Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
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 ![]()
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. 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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,800
23,800
|
23,800 |
|
|
33,500
78,500
|
78,500 |
Dean Schultz was all in against Ron Bell. Bell was in the lead with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Schultz. However, once the board ran out ![]()
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, Schultz held a straight to the queen, and that left Bell with only a little more than 10 big blinds.
On the next hand, Bell was all in and eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
98,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Justin Rice shoved all in from the under-the-gun position with ![]()
. The action folded all the way to Tim Tress in the big blind, and he called with ![]()
.
The board ran out ![]()
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, giving Tress the win and eliminating Rice.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Glen Poitinger just knocked out Matt Harting after both players got all in on the turn. Poitinger had flopped top pair and turned two pair to bust Harting from the tournament and move near 200,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
194,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Jeff Weiss just raised Lance Howard on the turn and took down an important pot late on Day 1a.
Weiss kicked things off with a preflop raise to 7,000 from early position. Howard called from the small blind, and the flop came ![]()
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. Howard led for 8,000, and Weiss called.
The turn was the
, and Howard led again for 16,500. Weiss shoved all in and that was enough to take down the pot as Howard folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
238,500
36,500
|
36,500 |
|
|
122,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
Justin Pimpedly just busted Tim Tress by coming from behind and turning a pair.
Pimpedly opened the action with a raise to 5,100, and Tress shoved all in for 37,000. Action folded to Pimpedly, and he called with the ![]()
. He was against the ![]()
of Tress.
Despite being in a dominating position, Tress was eliminated after the board ran out ![]()
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.
With that hand, Pimpedly moved over 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
202,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Players will play four more hands before Day 1a ends.
Play is done for Day 1a of the Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Regional Main Event. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action and updated chip counts for the remaining players.