2014 Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event

HPO Championship Main Event
Day: 1
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

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
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
82,000 35,000
Artur Koren at
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
Guillaume Darcourt fr
Guillaume Darcourt
WPT 1X Winner
Busted
Michiel Brummelhuis nl
Michiel Brummelhuis
Busted
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Guillaume DarcourtMichiel BrummelhuisAnthony Spinella

Some Counts...

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
160,000 127,000
Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
WPT 1X Winner
105,000 5,000
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
95,000 14,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
77,000 54,500
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
75,000 21,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
WPT 2X Winner
73,000 -7,000
Chad Eveslage us
Chad Eveslage
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
60,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
55,000 29,300
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
55,000 6,000
Darya Hulyk
Darya Hulyk
53,000 28,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
47,000 31,000
Justin Pechie us
Justin Pechie
WSOP 2X Winner
45,000 -18,500
Jordan Morgan us
Jordan Morgan
WSOP 1X Winner
42,000 17,000
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
40,000 12,000
Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
WPT 1X Winner
28,000 -4,000
David Diaz us
David Diaz
WSOP 1X Winner
26,000 1,000
Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
19,000 -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
Amir Babakhani ca
Amir Babakhani
WPT 1X Winner
125,000 125,000
Aaron Massey us
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
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
81,000 49,000

Tags: Galen Hall

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100