HPO Charles Town Regional Championship | 2014 Hollywood Poker Open Charles Town Regional Event

03-30-2014 20:51 UTC-4

Cavaliere Flops the Joint to Stay Alive

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

After a 13,000 opening raise from Lee Childs in early position, a short-stacked Brian Cavaliere three-bet shoved for 55,000 more.

Childs went deep into the tank and cut out a stack of calling chips to assess the damage should he wind up second-best.

"Well, if I'm gonna lose, it might as well be to you Lee..." said Cavaliere. "I took you out in the last one."

Childs only grinned in response, before saying aloud "you might've cost yourself some action there."

Eventually though, after a tank that spanned more than three minutes, Childs made a reluctant call with , finding himself drawing thin against the Day 1 chip leader's .

Standing to sweat the flop, Cavaliere watched the rain down, giving him a full house and a near lock on the hand. The turn card came to leave Childs drawing dead, and the came on the river to make things official.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lee Childs	350,000 -62,000	-62,000
Brian Cavaliere	142,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: Brian Cavaliere Lee Childs

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 500

03-30-2014 21:13 UTC-4

Mike Summers Eliminated in 7th Place ($5,846)

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

The first payout slip has been claimed here at the final table, and it was Mike Summers who took the lonely walk to the cashier's cage.

Summers moved in for about 75,000 or so holding , and Mark Castaldo shoved for slightly larger stack when he woke up with .

The final board rolled out to leave Castaldo's ladies out in front, and Summers hit the rail with a 7th place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Castaldo	172,000 75,500	75,500
Mike Summers	Busted

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03-30-2014 21:25 UTC-4

Lackey Lacking

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

The board read by fourth street and Mark Castaldo had a bet of 15,000 pushed in front of his stack.

David Lackey responded with a raise to 45,000, forcing Castaldo to a tough decision. After asking for a count of the raise, Castaldo opted to flat the bet and take the river, which came down .

Pausing a beat to ponder his options, Castaldo suddenly announced himself all in for approximately 114,000, which was effectively an all-in bet for Lackey as well, who held 120,000 behind.

After squeezing and re-checking his hole cards, Lackey appeared to be pained by the bet, and he flashed the before announcing the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Castaldo	245,000 73,000	73,000
David Lackey	121,000 -86,000	-86,000

03-30-2014 21:34 UTC-4

Current Chip Counts

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Joseph Stiers Has Claimed the Chip Lead With Just Five Players Standing Between Him and the Title

Check out the latest chip counts for the final six players left in contention for this HPO Charles Town Regional Championship.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Stiers	515,000 181,500	181,500
Lee Childs	346,000 -4,000	-4,000
Mark Castaldo	230,000 -15,000	-15,000
Jim Boyd	172,000 -5,500	-5,500
Brian Cavaliere	134,000 -8,000	-8,000
David Lackey	91,000 -30,000	-30,000

03-30-2014 22:05 UTC-4

David Lackey Eliminated in 6th Place ($7,016)

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

After Brian Cavaliere opened for a raise to 20,000, a short-stacked David Lackey made his stand with the , moving all in over the top for his last 110,000.

The action folded back around to Cavaliere and he quickly called with the to find himself in the classic coin flip situation. The board ran out , and despite finding a four-flush on fourth street, the river missed Lackey's hand entirely and he hit the rail in sixth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Cavaliere	255,000 121,000	121,000
David Lackey	Busted

Tags: Brian Cavaliere David Lackey

03-30-2014 22:10 UTC-4

Break and Chip Counts (full)

donpeters

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

The players are now on a break. Here are the updated chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Stiers	569,000 54,000	54,000
Lee Childs	388,000 42,000	42,000
Brian Cavaliere	234,000 -21,000	-21,000
Mark Castaldo	162,000 -68,000	-68,000
Jim Boyd	86,000 -86,000	-86,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

03-30-2014 22:19 UTC-4

Jim Boyd Eliminated in 5th Place ($9,354)

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Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Jim Boyd open-shoved for his last 85,000 from the hijack, and Brian Cavaliere made the call from the small blind.

Showdown:

Boyd:
Cavaliere:

The pocket pair produced by Cavaliere put him in command of the hand, and when the board ran clean with no diamonds or straights, he sent Boyd packing with a 5th place finish.

Cavaliere, meanwhile, re-assumed his position of power after entering the day with a significant chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Cavaliere	336,000 102,000	102,000
Jim Boyd	Busted

Tags: Jim Boyd Brian Cavaliere

03-30-2014 22:40 UTC-4

Lee Childs Scores Massive Double With Pocket Rockets

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Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Lee Childs Just Put Himself in Position to Take Down His First HPO Regional Championship

Joseph Stiers held the big stack and opened to 22,000 from under the gun, only to see Lee Childs three-bet to 52,000 from the button.

Stiers assessed the situation for a moment before announcing himself all in, and Childs had to confirm before snapping the bet off with .

With 297,000 to his name, it was Childs who was all in and at risk, but he was in a great spot with his bullets up against Stiers' .

The final board ran out and with a flopped set of aces, Childs scored the double to effectively reverse the chip positions, claiming the chip lead in one fell swoop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lee Childs	644,000 256,000	256,000
Joseph Stiers	275,000 -294,000	-294,000

Tags: Joseph Stiers Lee Childs