise — Moneymaker raised to 900 and Robinson called from the small blind. The flop came down , and Robinson bet 2,000. Moneymaker made the call.
Robinson bet 2,000 on the turn, Moneymaker called, and the completed the board on the river. Robinson bet 2,000 again, and Moneymaker called again.
Robinson had and Moneymaker had , giving the two half the pot each with a chop.
A couple hands after they chopped a pot, Chris Moneymaker and Denny Robinson were heads up again. This one didn't result in a chopped pot, though.
The hand started when four players saw the flop of . The action checked to Robinson, who was last to act, and he bet 3,000. The former world champion, Moneymaker, was the lone caller.
Moneymaker checked the on the turn and quickly folded when Robinson fired again, this time for 4,000. Robinson showed pocket twos for a flopped set.
Players are on a 15-minute break, and this is the third break of the day.
Hollywood Poker Open ambassador Chris Moneymaker is still in the field with about 30,000 in chips, and defending HPO Toledo Regional Main Event champion Charles Maxcy is still alive as well.
, and Maxcy checked to the preflop raiser. He made it 1,200, Packey folded, and Maxcy raised to 2,600. His opponent folded, and Maxcy won the pot.
with four other players. The action checked to Wojtuniecki, who bet 1,200. Two players called.
on the turn. On the river, which was the 
, Wojtuniecki called after the first player to act bet 2,300. Wojtuniecki showed pocket fours for a set of fours and that was good enough to take the pot against the 
of his opponent.
. Randall was on a flush draw for his tournament life with the 
and Weiss had top pair with the 
. Weiss held and eliminated Randall when the board came the 
on the turn and the 
on the river.
, and Moneymaker bet to 2,400. Nienow called.
came on the turn, and Nienow folded.
turn, Moneymaker called, and the 
completed the board on the river. Robinson bet 2,000 again, and Moneymaker called again.
and Moneymaker had 
, giving the two half the pot each with a chop.
. The action checked to Robinson, who was last to act, and he bet 3,000. The former world champion, Moneymaker, was the lone caller.