Defending Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event champion Charles Maxcy is going steady, and just now went runner-runner to a flush against Nick Guagenti.
Guagenti raised to 1,200 preflop and Maxcy defended his big blind with a call. The two players were heads up to the flop of . Maxcy checked, and Guagenti bet 750. Maxcy called.
Both players checked the on the turn, and the river was the . Maxcy stacked a bet of 4,100 and slid it into the pot. Guagenti wasted little time in calling, but mucked when he saw the of Maxcy. Maxcy won the hand with a flush.
No less than 10 minutes after being eliminated by Michael Hahn, Arkan Batu was all in again. This time against Adam Lamphere.
The board read , and Batu shoved all in for his remaining 9,500. Lamphere wrestled with the decision before calling by slowly letting each chip call into the pot, causing them to roll in circles until they fell flat on the table.
After that, Batu turned over for a full house, and Lamphere mucked his hand.
Mark Nienow had bet 3,500 on a flop of and his opponent shoved over the top for 6,150 more. Nienow called and turned over a pair of fives with the . His opponent had the and didn't catch up when the board ran out and .
On the next hand, Nienow three-bet an opponent that opened with a raise and his opponent folded, giving Nienow his second hand in a row and some additional chips.
Michael Hahn just eliminated Arkan Batu after Batu shoved all in over Hahn's flop bet.
Three players saw the flop of , and Hahn led out for 2,100 before Batu shoved over the top for 24,375. The third player folded before Hahn went into the tank.
After counting and recounting the calling chips and his remaining stack, Hahn called and saw that he was ahead with . Batu had . The board ran out on the turn and on the river, which meant Batu didn't catch up. Hahn won the pot and moved to over 70,000.
Ron Bell just knocked out two players when his set of eights held.
The three players got all in on the flop, and Bell had a set of eights against an over pair of tens and a straight draw for his opponents. Bell stayed ahead and knocked out both players, shooting into the chip lead with just under 100,000.
The first player that was all in had about 6,000 in chips, and the other player all in shoved over the top for about 22,000. Tucker already had some money in the pot from previous action, but didn't need to think about it at all with his . His two opponents held the and the .