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

03-30-2014 16:08 UTC-4

Greg's Wish Unanswered

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Moments after the ten-handed final table was formed, Greg Wish open-jammed his last 39,000 (13 big blinds) holding the .

Unfortunately for Wish, Day 1 chip leader Brian Cavaliere woke up with , and despite having outs the board bricked out to send him home just short of the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Cavaliere	190,000 44,000	44,000
Greg Wish	Busted

Tags: Brian Cavaliere Greg Wish

03-30-2014 16:30 UTC-4

Craig Sarner Clubbed Over the Head

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Craig Sarner's last hand of the day was especially brutal, considering he played 12 hours to win a Mega Satellite into the Main Event, and 12 more hours on yesterday's Day 1, only to fall excruciatingly short of making the money.

Sarner jammed his last 28,000 into the middle with , coming over the top of Mike Summers' 6,500 opening wager.

Priced into making the call, Summers reluctantly committed the calling chips with his , finding himself well behind Sarner's overpair.

Unfortunately the flop rolled out with three clubs on board, instantly leaving Sarner with no outs - and no chips.

He hit the rail in 9th place, two spots short of making the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Summers	169,000 38,000	38,000
Craig Sarner	Busted

Tags: Craig Sarner Mike Summers

03-30-2014 16:39 UTC-4

Break Time

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The eight remaining players are now on a 15-minute break.

03-30-2014 16:55 UTC-4

Eight-Handed Chip Counts Heading Back From Break (full)

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

David Lackey is the Chip Leader Entering Bubble Play

With one elimination standing between these eight players and the coveted cash, here's where they stand heading back from the recent break.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lackey	324,000 175,000	175,000
Joseph Stiers	218,000 46,000	46,000
Jim Boyd	206,000 22,000	22,000
Lee Childs	181,000 -61,000	-61,000
Brian Cavaliere	173,000 -17,000	-17,000
Mike Summers	156,000 -13,000	-13,000
Mark Castaldo	131,000 4,000	4,000
Michaelann Moser	82,000 -23,000	-23,000

03-30-2014 16:55 UTC-4

Back in the Air

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Play has resumed and the next elimination will burst the money bubble.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

03-30-2014 17:00 UTC-4

Final Table Seating Assignments and Chip Counts

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Take a look at the table draw for the final table, with just eight players left in contention for this HPO Charles Town Regional Championship:

Seat	Player	Chip Count
1	Jim Boyd	206,000
2	Mike Summers	156,000
3	Lee Childs	181,000
4	Mark Castaldo	131,000
5	Michaelann Moser	82,000
6	Brian Cavaliere	173,000
7	Joseph Stiers	218,000
8	David Lackey	324,000

Tags: Brian Cavaliere David Lackey Jim Boyd Joseph Stiers Lee Childs Michaelann Moser Mike Summers

03-30-2014 17:24 UTC-4

A Cavaliere Attitude

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Brian Cavaliere Just Forced Two Folds to Earn a Big Pot

With the pressure of the money bubble affecting every player at the final table, Joseph Stiers opened the action for a 9,000 raise, hoping to scoop up another uncontested pot of blinds and antes.

Jim Boyd had other ideas though, and he flatted the bet from late position. With the action on him in the big blind, Day 1 chip leader Brian Cavaliere opted to put his opponents to the test with a three-bet to 20,000. Both Stiers and Boyd came along for the ride, bringing a flop of on board.

First to act, Cavaliere heaped a stack of 30,000 into the middle, continuing to represent the big hand his three-bet had alluded to. Stiers appeared to wince a bit at the bet, and commented about being in a "bad spot in the middle," with Boyd left to act. His cards were eventuallty slid toward the dealer, and Boyd did the same, sending a sizable pot to Cavaliere - a local boy who earned his Main Event seat through an earlier HPO Mega Satellite.

Cavaliere then flashed the to the table, confirming that he was not messing around by trying to play the bubble bully.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Cavaliere	221,000 48,000	48,000
Joseph Stiers	194,000 -24,000	-24,000
Jim Boyd	182,000 -24,000	-24,000

Tags: Brian Cavaliere Jim Boyd Joseph Stiers

03-30-2014 17:43 UTC-4

Childs Play

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Lee Childs Plays the Game Like a True Pro

After Lee Childs opened for the standard raise from the cutoff, Mark Castaldo three-bet holding the button, making it 25,000 to play.

Childs paused a beat before using both hands to heap four-bet forward, and the wager equated to 41,000 total. After asking for a count of the reraise, Castaldo elected to take a flop, and he flatted to see the fanned across the felt.

Without much hesitation, Childs announced himself all in for approximately 90,000 effective, and after tanking long and hard while talking himself through the hand, Castaldo asked a question we don't hear very often on the tournament floor:

"Will you fold if I show?," he asked Childs, obviously preparing to lay his holding down. "I think I'm losing here... I fold. Nice hand Lee."

With his father Bill standing by to sweat the action, Childs calmly dragged the pot his way without revealing his hand.