$2,500 Championship Event
Day 3 Started
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event
$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,477,025
Entries
655
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
The Final Day of the Hollywood Poker Open Championship is Upon Us!
After three long days of play it's down to just 21 hopefuls in the Hollywood Poker Open Championship event with Aaron Mermelstein leading the way. There were 655 entries in this event, and the field is littered with top pros chasing down the trophy and the $332,338 first-place prize.
Defending champion Keven Stammen's among the contenders on Day 3, but he'll be facing an uphill battle with just 225,000 chips in the 10,000/20,000 a2,000 level.
Top pros that are in the hunt include Austrian Thomas Muehloecker (1,402,000), Dane Michael Tureniec (1,136,000), Belgian Pierre Neuville (464,000) and American pros Calvin Anderson (1,112,000) and Dan O'Brien (389,000).
All remaining players are guaranteed $9,748, and a spot at the final table is worth $29,541. The action resumes at 12:00 p.m. local time and play will continue until there's a winner.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Philip Randazzo Eliminated in 21st Place ($9,748)
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Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Calvin Anderson made it 44,000 on the button and Michael Tureniec called from the small blind.
Philip Randazzo shoved for 225,000 from the big blind and only Anderson called.
Randazzo: 
Anderson: 
Anderson had Randazzo crushed and just about flopped him dead when it came 
. The 
turn gave him an out to quads, but the 
was not the 
and Randazzo exited 21st.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,430,000 | 318,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Nathan Bjerno Eliminated in 20th Place ($9,754)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Nathan Bjerno just raised to 45,000 under the gun and Aaron Mermelstein made the call after which two players saw a flop of 
.
Bjerno checked on the flop and Mermelstein bet 60,000, which was called by the initial raiser.
On the turn the 
hit and Bjerno checked again. This time Mermelstein fired out 140,000, and after a while Bjerno check-raised all in for 544,000.
"You got like nines?" Mermelstein asked.
"I don't think I can fold here," Mermelstein then said, as he pushed forward a stack of chips to make the call.
Bjerno: 
Mermelstein: 
The river brought the and Bjerno was knocked out in 20th place, while Mermelstein's now holding an even bigger chip lead over the rest of the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,190,000 | 717,000 |
|
Busted |
John Creed Eliminated in 19th Place ($9,748)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Bryan Piccioli jammed the small blind and John Creed called off in the big blind for less than 200,000.
Creed was ahead with the 
over Piccioli's 
and the 
flop almost locked up the double up. Instead, the 
turn gave Piccioli outs and the 
river made him trips.
Creed was bounced 19th and the rest redrew for seats at the final two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | 156,000 |
|
Busted |
The Final Two Tables
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Table 1 | Table 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Vaughn | Duke Lee |
| 2 | Bryan Piccioli | Jim Kasputis |
| 3 | DeJuante Alexander | Michael Aron |
| 4 | Mark Castaldo | Keven Stammen |
| 5 | Brady Bullard | Aaron Mermelstein |
| 6 | Julian Parmann | Thomas Muehloecker |
| 7 | Tobias Ziegler | Calvin Anderson |
| 8 | Pierre Neuville | Jesse Cohen |
| 9 | Michael Tureniec | Dan O'Brien |
Mermelstein Extends, Cal Reeling
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The two players at the top of the chip counts just tangled in a massive pot that ultimately extended Aaron Mermelstein's lead, and sent Calvin Anderson reeling.
There was close to 600,000 in the pot on a 
board to the river, and Mermelstein led 450,000 from the small blind. Talking to himself about the flush draw getting there, Anderson made the huge call under the gun plus one, and was right, Mermelstein did not have the spades.
Instead, he had the 
for the turned straight, and after Anderson's card hit the muck, the almost 1.5 million chip pot was pushed to Mermelstein.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,150,000 | 960,000 |
|
|
450,000 | -980,000 |
Duke Lee Eliminated in 18th Place ($12,998)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Calvin Anderson raised before the flop from the hijack seat, and Duke Lee moved all in from the small blind for about 330,000. Anderson called right away, having his opponent covered by just 20,000.
Anderson had the 
, but he was behind Lee's .
The board ran out 
to give Anderson a full house to best Lee's kings.
With that, Lee was out, but he bagged up a big stack in the $1,500 Monster Stack at the World Series of Poker across town, so he's now off to continue his summer of poker just a few miles down the road.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000 | 270,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000