2014 Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event

HPO Championship Main Event
Day: 1
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Event Info
2014 Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$351,097
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,255
Entries
692
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 692
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A lot of May's

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

We walked past the table of Niall Farrell and the seat next to him was occupied by another player than we had seen before. Artur Koren three-bet shoved pocket fours into pocket tens to hit the rail.

And then, Farrell said with a smile on the face, "he may have" had doubled against the very same gentleman. "I may have had {A-}{9-} and he may have had {A-}{K-}. The board may have been {5-}{6-}{7-}{8-}{x-}." His new chip count is real though.

Player Chips Progress
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Niall Farrell
82,000
35,000
35,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
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Artur Koren
Busted

Tags: Artur KorenNiall Farrell

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

Three Seats Open

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Michiel Brummelhuis and Anthony Spinella exited the tournament are and Guillaume Darcourt did so some time ago as well. He was involved in a three-bet pot against two players with {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for middle pair and a flush draw on the flop.

One of the opponents however had pocket kings for top set and that held in order to eliminate the Frenchman.

Player Chips Progress
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Guillaume Darcourt
Busted
WPT 1X Winner
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Michiel Brummelhuis
Busted
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Anthony Spinella
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Guillaume DarcourtMichiel BrummelhuisAnthony Spinella

Some Counts...

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Andy Spears
160,000
127,000
127,000
Profile photo of Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
105,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 1X Winner
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Galen Hall
95,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
77,000
54,500
54,500
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
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Lauren Kling
75,000
21,000
21,000
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Jonathan Little
73,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Chad Eveslage us
Chad Eveslage
60,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
55,000
29,300
29,300
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
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Kitty Kuo
55,000
6,000
6,000
Natural8
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Darya Hulyk
53,000
28,000
28,000
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Jesse Sylvia
47,000
31,000
31,000
WPT 1X Winner
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Justin Pechie
45,000
18,500
18,500
WSOP 2X Winner
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Jordan Morgan
42,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Russell Thomas
40,000
12,000
12,000
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Darryll Fish
28,000
4,000
4,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Diaz us
David Diaz
26,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Joe Kuether
19,000
6,000
6,000

Bababkhani Busts Massey

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

A short stack had raised and Aaron Massey moved all in for what looked like 15,000. Amir Babakhani asked the other opponent how much he had left and then put both players at risk. The second opponent called with the {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Massey had {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}, Babakhani had them both beat with the {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}.

The board ran out {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and there were two seat open. Babakhani went on to tell how he usually runs bad with pocket kings after losing a crucial pot with said hand at the WPT Montreal.

Player Chips Progress
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Amir Babakhani
125,000
125,000
125,000
WPT 1X Winner
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Aaron Massey
Busted

Tags: Aaron MasseyAmir Babakhani

Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

There were a total of 692 entries creating a prize pool of $1,560,460. First place will take home $351,097 and the top 63 players will make the money. A minimum cash will be worth $5,618. Full payouts are listed below:

PlacePayout
1$351,097
2$216,904
3$142,158
4$98,777
5$71,781
6$55,708
7$46,814
8$39,012
9$31,209
10-12$24,031
13-15$17,945
16-18$13,732
19-27$10,299
28-36$8,583
37-45$7,178
46-54$6,086
55-63$5,618

Swingy Levels for Hall

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We had the last chip count for Galen Hall well below 50,000 and when we walked by, it was around 115,000. Was. Because he just lost a big pot after opening the action with a raise to 2,000 and then calling a three-bet by the player on the button for 4,800.

On the {9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{A-Hearts} flop, Hall check-called 6,000 and did so again after the {3-Hearts} turn for 8,500. On the {2-Spades} river, the player on the button moved all in for 13,675 chips. Hall wasn't too thrilled but eventually ended up check-calling to muck the {A-Clubs} after he was shown {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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Galen Hall
81,000
49,000
49,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Galen Hall

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100