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

Carroll Applying Pressure

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

James Carroll opened for 650 and the player to his immediate left in Seat 3 reraised to 1,950. It was folded back around to Carroll who made the call. The flop came {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and Carroll checked. His opponent made a bet of 1,950 and Carroll was fairly quick to check-raise that bet to 5,350. His opponent made the call.

The turn was the {4-Clubs} and Carroll led out for 8,300. His opponent thought for maybe ten seconds and then released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
James Carroll us
James Carroll
WPT 2X Winner
37,000 12,000

Kuo Gets More

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Kitty Kuo increased her stack after flopping a full house with {2-Diamonds}{2-Spades} on the {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop. Her opponent turned the flush with {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs} when the {4-Clubs} turned up and that was also when the money went in. The opponent was already drawing dead and a brick on the river changed nothing at all.

Player Chips Progress
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
57,000 22,000

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Nostradamus?

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

According to the players at Table 34, it all started with a raise to 400 and then Jim Boyd made it 1,100 to go. It was folded to Mike Wynn who popped it up to 3,300. The original raiser folded and the action was on Boyd who according to Wynn "snap folded face up pocket kings."

Wynn said Boyd deserved to see that he'd made a good fold and showed him his pocket aces. "I was just amazed how fast he folded though," said Wynn.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Wynn
Mike Wynn
45,000
Jim Boyd
Jim Boyd
23,300

PokerNews Podcast Episode #230: Dangerous feat. Matt Salsberg

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Matt Salsberg joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about his third-place finish at the 2014 World Series of Poker, being dangerous, a new show he's developing, and much more.

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Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25