Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Michalak |
995,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Joseph Couden
|
645,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Christopher Collins |
285,000
-116,500
|
-116,500 |
Todd Funderburg |
270,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Scott Dehm |
175,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Jimmie Adams |
125,000
-94,000
|
-94,000 |
2014 Hollywood Poker Open Columbus Regional Event
PJ Grace opened for 20,000 and was called by John Michalak, The flop came and Grace led out for 25,000. Michalak bet 200,000 which was enough to set Grace all in. Grace made the call with which was ahead of the that Michalak had. The turn changed that, however, as it was the to give Michalak a flush.
Grace still had outs to a six or Jack but the river was the and he was eliminated in 7th place. Michalak in the meantime becomes the first player to top the one million chip mark.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Michalak |
1,000,000
344,500
|
344,500 |
Patrick Grace III | Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Joey Couden opened the action from late position and snap-called Danny Clements all-in re-raise from the small blind. The two were racing as Couden had and Clements had .
The race was over quickly as the flop would come . The turn was the and the river was the and Clements was eliminated in 8th place while Couden continued his hot run.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Couden
|
650,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Danny Clements | Busted |
Stephen Birtcher survived countless all in's but his luck finally ran out. He called off his last 6K on a flop with and was up against Joey Coulden's . A nine would give Birtcher more than five times what he started the hand with but the turn was the and the river was the to give Couden a full house and eliminating Birtcher in 9th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Couden
|
460,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
Stephen Birtcher | Busted |
Scott Dehm opened to 20,000 from early position and Danny Clements moved all in for 137,000 total from the small blind. After getting a count, Dehm made the call and turned over . When he saw Clements had , Dehm said "I wish you wouldn't have done that" as if he knew he was going to lose the hand.
Dehm was prophetic as the board would run out to give Clements new life while Dehm was clipped down to 220,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Danny Clements |
290,000
125,500
|
125,500 |
Scott Dehm |
220,000
-119,500
|
-119,500 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 500
Players have a little less than 10 minutes left on their break. Here are updated chip counts:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Michalak |
655,500
55,500
|
55,500 |
Christopher Collins |
401,500
91,500
|
91,500 |
Scott Dehm |
339,500
-35,500
|
-35,500 |
Todd Funderburg |
249,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Joseph Couden
|
245,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Jimmie Adams |
219,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
Patrick Grace III |
205,500
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
Danny Clements |
164,500
-50,500
|
-50,500 |
Stephen Birtcher |
53,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
Trevor Renner moved all in with but had the bad timing to run into the that Todd Funderburg held. Funderburg also moved all in and Renner would be eliminated when the board ran out .
It was quite the day for Renner who started off slowly and was down to less than 10,000 in chips. He would run that up to one of the top stacks in the room before running into a dry spell at the end of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Todd Funderburg |
200,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Trevor Renner | Busted |
Steve Birtcher limped in for 6,000 leaving himself with just 18,000. After a quick peek at Birchter's stack, Scott Dehm raised it to 25,000. Jimmie Adams called and it was folded back to Birchter who went all in for 1,000 less than Dehm's raise.
The flop came and both Adams and Dehm checked.
Dehm led out with a small bet on the turn and Adams folded. Dehm turned over and Birchter pleaded with the dealer "pair the board" as he turned over .
The river was the and Birchter danced over to his friends and family on the rail. "Yes, Yes!" he said as he gave them high fives.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Dehm |
375,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jimmie Adams |
180,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
Stephen Birtcher |
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |