HPO Columbus Regional Championship | 2014 Hollywood Poker Open Columbus Regional Event

05-25-2014 22:26 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts For the Final Six

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Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Michalak	995,000 -5,000	-5,000
Joseph Couden	645,000 -5,000	-5,000
Christopher Collins	285,000 -116,500	-116,500
Todd Funderburg	270,000 21,000	21,000
Scott Dehm	175,000 -45,000	-45,000
Jimmie Adams	125,000 -94,000	-94,000

05-25-2014 22:18 UTC-5

PJ Grace Eliminated in 7th Place ($9,124)

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Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

PJ Grace opened for 20,000 and was called by John Michalak, The flop came and Grace led out for 25,000. Michalak bet 200,000 which was enough to set Grace all in. Grace made the call with which was ahead of the that Michalak had. The turn changed that, however, as it was the to give Michalak a flush.

Grace still had outs to a six or Jack but the river was the and he was eliminated in 7th place. Michalak in the meantime becomes the first player to top the one million chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Michalak	1,000,000 344,500	344,500
Patrick Grace III	Busted

Level: 21

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

05-25-2014 22:11 UTC-5

Danny Clements Eliminated in 8th Place ($7,096)

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Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Joey Couden opened the action from late position and snap-called Danny Clements all-in re-raise from the small blind. The two were racing as Couden had and Clements had .

The race was over quickly as the flop would come . The turn was the and the river was the and Clements was eliminated in 8th place while Couden continued his hot run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Couden	650,000 190,000	190,000
Danny Clements	Busted

05-25-2014 22:06 UTC-5

Stephen Birtcher Eliminated in 9th Place ($5,576)

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Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Stephen Birtcher survived countless all in's but his luck finally ran out. He called off his last 6K on a flop with and was up against Joey Coulden's . A nine would give Birtcher more than five times what he started the hand with but the turn was the and the river was the to give Couden a full house and eliminating Birtcher in 9th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Couden	460,000 215,000	215,000
Stephen Birtcher	Busted

05-25-2014 21:42 UTC-5

Danny Clements Spikes King to Stay Alive

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Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Scott Dehm opened to 20,000 from early position and Danny Clements moved all in for 137,000 total from the small blind. After getting a count, Dehm made the call and turned over . When he saw Clements had , Dehm said "I wish you wouldn't have done that" as if he knew he was going to lose the hand.

Dehm was prophetic as the board would run out to give Clements new life while Dehm was clipped down to 220,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Clements	290,000 125,500	125,500
Scott Dehm	220,000 -119,500	-119,500

Level: 20

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 500

05-25-2014 21:01 UTC-5

Break/Updated Chip Counts

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Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Players have a little less than 10 minutes left on their break. Here are updated chip counts:

Player	Chips	Progress
John Michalak	655,500 55,500	55,500
Christopher Collins	401,500 91,500	91,500
Scott Dehm	339,500 -35,500	-35,500
Todd Funderburg	249,000 49,000	49,000
Joseph Couden	245,000 -10,000	-10,000
Jimmie Adams	219,000 39,000	39,000
Patrick Grace III	205,500 -19,500	-19,500
Danny Clements	164,500 -50,500	-50,500
Stephen Birtcher	53,000 -37,000	-37,000

05-25-2014 20:39 UTC-5

Trevor Renner Eliminated in 10th Place ($4,562)

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Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Trevor Renner moved all in with but had the bad timing to run into the that Todd Funderburg held. Funderburg also moved all in and Renner would be eliminated when the board ran out .

It was quite the day for Renner who started off slowly and was down to less than 10,000 in chips. He would run that up to one of the top stacks in the room before running into a dry spell at the end of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Funderburg	200,000 70,000	70,000
Trevor Renner	Busted

Tags: Todd Funderburg Trevor Renner

05-25-2014 20:37 UTC-5

Birtcher Triples Up

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Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Steve Birtcher limped in for 6,000 leaving himself with just 18,000. After a quick peek at Birchter's stack, Scott Dehm raised it to 25,000. Jimmie Adams called and it was folded back to Birchter who went all in for 1,000 less than Dehm's raise.

The flop came and both Adams and Dehm checked.

Dehm led out with a small bet on the turn and Adams folded. Dehm turned over and Birchter pleaded with the dealer "pair the board" as he turned over .