$2,500 Championship Event Day 1b | Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event

$2,500 Championship Event

Day 1b Completed

06-25-2016 01:15 UTC-7

91-Year-Old Ray Cuny Among the Leaders After Day 1b

Happy_Freaked

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.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Ana Marquez Barry Hutter Calvin Anderson Chris Moneymaker Dan Sindelar Dan Smith David Sands Elliot Smith Lee Childs Oliver Price Pierre Neuville Ray Cuny Simon Deadman

06-25-2016 01:10 UTC-7

Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

donpeters

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

06-25-2016 00:22 UTC-7

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

donpeters

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	243,300	213,300
Cory Bogert	222,000	2,000
Alex Lynskey	210,600	143,600
Calvin Anderson	210,200	65,200
Michael Aron	207,500	-500
Ray Cuny	199,900	4,900
Pierre Neuville	185,900	125,900
Andre Lettau	163,000	145,000
Jeff Fielder	161,700	65,700
Paul Balzano	157,100	157,100
Mark Darner	149,900	149,900
Paul Hofer	149,000	149,000
Roman Valerstein	145,300	16,300
Dejuanta Alexander	144,300	144,300
Frank Williams	143,400	-1,600
Nathan Bjerno	142,700	142,700
Armin Mette	140,000	140,000
Hzus Woodland	135,200	135,200
James Carroll	133,500	-16,500
Rick Rice	126,700	126,700
Michael Sanders	124,800	14,800
Chris Johnson	119,800	31,800
Terry Fan	115,300	115,300
Brady Bullard	115,200	115,200
Ludovic Geilich	109,200	99,200

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06-25-2016 00:10 UTC-7

Three More Hands

donpeters

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.

06-24-2016 23:55 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Cuny	165,000	-26,000
James Carroll	150,000	93,000
Roman Valerstein	129,000
Michael Sanders	110,000	50,000
Joseph Cheong	102,000	98,000
David Sands	94,000
Igor Yaroshevsky	75,000	-30,000
Pierre Neuville	60,000	25,000
Michael Wang	50,000	1,000
Sam Stein	45,000
Tommy Vedes	32,000	-21,000
Christopher Frank	32,000	-4,000
Mark Radoja	29,000	-16,000
Thomas Muehloecker	23,000	5,000
Artur Koren	15,000	-24,000

06-24-2016 23:54 UTC-7

Kalas Rakes One In

Happy_Freaked

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
Kane Kalas	52,000	18,000

Tags: Kane Kalas

06-24-2016 23:45 UTC-7

Cuny Shows Before the River

donpeters

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
Ray Cuny	195,000	4,000
Igor Yaroshevsky	72,000	-33,000
David Sands	70,000	70,000

Tags: David Sands Igor Yaroshevsky Ray Cuny

06-24-2016 23:38 UTC-7

Up To 632 in the Field

donpeters

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.

Tags: Ana Marquez