$1,650 High Roller Day 1 | 2025 Eastern Poker Open

04-04-2025 17:04 UTC-5

Hwang Sends One to the Rail

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A short-stacked player moved all in for 12,000 from early position and Yongbok Hwang called out of the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded and the hands were turned on their backs.

Short Stack: A♠7♦ All in
Yongbok Hwang: 8♠8♦

The 2♣3♣7♥ flop paired the short stack, but the 8♥ turn locked up the hand for Hwang with a set of eights. The 2♦ river improved him to a full house and Hwang sent his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yongbok Hwang	100,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Yongbok Hwang

04-04-2025 16:59 UTC-5

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Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

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04-04-2025 16:54 UTC-5

Notable Big Stacks

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Linval Gentles	309,000 137,000	137,000
Jordan Fishman	305,000 170,000	170,000

Steven Tabb	298,000 122,000	122,000
Kevin Dipasquale	288,000 53,000	53,000
Sam Journeay	262,000 42,000	42,000
Joseph Kozlowsky	209,000 209,000	209,000
Ron Scott	203,000 203,000	203,000
Conrad Roy	200,000 200,000	200,000
Sandra Drum	185,000 142,000	142,000
Alex Aubin	175,000 99,000	99,000
Brian Haughey	165,000 165,000	165,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

04-04-2025 16:31 UTC-5

Break Time

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players have reached the second break of the day, with action resuming in around 15 minutes.

04-04-2025 16:21 UTC-5

Webb Bets Big, Rodrigues Exits

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was heads up to the Q♥10♥J♥A♠ turn, where Chris Schonbach checked from the small blind. John Webb fired a bet of 5,000 into the middle and the call was made.

The dealer flipped over the 4♠ river and Schonbach checked again. Webb slid out 15,000 to take down the pot as Schonbach folded.

At a nearby table, Linda Rodrigues hit the rail when her K♥J♥ could not beat Kevin Cronin's K♠Q♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Schonbach	153,000 51,000	51,000
John Webb	78,000 10,000	10,000
Kevin Cronin	61,000 61,000	61,000
Linda Rodrigues	Busted

Tags: Chris Schonbach John Webb

04-04-2025 16:09 UTC-5

Drum Doubles

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Over at Table 3, the board read A♠9♠Q♠6♣4♣ and the dealer was busy taking chips from the player in the small blind, who had the A♦2♥ in front of him, so that he could send it over to Sandra Drum, who had the A♥7♠ in the big blind.

Whether the chips went in preflop or on the flop is unknown, but the result is the same as Drum shipped the small double to keep her tournament hopes alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandra Drum	43,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Sandra Drum

04-04-2025 16:04 UTC-5

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Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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04-04-2025 15:58 UTC-5

Big Pocket Pairs Collide in Huge Pot

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A preflop battle saw Sam Journeay get his stack of roughly 110,000 all in preflop against Richard Collier.

Sam Journeay: A♦A♣ All in
Richard Collier: Q♥Q♦

Journeay was at risk but held the superior pocket pair. He took a hammerlock on the hand when the 8♣7♠A♠ flop delivered him a set and left Collier drawing to runner-runner queens.

The K♠ turn took away any shot of that happening and Collier was left drawing dead heading to the meaningless 10♦ river. Collier was left with just 5,000 after the hand and went bust shortly thereafter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Journeay	220,000 220,000	220,000
Richard Collier	Busted

Tags: Richard Collier Sam Journeay

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000