$2,500 Championship Event
Day 2 Started
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event
$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 2
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
Day 2 Table and Seat Draw
| 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 |
Hollywood Poker Open Championship Rolls On with Day 2 at 11 a.m.
Welcome to Day 2 of the Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 $2,500 Championship Event.
After the two starting days were completed on Thursday and Friday, a field of 636 entries has been tallied. With registration and reentry allowed until the start of Day 2 at 11 a.m. local time here at M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas, a handful more should be added to the mix. The prize pool is already over $1.4 million, and another first-place prize of nearly $350,000 should be up for grabs.
Over 200 players survived for Day 2, with Day 1a's Frank Patti in the lead. He bagged up 252,900 in chips and will be trailed closest by Dan Smith from Day 1b with 243,300. And while there are plenty of big names and notable faces that will be joining them when the cards are in the air, the story so far has been the booming start for Ray Cuny.
Cuny bagged a hefty 199,900 in chips on Friday's Day 1b. He's a 91-year-old from Aurora, Illinois who won his entry via a qualifier at his local Hollywood Casino Joliet. He's been playing cards since he was a kid, but this event has a bit of extra special meaning for the longtime poker enthusiastic as Cuny was recently diagnosed with bladder cancer. Not one to let his spirits get down, Cuny made the trip to Las Vegas and is showing that a lot is possible with a positive mindset and a decent run of cards.
With a Day 2 table draw that includes Dan Singular, Joseph Cheong, and Andrey Pateychuk, Cuny will have his work cut out for him, but he showed on Day 1b that he has what it takes to tangle with the best of them.
Other big stacks to start Day 2 include Javier Gomez (224,700), Cory Bogert (222,000), Alex Lynskey (210,600), Calvin Anderson (210,200), Randal Flowers (209,900), Michael Aron (207,500), and Pavel Veksler (197,000). Some of those more towards the middle of the pack are Dan O'Brien (100,800), Aaron Mermelstein (88,000), David "Doc" Sands (87,500), and Ankush Mandavia (77,400).
The cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time, with the plan to play another 11 levels or until the final table has been reached. Once registration closes and tournament organizers tally the field size and prize pool numbers, we'll relay that information to you.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The cards are in the air for the second day of play in the Hollywood Poker Open Championship event.
New Entries
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Here's a list of the new players to join the field, including defending champion Keven Stammen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,000 |
Delong Takes Some From Neuville and Blumenfield
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Neil Blumenfield and Pierre Neuville made the World Series of Poker Main Event final table last year, and finished third and seventh respectively. Today Neuville and Blumenfield are sitting side by side in this event, but neither of them managed to win the hand we just watched.
Pierre Neuville limped under the gun - which may or may not have been incidental, as Neuville didn't seem to happy about it - and Bluemnfield called from his direct left. Jonathan Delong raised to 3,500 from middle position and both Neuville and Blumenfield called.
The flop brought out 
and Neuville checked to Blumenfield who bet 5,000, and only Delong called.
On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river brought out the 
and Blumenfield lead out for 7,500 and Delong called once again.
Blumenfield showed 
and Delong turned over 
to rake in this pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
183,000 | -2,900 |
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88,000 | -5,900 |
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69,000 | 11,500 |
Get Shorty
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Shorty busted, taking the walk of shame before another did the same. Hollywood Poker Open Director Bill Bruce then took to the microphone to pass on a little information.
Turns out there were 11 people buying before the opening bell and close of registration. Add in seven no-show qualifiers whose buy-ins still get put into the prize pool and the total number of entries is up to 665.
That means a $1,477,025 prize pool was created that will pay 63 spots. A min-cash is a little more than double the entry at $5,317, while Hollywood Poker Open glory and a $332,338 first prize sits up top.
Jain Sends One Home
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
A short-stacked player moved all in for his last 8,500 chips and the action folded to Shashank Jain who tanked for a bit before he three-bet, and that got all the other players to fold right away.
Jain: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Jain raked in the pot to send another one home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000 | 33,600 |
It's Ray Day
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Big stack Ray Cuny raised it up under gun and got one caller in James Gettinger, who had almost as many chips to start the hand. They went heads up to a 
flop with about 16,000 in the pot, and with a wink and a smile, the 91-year-old Cuny jammed all in.
Gettinger had the 
, and made the call for his whole 160,000-chip stack. Cuny was on a flush draw, holding the 
, and looked to be in trouble when the 
turn left him just one more chance to hit it.
The 
did the trick, though, and while Gettinger hit the rail, Cuny was suddenly vaulted into a huge chip lead as the first player past 300,000 and counting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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360,000 | 160,100 |
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Busted |