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

Gohr no More

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Sebastian Gohr raised to 700 after one player limped and two seats over, Tony Dunst three-bet to 2,100. The limper folded and the German moved all in for his remaining 7,075 chips after giving it some thought. Dunst snap called:

Dunst: {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}
Gohr: {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

The board ran out {J-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Spades} and Gohr was no more.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
29,000 4,000
Sebastian Gohr gb
Sebastian Gohr
Busted

Tags: Sebastian GohrTony Dunst

Last Hand of Action

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Galen Hall raised to 500 and got three callers. On the {K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop, everybody checked and Hall then called 700 on the {5-Diamonds} turn from the player in the big blind. One further opponent stuck around as well and the {Q-Hearts} river completed the board. Hall bet 3,175 and that was good enough to take down the pot as both opponents folded.

Hall showed the {8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and said "last hand of action," as the table got broken shortly after. "Ah well, I got one through or would have had to rebuy." Let's see how he is doing on the next table.

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
14,000 5,500

Tags: Galen Hall

Oops

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

A player opened to 500 and Jared Jaffee grabbed four chips meaning to reraise to 1,600. He grabbed the wrong chips, however, and actually bet 16,000. The blinds are at 100/200 mind you, so this was a massive overbet. Everyone folded and Greg Ostrander gave a curious look to Jaffee.

"Was that a misclick?" Ostrander asked.

Jaffee didn't understand at first but once he realized he had thrown out the wrong chips, he gave a sheepish grin.

"Everyone at the table was praying for aces," Ostrander laughed.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
34,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Some Chip Counts...

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Carlos Mortensen recently took his seat making two former WSOP Main Event Champions taking part today thus far. Some chip counts from around the room:

Player Chips Progress
Joe Stiers
Joe Stiers
49,000 24,000
Greg Ostrander us
Greg Ostrander
WSOP 1X Winner
42,500 -4,700
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
WSOP 4X Winner
42,000 17,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
35,000 6,000
Justin Pechie us
Justin Pechie
WSOP 2X Winner
33,500 -1,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
31,500 6,500
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
29,000 4,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
27,300 2,300
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
27,000 2,000
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 3X Winner
26,500
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
26,500 -2,500
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
25,000
Justin Young us
Justin Young
WPT 1X Winner
24,500 -500
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
22,700 -2,300
Nick Guagenti us
Nick Guagenti
WSOP 1X Winner
20,000
Alex Queen us
Alex Queen
16,500 7,900
Seth Berger us
Seth Berger
12,550 -12,450
Jacob Bazeley us
Jacob Bazeley
10,700 -14,300
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
1,000 -24,000

Hall is Having a Ball

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Galen Hall three-bet an open raise from 400 to 1,200 and the two of them saw the {J-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop. A small bet was called and on the {8-Hearts} turn, the opponent of Hall check-raised him all in.

Hall had bet 3,000 and called all in with the {9-Spades}{4-Clubs} to pick up the pot versus {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} once the {2-Diamonds} completed the board.

Kitty Kuo doubled up as well.

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
36,000 22,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
35,000 19,500

Tags: Galen HallKitty Kuo

Full House for Watts

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

On the {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{K-Spades} flop, the player in the small blind bet 1,200 and only Steven Watts made the call to see the {Q-Hearts} turn. Both players checked and the {10-Spades} river completed the board.

Watts made it 4,000 to go and was called rather quickly by {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}, but that was only second best to the {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs} of the Brit.

A few more notables made it into the tournament by now as well and we have added them to the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Watts gb
Steven Watts
39,000 14,000
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
25,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
WSOP 2X Winner
25,000 25,000
Sean Prendiville ie
Sean Prendiville
25,000 25,000
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
21,000 -4,000
Maksim Lykov
Maksim Lykov
16,000 16,000
Seth Berger us
Seth Berger
8,550 -4,000

Tags: Steven Watts