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

Oops?

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Jared Jaffee bet 6,000 into a pot with approximately 11,000 in it on a {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} flop and was raised by the player in Seat 7 to 15,000. The player in Seat 1 tanked for a good minute before letting his hand go and Jaffee was quick to move the last of his chips into the middle and was quickly called by his opponent. Jaffee held {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a flush draw while his foe held {A-Spades}{K-Spades} for a pair of kings.

The turn was the {A-Clubs} and Jaffee would need a heart to win the pot. The river was the {7-Clubs} and that would be enough to end this entry for Jaffee. With this being a reentry event until Level 9 starts, there's a good chance we'll see Jaffee take his seat at another table in a few minutes. For now though he's busto.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Busted

A Few Counts...

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
56,000 -1,000
Joe Stiers
Joe Stiers
48,000 -1,000
Ryan Tepen us
Ryan Tepen
46,000 10,200
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
42,000 6,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
38,500 13,500
Mark Weisser us
Mark Weisser
37,000 12,000
Bradley Yazicki
Bradley Yazicki
32,500 7,500
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 3X Winner
31,000 4,500
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
28,000 3,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
25,700 24,700
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
23,000 -6,000
Steve Brecher us
Steve Brecher
WPT 1X Winner
23,000 -2,000
Toby Mathews us
Toby Mathews
15,500 -9,500
Justin Young us
Justin Young
WPT 1X Winner
10,500 -14,000

Lykov Flushes Watts

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a jack high flop with one spade, Steven Watts battled with Maksim Lykov and the second spade on the turn saw another big bet. A third spade appeared with the final community card and Lykov bet big, Watts put him all in with holding the {K-Spades}{J-Spades} for the second nut flush. Unfortunately, Lykov held {A-Spades}{6-Spades} for the better back door flush and doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Maksim Lykov
Maksim Lykov
41,000 25,000
Steven Watts gb
Steven Watts
14,000 -25,000

Tags: Maxim LykovSteven Watts

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

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

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

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

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