$2,500 Championship Event
Day 1b Completed
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event
$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 1b
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
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Day 1b of the Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 $2,500 Championship Event drew a total of 363 entries, of which 121 made it through to Day 2. Dan Smith led the way with 243,300 in chips, but the headlines were grabbed by 91-year-old Ray Cuny.
Cuny bagged up 199,900 chips. He hails from Aurora, Illinois and qualified at his local Hollywood Casino for this event. Despite being recently diagnosed with bladder cancer, he showed excellent playing ability on Friday and bagged up one of the biggest stacks moving forward.
The second of the two starting days saw a big influx of players who qualified to the event from around the U.S., but the big pros also flocked to the M Resort Spa Casino for a shot at what looks to be a first-place prize of well over $300,000.
Players from all over the world showed up, including HPO Season 1 Championship Event winner Ana Marquez. The Spanish pro won this event for $320,189 after beating a field of 631 players, but this time around she will have to reenter before Day 2 if she wants to make another run. The winner from Season 2, Simon Deadman, reentered on Day 1b after busting once and bagged up 43,700 in chips.
Another Spanish pro, young superstar Adrian Mateos, won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet earlier in the day across town. He then showed up at the M Resort not too long after and went on to bag up 32,000 in chips.
Other top pros that survived the day included Calvin Anderson (210,200), Pierre Neuville (185,900), Roman Valerstein (145,300), David "Doc" Sands (87,500), Dan Sindelar (86,700), Barry Hutter (51,400), and Oliver Price (48,200).
With the allowance of unlimited reentries, plenty of players fired multiple times. HPO ambassador Chris Moneymaker and Lee Childs were among the ones to get knocked out, but all of those who busted can still get back into the event with reentry open until the start of Saturday's Day 2.
Play will resume at 11 a.m. local time, and PokerNews will be there from start to finish for all your HPO Season 4 Championship Event coverage.
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Arianna Son | 77,400 |
| 3 | 2 | Javier Gomez | 224,700 |
| 3 | 3 | Joseph Brown | 39,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Jonathan Borenstein | 77,400 |
| 3 | 6 | Jan Schwippert | 22,100 |
| 3 | 7 | Chris Dombrowski | 53,500 |
| 3 | 8 | Shannon Shorr | 32,800 |
| 3 | 9 | Jason Les | 60,800 |
| 4 | 1 | Chris DeMaci | 124,300 |
| 4 | 2 | Michael Tureniec | 105,100 |
| 4 | 3 | Ty Reiman | 36,600 |
| 4 | 4 | Brent Hanks | 31,600 |
| 4 | 6 | Ben Palmer | 60,500 |
| 4 | 7 | Chad Eveslage | 27,600 |
| 4 | 8 | William Byrnes | 150,800 |
| 4 | 9 | Shashank Jain | 56,400 |
| 5 | 1 | Aymon Hata | 83,800 |
| 5 | 2 | JP Kelly | 104,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Elliot Smith | 92,900 |
| 5 | 4 | Chris Johnson | 119,800 |
| 5 | 6 | Javier Garcirreywalkdos | 72,600 |
| 5 | 7 | Tobias Ziegler | 88,900 |
| 5 | 8 | Justin Young | 101,100 |
| 5 | 9 | Jerry Payne | 56,500 |
| 6 | 1 | Mohammed Ladah | 43,300 |
| 6 | 2 | Bradley Meyers | 44,600 |
| 6 | 3 | Lorenz Beliler | 73,200 |
| 6 | 4 | Garrett Beckman | 27,100 |
| 6 | 6 | Jeffrey Roberson | 47,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Simon Deadman | 43,700 |
| 6 | 8 | Julian Parmann | 57,700 |
| 6 | 9 | Dustin Brown | 49,700 |
| 7 | 1 | Ryan Laplante | 50,400 |
| 7 | 2 | Andreas Olympios | 68,600 |
| 7 | 3 | William Foxen | 39,300 |
| 7 | 4 | Ankush Mandavia | 77,400 |
| 7 | 6 | Mike Sites | 71,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Ben Richardson | 32,100 |
| 7 | 8 | Jimmy Gorham | 48,800 |
| 7 | 9 | Giancarlo Santolin | 49,700 |
| 10 | 1 | Dustin Murphy | 163,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Toby Lewis | 56,900 |
| 10 | 3 | Bob Redman | 123,200 |
| 10 | 4 | Akihiko Cra | 83,900 |
| 10 | 6 | Sergey Lebedev | 30,500 |
| 10 | 7 | Joff Helder | 161,700 |
| 10 | 8 | Brandon Meyers | 42,800 |
| 10 | 9 | Mark Radoja | 26,900 |
| 11 | 1 | John Creed | 41,400 |
| 11 | 2 | Kouwad Reyle | 20,200 |
| 11 | 3 | Shelly Griffith | 74,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Samuel Chartier | 31,900 |
| 11 | 6 | Adrian Mateos | 32,000 |
| 11 | 7 | Steven van Zadelhoff | 90,000 |
| 11 | 8 | David Novosel | 75,700 |
| 11 | 9 | Denny Grizzle | Did Not Report |
| 12 | 1 | Anthony Vaughn | 53,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Harrison Gimbel | 76,500 |
| 12 | 3 | Pavel Veksler | 197,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Doda Holland | 71,100 |
| 12 | 6 | Chris Saduoli | 25,700 |
| 12 | 7 | Sven Reichardt | 85,700 |
| 12 | 8 | Darrien Miller | 57,000 |
| 12 | 9 | Thomas Muehloecker | 87,900 |
| 13 | 1 | Eric Ladny | 45,700 |
| 13 | 2 | Hans Hein | 178,400 |
| 13 | 3 | Sergio Aido | 29,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Robert Schulz | 38,400 |
| 13 | 6 | Joe Serock | 41,900 |
| 13 | 7 | John Ernst | 26,600 |
| 13 | 8 | Alex Lynskey | 210,600 |
| 13 | 9 | Armin Mette | 140,000 |
| 14 | 1 | Anthony Spinella | 107,200 |
| 14 | 2 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 54,200 |
| 14 | 3 | Randal Flowers | 209,900 |
| 14 | 4 | Jamie Rosen | 146,900 |
| 14 | 6 | Kane Lau | 109,100 |
| 14 | 7 | Rick Rice | 126,700 |
| 14 | 8 | Howard Hunt | 29,200 |
| 14 | 9 | JoJo Contino | 10,600 |
| 17 | 1 | Frank Patti | 252,900 |
| 17 | 2 | Rachel Kranz | 111,400 |
| 17 | 3 | Philip Randazzo | 65,800 |
| 17 | 4 | Mark Dube | 79,000 |
| 17 | 6 | Kevin MacPhee | 59,300 |
| 17 | 7 | Michael Merrslees | 86,900 |
| 17 | 8 | Duke Lee | 95,100 |
| 17 | 9 | Christopher Frank | 33,300 |
| 18 | 1 | Jonathan Delong | 57,500 |
| 18 | 2 | Ryan Tepen | 92,300 |
| 18 | 3 | Travis Burch | 43,700 |
| 18 | 4 | Michael Rocco | 53,500 |
| 18 | 6 | Brandon Hall | 22,200 |
| 18 | 7 | Pierre Neuville | 185,900 |
| 18 | 8 | Neil Blumenfield | 93,900 |
| 18 | 9 | Connor Drinan | 52,300 |
| 19 | 1 | Dermot Blain | 77,800 |
| 19 | 2 | James Rann | 23,500 |
| 19 | 3 | Brian Mancilla | 110,600 |
| 19 | 4 | Sam Stein | 41,000 |
| 19 | 6 | Frank Williams | 143,400 |
| 19 | 7 | Calvin Anderson | 210,200 |
| 19 | 8 | Craig Varnell | 54,600 |
| 19 | 9 | Oluwashola Akindele | 30,300 |
| 20 | 1 | Justin Oliver | 67,700 |
| 20 | 2 | Joby Houck | 84,000 |
| 20 | 3 | Matt Lushin | Did Not Report |
| 20 | 4 | Roman Valerstein | 145,300 |
| 20 | 6 | Barry Hutter | 51,400 |
| 20 | 7 | Marty Gorenc | 64,600 |
| 20 | 8 | Sean Loring | 22,000 |
| 20 | 9 | Hans Winifler | 25,000 |
| 21 | 1 | Dan O’Brien | 100,800 |
| 21 | 2 | Michael Gagliano | 51,000 |
| 21 | 3 | Ray Henson | 142,900 |
| 21 | 4 | Matthew Wakeman | 35,600 |
| 21 | 6 | Joao Vieira | 54,700 |
| 21 | 7 | Tom Middleton | 176,500 |
| 21 | 8 | Zo Karim | 140,900 |
| 21 | 9 | Cory Bogert | 222,000 |
| 24 | 1 | Bryan Piccioli | 66,800 |
| 24 | 2 | Matthew Moss | 55,100 |
| 24 | 3 | Brian Green | 17,700 |
| 24 | 4 | Andre Lettav | 163,000 |
| 24 | 6 | Dan Smith | 243,300 |
| 24 | 6 | Mark Darner | 149,900 |
| 24 | 7 | Edward Foule | 105,800 |
| 24 | 8 | Eoghan O’Deaa | 60,600 |
| 24 | 9 | Bjorn Li | 51,900 |
| 25 | 1 | Steve McNally | 18,100 |
| 25 | 2 | Adam Sheman | 89,600 |
| 25 | 3 | Mark Castaldo | 49,500 |
| 25 | 4 | Casey Yontz | 46,900 |
| 25 | 6 | Martin Stausholm | 53,000 |
| 25 | 7 | Tobias A. Peters | 67,000 |
| 25 | 8 | Jake Bazeley | 78,600 |
| 25 | 9 | Jarrod Klein | 86,400 |
| 26 | 1 | Jim Kasputis | 137,800 |
| 26 | 2 | Dan Chambers | 77,600 |
| 26 | 3 | Aaron Mermelstein | 88,000 |
| 26 | 4 | Terry Fan | 115,300 |
| 26 | 7 | Marc MacDonell | 98,300 |
| 26 | 8 | Zachery Schneider | 29,200 |
| 26 | 9 | James Clark | 45,100 |
| 27 | 1 | Marlon Milnel | 22,400 |
| 27 | 2 | James Gettinger | 124,100 |
| 27 | 3 | Tom Murray | 7,600 |
| 27 | 4 | Dan Sindelar | 86,700 |
| 27 | 6 | Ray Cuny | 199,900 |
| 27 | 7 | Joseph Cheong | 69,700 |
| 27 | 8 | Stefan Ivanov | 46,900 |
| 27 | 9 | Andrey Pateychuk | 89,700 |
| 28 | 1 | Julius Malzanini | 60,000 |
| 28 | 2 | Chris Mattocks | 50,600 |
| 28 | 3 | Matty Levine | 116,700 |
| 28 | 4 | Justin Kirded | 32,600 |
| 28 | 6 | Nathan Bjemo | 142,700 |
| 28 | 7 | Kane Kalas | 42,200 |
| 28 | 8 | Romualdo Deyer | 130,900 |
| 28 | 9 | James Howell | 45,300 |
| 31 | 1 | Dennis Summers | 36,300 |
| 31 | 2 | Mark Herm | 51,300 |
| 31 | 3 | Ben Zamani | 16,700 |
| 31 | 4 | James Carroll | 133,500 |
| 31 | 5 | Tyler Kenney | 93,900 |
| 31 | 6 | Ryan Mercier | 65,700 |
| 31 | 7 | Tom Braband | 73,900 |
| 31 | 8 | Brady Bullard | 115,200 |
| 31 | 9 | Jason Wheeler | 21,000 |
| 32 | 1 | Oliver Price | 48,200 |
| 32 | 3 | Michael Sanders | 124,800 |
| 32 | 3 | Edmund Yeung | 26,000 |
| 32 | 4 | Matt Eberlin | 38,800 |
| 32 | 5 | David Peters | 98,500 |
| 32 | 6 | Tommy Vedes | 46,900 |
| 32 | 7 | Justin Zaki | 73,800 |
| 32 | 8 | Ubaid Habib | 38,800 |
| 32 | 9 | Michael Addamo | 65,500 |
| 33 | 1 | Matthew Atha | 38,500 |
| 33 | 2 | Markus Gonsalves | 49,900 |
| 33 | 3 | Mike Biemesderfer | 26,200 |
| 33 | 4 | David Sands | 87,500 |
| 33 | 5 | Jesse Cohen | 44,700 |
| 33 | 6 | Igor Yaroshevsky | Did Not Report |
| 33 | 7 | Duff Charette | 62,000 |
| 33 | 8 | Denise Good | 107,000 |
| 33 | 9 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | 91,700 |
| 34 | 1 | Michael Aron | 207,500 |
| 34 | 2 | Joby Lathram | 17,000 |
| 34 | 3 | David Macka | 48,200 |
| 34 | 4 | Paul Hofer | 149,000 |
| 34 | 5 | Claus Segebrecht | Did Not Report |
| 34 | 6 | Alexander DeJuanta | 144,300 |
| 34 | 7 | Hzus Woodland | 135,200 |
| 34 | 8 | Dan Pagley | 46,700 |
| 34 | 9 | Joseph Couden | 67,700 |
| 35 | 1 | Scott Davies | 29,900 |
| 35 | 2 | Ludovic Geilich | 109,200 |
| 35 | 3 | Nicholas Petitti | 15,000 |
| 35 | 4 | Peter Jetten | 25,700 |
| 35 | 6 | Richard Pflum | 60,900 |
| 35 | 7 | Paul Baizano | 157,100 |
| 35 | 8 | Schester | 100,500 |
| 35 | 9 | Atanas Kavrakov | 76,100 |
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
243,300
213,300
|
213,300 |
|
||
|
222,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
210,600
143,600
|
143,600 |
|
210,200
65,200
|
65,200 |
|
||
|
207,500
500
|
500 |
|
199,900
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
185,900
125,900
|
125,900 |
|
163,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
161,700
65,700
|
65,700 |
|
157,100
157,100
|
157,100 |
|
149,900
149,900
|
149,900 |
|
149,000
149,000
|
149,000 |
|
145,300
16,300
|
16,300 |
|
|
144,300
144,300
|
144,300 |
|
143,400
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
142,700
142,700
|
142,700 |
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
135,200
135,200
|
135,200 |
|
133,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
||
|
|
126,700
126,700
|
126,700 |
|
124,800
14,800
|
14,800 |
|
119,800
31,800
|
31,800 |
|
115,300
115,300
|
115,300 |
|
115,200
115,200
|
115,200 |
|
109,200
99,200
|
99,200 |
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
The clock has been paused with 10 minutes left in the level, and each table has been instructed to play three more hands to finish out Day 1b.
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
150,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
129,000 | |
|
|
110,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
102,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
||
|
94,000 | |
|
75,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
60,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
50,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
45,000 | |
|
32,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
15,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Kane Kalas just won a decent pot that started out with him raising to 2,600. A player called from the big blind and the flop brought out 
. Kalas' opponent lead into him for 4,500, and he made the call.
The turn brought the 
and Kalas called another bet of 6,500.
On the river the 
hit and Kalas quickly called a bet of 11,000.
Kalas' opponent showed 
and he won the pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
From under the gun, David Sands raised to 2,600. Ray Cuny called from the cutoff seat, and Igor Yaroshevsky called from the big blind. The flop came 
, and Yaroshevsky checked. Sands bet 2,800, Cuny called, and Yaroshevsky folded.
The turn was the , and Sands bet 6,500. The 91-year-old Cuny put in a raise to 20,000, and Sands made the call to see the river. Before the dealer could burn and turn for the final community card, Cuny announced "full house" and began to table his hand. The other players at the table quickly stopped him from turning his hand over, but it seemed the damage had been done, at least to his value if he did have a full house and Sands was willing to pay off another bet.
It's worth noting that Sands and Cuny were seated at opposite ends of the table, so Sands was unable to see Cuny's hand at all if it happened to flash.
The river was the 
, and Sands checked. Cuny bet 20,000, and Sands showed the 
for trip jacks, chuckled, then folded. The table pleaded with Cuny to show a bluff, but he couldn't, instead tabling the 
for a full house like he said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
72,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
With the numbers of Day 1b entries up to 359, the attendance for this event has moved to 632 total, with still more growth to come. That means the event has surpassed the size of the field from Season 1 when Ana Marquez beat a field of 631 entries.
There are still more entries and reentries to come in this event, as registration will remain open until the start of Day 2 on Saturday, which is 11 a.m. local time.
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
80,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
72,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
48,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,000 | |
|
26,000
300
|
300 |
|
||
