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

Salter Fades Fours

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jack Salter is doing better than his younger brother and doubled up. He raised preflop and got two callers. On the {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop, he continued for 2,600 and then bet 9,250 on the {7-Hearts} turn. One of the two opponents pushed him all in and Salter called with aces for his 15,000 chips behind.

The opponent held pocket fours and the river blanked to see Salter double through.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
60,000 35,000

Tags: Jack Salter

Peters And Salter Out

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Tobias Peters was rather short and we saw him quickly heading to the rail. Only one minute later, Louis Salter followed. He got the remainder of his stack in with {A-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and got called by an opponent with the {Q-Spades}{K-Hearts}. The {K-Clubs} on the turn saw the young Brit running out of hope for a comeback and he is out as well.

Player Chips Progress
Elior Sion gb
Elior Sion
WSOP 2X Winner
25,000 25,000
Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
WPT 1X Winner
25,000 25,000
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
14,000 -20,000
Ben Warrington gb
Ben Warrington
8,000 8,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
4,300 4,300
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
Busted
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Louis SalterTobias Peters

Fischer With the Two-Outer

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

After a raise to 800 and two callers, Bastian Fischer moved all in for 13,075 chips from the button. The player in the small blind tanked for a bit and then announced call with not that many more chips and all other opponents folded. Fischer had the {2-Spades}{2-Clubs} and the opponent turned over {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}.

"Oh wow," the opponent said after the {2-Hearts} popped up right in the window. The remaining board ran out {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}{10-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} and the German doubled up. One of the cold callers in seat one joked "Would you rather be good or lucky?" A combination of the two would likely be perfect.

Player Chips Progress
Bastian Fischer de
Bastian Fischer
29,000

Tags: Bastian Fischer

Excited for a Second

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

On the {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} turn, Simon Deadman bet 6,400 and got raised to 13,700. The Brit made a reluctant call and then both players got their stacks in after the {5-Spades} river. "Man, I really thought you had aces there," said the opponent before turning over {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}. Deadman had the same hand and they chopped it.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
45,000 5,000

Tags: Simon Deadman

Chip Counts and Late Arrivals

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Recent bracelet winner Jordan Morgan has joined the field along with notables like Lee Childs, Michael Katz, Russell Thomas, and Andrew Lichtenberger.

Player Chips Progress
Randal Flowers us
Randal Flowers
40,000
Burt Boutin us
Burt Boutin
WSOP 2X Winner
35,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
35,000 6,000
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
33,000
Justin Pechie us
Justin Pechie
WSOP 2X Winner
29,000 -6,000
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
28,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
25,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
WSOP 2X Winner
25,000
Lee Childs us
Lee Childs
25,000 -1,000
Jordan Morgan us
Jordan Morgan
WSOP 1X Winner
25,000
Michael Katz us
Michael Katz
25,000
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
21,000 1,650
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
19,000 -8,000
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
17,000 -9,500
Alex Queen us
Alex Queen
17,000 500
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
16,500 -10,800
Seth Berger us
Seth Berger
15,000 6,450
Ronit Chamani za
Ronit Chamani
12,000
Sean Prendiville ie
Sean Prendiville
10,000 -15,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50