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Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Championship Event
$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Championship Event
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,255
Prize Pool
$1,542,420
Total Entries
684
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 684
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The players are on a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume at about 7:48 p.m.
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Matthias De Meulder fired off two bullets in this event, and he's decided to call it a night. De Meulder re-entered recently and he busted his second bullet even faster than the first.
De Meulder told us how he raised with 
from the cutoff and the button called. The flop brought out 
and De Meulder check-called a bet of 1,300 and the turn was an .
Both players checked and on the river De Meulder bet 3,900 when a popped up. De Meulder was called by 
and he lost a chunk of his stack.
De Meulder finally got knocked out when he re-shoved 
for 23 big blinds into a player with pocket jacks.
"Im outta here," De Meulder said, as he walked out the room.
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
When we arrived at the table with Chris Moneymaker, [Removed:551] was in the tank. It looked like [Removed:552] had opened to 1,000 and then Moneymaker moved in for 6,375. Kruger had made the call, and then [Removed:552] was thinking. Eventually, [Removed:552] reraised all in to put the pressure back on Kruger. He tanked, then folded, leaving Moneymaker to do battle with [Removed:552].
"Please tell me you have ace-king," said a hopeful Moneymaker.
[Removed:552] did indeed show ace-king with the 
.
"Yes! Well that's at least good," commented Moneymaker as he turned up the 
.
The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Moneymaker was off to the rail.
"I'll see you guys later," said the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. "At least I get an early dinner."
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
A series of raises between Russell Thomas in middle position and Jason Duval in the cutoff led to Thomas all in for 29,450 with against Duval's 
.
The board ran out 
, safe for Thomas to score the double.
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The player on the button opened to 800, the player in the small blind called and Jake Balsiger three-bet to what appeared to be 3,000 from the big blind. The initial raiser folded, the player in the small blind four-bet shoved for 11,675. Balsiger tanked for a bit before he called with 
, leading his opponent's 
.
However, the flop was a disaster for Balsiger as it fell 
to give his opponent trip sixes. The turn fell to give Balsiger a flush draw, and the river completed the board to give Balsiger a flush to eliminate his opponent.
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
We just spotted Fedor Holz sitting on a big stack, and he was kind enough to bring us up to speed with what happened.
Holz raised holding 
and three players made the call after which the flop brought out 
. All four players checked and on the turn another hit.
Now it was Holz who bet 1,200 after one player checked, and he got one caller.
The river was another and Holz moved all in for five times the size of the pot. He was called by and the German's bigger full house took down this pot.
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Picking up the action on a flop of 
with about 4,700 in the pot, Pierre Neuville checked from under the gun and Darryll Fish bet 2,200 from the hijack. Neuville check-raised to 5,500, Fish called and the fell on the turn.
Both checked to see the river which Neuville opted to check. Fish shoved for 13,000, resulting in a quick fold from Neuville.
