Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
2014 Hollywood Poker Open Charles Town Regional Event
HPO Charles Town Regional Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Hollywood Poker Open Charles Town Regional Event
Buy-in
$1,629
Prize Pool
$116,928
Entries
72
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
Ring the Dinner Bell
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The remaining 45 or so players have taken their leave for a 60-minute dinner break, and play will resume in approximately one hour.
Like a Cool Summers Breeze
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The final board read 
and more than 11,000 sat in the pot waiting to be claimed.
Mike Summers decided to fire a bet of 7,800 into the middle to try and do just that, but his opponent tanked long and hard while contemplating his options.
Eventually, after shooting a glance or three over to Summers, and counting out the calling chips to assess the damage should he call and lose, the man uncapped his cards and slid them to the dealer.
"How do you fold there?," asked Summers as he dragged the pot with a smile. "I bet so much to get you to call."
Although we never saw his cards to confirm the subtle boast, Summers planted the seed in his opponent's mind heading into the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 |
Little Big Man
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
||
|
51,500
22,000
|
22,000 |
Bravado and Braggadocio
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
71,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
|
||
Charles Town Tops the Turnout List
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Chris Makes a Boatload of Money
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Brian Cavaliere Extracts a Bit of Value
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Updated Chip Counts as Level 5 Begins
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
With the fifth level of play now underway, here are a few updated counts for the notable names in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
37,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
29,500
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
23,500
-800
|
-800 |
|
|
16,500 | |