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

Drinan is Drowning

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

On the {K-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs} turn, Connor Drinan put an opponent all in that had slightly less chips and the latter called off for his last 13,225 with {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds}. Drinan held {6-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for the middle pair and flush draw, but the {K-Clubs} river was of no help for him.

He will likely try to get the remainder of his stack in soon to re-enter or double up a few times. Chris Hunichen already got that done, we are not entirely sure if he will buy in again or not.

Player Chips Progress
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
Busted
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings

Tags: Connor DrinanChris Hunichen

Metalidi Almost Tripled Up

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Artem Metalidi has been playing for roughly 20 minutes and nearly tripled up his stack. Calvin Anderson on the same table is on bullet number six and Connor Drinan first quadrupled up and then doubled up again to get above starting stack. A few further names have re-entered.

Player Chips Progress
Pieter de Korver nl
Pieter de Korver
85,000
11,000
11,000
EPT 1X Winner
Artem Metalidi ua
Artem Metalidi
70,000
70,000
70,000
Christophe Gross
Christophe Gross
32,000
32,000
32,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
27,000
23,500
23,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
25,000
25,000
25,000
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings
Zachary Korik us
Zachary Korik
20,000
-5,000
-5,000

No Comment...

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

We get to the table with approximately 8,000 in the pot and a meager 1,000 bet sitting in front of Darryll Fish on a {Q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{4-Hearts} board. His lone opponent is Galen Hall who tosses the call out casually into the middle. Fish showed {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} and Hall mucked his hand but not before saying to Fish "trying to induce a raise there?"

"No comment," said Fish, a sly smile on his face.

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
75,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
StakeKings
Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
30,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 1X Winner
StakeKings

Hulyk Sent to the Rail

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Darya Hulyk
Darya Hulyk

According to Ben Warrington, Darya Hulyk hasn't really been running good as of lately. She kept losing hands, doubled up a short stack for 7,000 recently. Then, Hulyk found pocket jacks in the small blind and got her remaining 18,000 chips in against the player in the big blinw, who unfortunately had pocket aces.

Player Chips Progress
Darya Hulyk
Darya Hulyk
Busted

Tags: Darya Hulyk

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

Watts Tortured

Level 8 : 300/600, 50 ante

The last bigger hand, Steven Watts flopped the nut straight with {A-}{Q-} and received no caller. He then defended his big blind with {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and found two pair on the {10-}{6-}{4-} flop. On the {4-} turn he had a full house but the opponent looked him up with pocket tens for the higher full house.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Watts gb
Steven Watts
Busted

Tags: Steven Watts

Darcourt Pays Of Set

Level 8 : 300/600, 50 ante

We saw Guillaume Darcourt in the small blind and he checked a {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop to check-call 7,800 when the {K-Spades} turn appeared. On the {2-Clubs} river, he checked for a third time in a row and the opponent bet 13,100.

The Frenchman was sent into the think tank and reluctantly tossed in the chips for the call only to muck when shown {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Guillaume Darcourt fr
Guillaume Darcourt
19,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Guillaume Darcourt