HPO Championship Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2014 Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event
HPO Championship Main Event
Days: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event
Buy-in
$2,255
Players
692
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Tommie Janssen leads after Day 1 of the HPO Championship Event 2014
Level 11
: 600-1,200, 100 ante
It was a record-setting day at the 2014 Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event at M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, as 692 entries created a staggering prize pool of $1,560,460. At the end of the day, it was Tommie Janssen who held the chip lead with 287,100 in chips and 233 players advanced to Day 2.
Others with big stacks looking to take home the $351,097 first-place prize include Ronald Carroccio (257,100), Julio De la Rosa (242,300), Jason Smith (233,400), Tripp Kirk (214,800), Steve Zell (213,000), Ryan Tepen (198,400), David Aldridge (198,000), David Martirosyan (194,900), Toby Matthews (193,000) and Andy Spears (183,400).
There were plenty of notables that survived the day and will return tomorrow at noon looking to be one of the 63 players that make the money. Some of the big names that still have that shot are David Paredes (147,600), Ravi Raghavan (133,500), Ryan D'Angelo (125,100), Justin Pechie (122,000), Simon Deadman (122,000), Lee Childs (104,000), Mike Sowers (102,100), Niall Farrell (101,400), Greg Ostrander (77,400), Liv Boeree (75,000), Ami Barer (72,000), Calvin Anderson (71,200), Justin Young (65,700), Jesse Sylvia (65,200), Michael Tureniec (51,200), Jordan Morgan (44,800), Andrew Lichtenberger (43,400), Jonathan Little (33,700), and Darya Hulyk (30,100).
On the flip side of the coin, there were just as many that left disappointed as they were eliminated at some point in the day. Those falling short included HPO ambassador Chris Moneymaker, Lauren Kling, Jacob Bazeley, David Tuthill, Amit Makhija, Jared Jaffee, Aaron Massey, Guillaume Darcourt, and 2013 November Niner Michiel Brummelhuis.
The players will return at noon on Saturday and PokerNews will be there to bring you all the coverage from start to finish. Tune in to see who moves forward to Day 3, who makes the money, and who comes up empty handed.
All those that run out of chips early can also participate in a $1,800 Pot-Limit Omaha event as of 2 p.m. Las Vegas time with 12,000 chips as starting stack, six levels of late registration, and optional reentries.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
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Level 11
: 600-1,200, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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287,100 | |
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257,100 | 257,100 |
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242,300 | 242,300 |
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233,400 | 233,400 |
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214,800 | 214,800 |
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213,000 | 213,000 |
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198,400 | |
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198,000 | -2,000 |
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194,900 | 194,900 |
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193,000 | 193,000 |
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183,400 | 23,400 |
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181,700 | 181,700 |
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172,300 | 172,300 |
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170,600 | 170,600 |
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158,100 | 53,100 |
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156,800 | 156,800 |
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156,600 | 156,600 |
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152,500 | 152,500 |
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151,300 | 151,300 |
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149,000 | 149,000 |
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148,000 | 123,000 |
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147,800 | 147,800 |
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147,600 | 100,600 |
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145,500 | 145,500 |
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139,300 | 139,300 |
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De Meulder Busts in last Few Hands
Level 11
: 600-1,200, 100 ante
Played 10 hours ⌚️ - guy spazzes 40bb+ w/ KTo vs my AQo # - big pot # #- K turn # - out of $2500 #HPO ##MResort #Vegas ###Follow @Crispokers
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Top Three Final Chip Counts
Level 11
: 600-1,200, 100 ante
The below three players seem to be on top of the over-night leader board from what we could gather during the bagging and tagging. A list of all chip counts should become available within the hour.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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287,100 | 107,100 |
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257,100 | 77,100 |
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242,300 | |
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Four More Hands
Level 11
: 600-1,200, 100 ante
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes left and the screens show 252 players left. As much as we tried to find any interesting hand and a spectacular double up, all massive action ended on the flop already.
Great Staff, Great Structure, Great People
Level 11
: 600-1,200, 100 ante
Walking around today it has been evident that people have been enjoying their experience here at the HPO Championship Main Event. PokerNews asked a few players their thoughts on their experience here today:
Darryl Fish: "It's a great tournament with a great structure."
Greg Ostrander: "Love it. Only concern I have is getting a ride back to the Strip at the end of the night." (note - we mentioned this to Tournament Director Bill Bruce afterwards and he said "great point" and immediately got on the phone to take care of it)
Jordan Morgan: "I really like it. The structure gives you lots of play and the venue is nice."
Justin Young: "The floor and dealers are great. The people are great. Everyone has such a positive attitude coming in and that's so rare to see at this point in the summer."
Lee Childs: "The one thing I've noticed today is that there have been almost no floor calls. That just doesn't happen. It's everything you'd expect from Bill Bruce and his crew. They make a huge difference. The HPO does the little things that make a huge difference. Things like shout outs to players and thanking players for taking part in the event. Not just professionals either, they do it for everyone. Nobody else does that and it makes you want to play these events."
Bernabeu Loses a big Pot
Level 11
: 600-1,200, 100 ante
We arrived at the table with the 
board already completed and a big pot was about to happen when the opponent of Samuel Bernabeu bet 50,000. The Spaniard pondered about his decision for quite some time and did make the call.
He was shown 
for a flopped full house and only flipped over the 
to declare his defeat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000 | -85,000 |
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Kling's Move Fails
Level 11
: 600-1,200, 100 ante
We got to Lauren Kling's table and she was involved in a pot with the board reading 
and already close to 50,000 chips in the middle. Kling was all in and at risk for her last 35,300 and had a lone opponent in Seat 3 contemplating a call or a fold.
He tanked for several minutes before making what looked to be a reluctant call. It was a good one though, however, as Kling merely had 
for a gutshot straight draw while her opponent held 
for two pair, queens and tens.
The river was the 
and Kling was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Berger Short Stack No More
Level 11
: 600-1,200, 100 ante
We did miss the entire action until the turn of a 
board but a short stack was all in with 
and Chance Kornuth pushed all in with the 
for the flopped straight. Seth Berger called all in for his last 27,300 with 
for the turned flush and more than doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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95,000 | 65,000 |
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30,000 | -7,000 |
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