On the flop we saw Brian Cavaliere lead out for 1,500 from the big blind. Undeterred, his opponent tossed out raise to 5,100 and stared Cavaliere down from across the table.
Cavaliere assessed the situation for a moment before flatting the bet, taking the on the turn. Tapping the table for a check, Cavaliere watched his opponent do the same, bringing the to the board on river.
After a 7,000 wager by Cavaliere, his opponent agonized over his decision and talked himself through the hand. Eventually though, he slid seven orange T1000 chips into the middle, only to muck immediately when Cavaliere revealed the for a turned flush.
With the win, Cavaliere moved above double the starting stack, putting himself in comfortable position midway through Day 1 of this HPO Charles Town Main Event.
We noticed Chris Moneymaker adding another pile to his chip leading stack, and after a bit of inquiry we discovered the former World Champion had came out on the right end of brutal cooler.
Apparently, Moneymaker woke up with in the hole, and when the flop rained down , his big slick became the biggest boat on the block.
Unfortunately for Valerie Novak, however, the flop was a pretty good fit for her as well. Even though the pot was played slowly by both players through fifth street, each trying to trap one another, all of the chips were pushed in when the river blanked off.
Moneymaker's unbeatable full house gave him the win, sending Novak to the rail for a re-entry ticket, and pushing the champ's stack over the 100,000 plateau.
The Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races Has Surpassed the Previous Season High for Main Event Turnout
With the latest re-entry recorded here on Day 1, the field has swelled to 69 total entries, meaning the HPO Charles Town Main Event has officially become the top draw in terms of turnout this season.
When 67 entries were compiled at the last HPO stop in St. Louis, the number represented a major milestone for the up-and-coming tour, marking the most successful series stop to date. The positive momentum has carried over from the Gateway to the West to West Virginia, and today mark's the highest turnout so far at an HPO Regional Championship Main Event.
We noticed Chris Moneymaker's previous stack of 105,000 had been dented just a bit, as the 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion currently sits with just over 70,000 chips.
Hearing the booming voice of Mike Anderson one table over, we took a look and discovered the old maxim about players talking more when they're winning to be true.
Anderson was adding a sizable pot to his stack - which now holds more than 80,000 to give him top honors thus far - and after interrogating him as to the source of his windfall, we found out just how he earned his winnings.
"I'm the best player here... write that down," said Anderson, his tongue planted firmly in cheek. "Best player at the table, hell, best in the room!"
Having pushed ahead of Moneymaker on the leaderboard, Anderson's boast may not be entirely accurate, but at the moment nobody can convince him otherwise.
After two players limped in before him, Timothy Little opted to raise the action holding the button. Next to act, Chris Moneymaker decided to three-bet and put the pressure back on Little and his suspected squeeze play.
Little decided to flat with and the flop came down to give him an open-ended straight draw. Moneymaker c-bet the flop and Little flatted once more to take a trip down fourth street.
Turn:
With that, Little's gin card had arrived as he made the nut straight. Moneymaker moved a pile of chips into the middle to effectively force Little all in if he called, and call he did with the stone cold nuts.
Moneymaker tabled , but despite holding the best preflop hand in Hold'em, he was drawing dead heading to the river.
With the loss, Moneymaker's previously chip-leading stack dropped back down to the average mark, while Little chipped up to put himself in position for another deep run here at the HPO Charles Town stop.
Chris Moneymaker is Playing the Game Within the Game
After a torrid start to the day saw Chris Moneymaker surge above the 100,000-chip plateau early on, the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion experienced a bit of a reversal, as evidenced by the following tweet:
After vowing to tighten up after the dinner break concluded, Moneymaker took down a pot early in Level 7 to keep climbing.
The board read by the turn and Moneymaker had a 2,000 bet in front of him. After a brief tank, his opponent decided to see the river and he flatted to see the rain down.
Moneymaker never took his gaze from the Clash of Clans game he was feverishly playing throughout the hand, using one hand to send his virtual minions into battle, while using the other to fire out a 4,100 bet.
The other player quickly surrendered, just as Moneymaker pushed his forces through the gates of his online enemy, and without moving his eyes from the screen, the champ collected another pot without a showdown.
After taking down top honors at the 2014 Hollywood Poker Open Grantville Regional Championship in early in March, Bradley Yazici is here today looking for his second big score of the month.
Yazici was riding a short stack during the first few orbits after dinner break, but eventually he woke up with and watched as four players limped in for 500 each.
With the action on him, Yazici wasted no time in heaping his stack forward, and his last 7,950 chips were put at risk. A lone limper looked Yazici up with , but the board ran out clean, coming to keep the fishhooks out in front.
Yazici doubled back to just over the starting stack, giving him 40 big blinds with which to mount an attempt at his second HPO Regional Championship title of the season.
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flop we saw Brian Cavaliere lead out for 1,500 from the big blind. Undeterred, his opponent tossed out raise to 5,100 and stared Cavaliere down from across the table.
on the turn. Tapping the table for a check, Cavaliere watched his opponent do the same, bringing the 
to the board on river.
for a turned flush.
in the hole, and when the flop rained down 
as well. Even though the pot was played slowly by both players through fifth street, each trying to trap one another, all of the chips were pushed in when the river blanked off.
to give him an open-ended straight draw. Moneymaker c-bet the flop and Little flatted once more to take a trip down fourth street.
by the turn and Moneymaker had a 2,000 bet in front of him. After a brief tank, his opponent decided to see the river and he flatted to see the 
rain down.
and watched as four players limped in for 500 each.
, but the board ran out clean, coming 
to keep the fishhooks out in front.
