| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |
Nick Pupillo has earned more than $600,000 in tournament winnings. He has a second place finish for $43,512 in the HPO Columbus Main Event from 2015, as well as a 23rd place finish in this same event last year.
He joins the field of 109 entries and growing in Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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Defending HPO Toledo Champion, Charles Maxcy made a deep run in Day 1a, but came up short when he ran pocket tens into the 
of HPO Ambassador Chris Moneymaker.
Maxcy is in the field today and hoping to put the past behind him. Maxcy was very active yesterday, and a little unpredictable.
On one hand, he bet the river in a three-way pot with one player all in. Nicholas Guagenti folded and left Maxcy heads up with the all in player.
Maxcy said he thought he had trips, but instead showed nine high, which was just barely good enough to eliminate his opponent who had eight high. Maxcy's style definitely incites action, so it should be fun to see what he gets up to today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
Josip Golub and Jinghao Xu just played a pot for all their chips, after which Golub was left with about 6,000.
The board read 
and the action checked to Golub on the button. He bet 800 and one player called. Then Xu raised, making it 6,200. Golub took a moment, then went all in. The other player folded before Xu called.
Xu had the best of it with 
for a wheel and Golub was drawing dead with 
. Xu has been pretty active early and after doubling up has a little less than 30,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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28,200 | |
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6,600 |
Day 1b of the HPO Toledo Main Event is underway.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Mark Nienow busted last night on a hand that shot Lance Howard to the chip lead. Nienow opened shoved a jack-high flop and two players called. By the end of the hand, Howard held the nut flush and that spelled the end of Nienow's day.
Nienow is a recreational player who lives about an hour away. He graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison and is also a Navy Veteran. He has taken his seat in Day 1b and will be looking to improve on yesterday's performance.
Welcome to coverage of Day 1b of the Hollywood Poker Open Toledo Main Event. Today's flight starts at 11:15 am local time. Players will be looking to join the 14 players from Day 1a who booked their spot in Day 2. This is the second event of the HPO, which is now in its fourth season. The winner of this Main Event will earn a $2,500 seat to the HPO Championship Event at the M Resort in Las Vegas in May.
HPO Ambassador Chris Moneymaker was one of those players. After a slow start, he won a massive pot when he turned a full house and his opponent shoved all in against him. He worked that stack up to over 200,000 and finally finished fifth in chips with 189,500.
Lance Howard has set the mark, ending Day 1a with 288,000 chips. Howard won the biggest pot of the day when he turned a flush and got maximum value after shoving 80,000 on the river.
There will be 14 levels of play today, and each level is 50 minutes. There will be a one-hour dinner break following level 8. Players may enter or reenter until the start of level 9.
Stay tuned to pokernews.com for all the updates from today's action.
$1,115 Regional Main Event
Day 1b Started
