Level: 28
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 28
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Aaron Mermelstein raised to 110,000 under the gun plus two and Michael Aron moved all in from the button for 1,095,000. The action folded back to Mermelstein, who took a few seconds before sliding forward the call.
Aron:
Mermelstein:
The board ran out and Mermelstein hit quads to send Aron to the rail in ninth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aaron Mermelstein |
3,475,000
765,000
|
765,000 |
|
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Michael Aron | Busted |
The last remaining Hollywood Poker Open qualifier has fallen.
Jim Kasputis, who won his seat at the Hollywood property in Aurora, Illinios, open-shoved under the gun with the , and Michael Turenic moved all in to isolate from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and Tureniec turned over the .
The dream died for Kasputis after an run out, but a $22,746 score awaits him at the payout cage to soften the blow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Tureniec |
2,150,000
690,000
|
690,000 |
|
||
Jim Kasputis | Busted |
Calvin Anderson raised to 115,000 from the button and Julian Parmann called from the small blind.
The flop brought out and both players checked.
On the turn the and Parmann bet 125,000, and Anderson thought for a bit before making the call.
The river completed the board with the and Parmann bet 225,000.
"You got anything?" Anderson asked, as Parmann kept quiet.
Anderson went into the tank for a long time before folding, and Parmann picked up this pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Calvin Anderson |
2,850,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
|
||
Julian Parmann |
1,380,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
Jim Kasputis has started the final table shoving.
The shortest of the stacks in play, Kasputis got it in under the gun to pick up the blinds and antes in the very first hand.
The very next, he pushed over a Michael Tureniec 110,000-chip open from the cutoff when it folded to him in the big blind. Tureniec gave it up and Kasputis made it two in a row.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jim Kasputis | 800,000 |
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Seat | Name | Country | Chip Counts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Tureniec | Sweden | 1,460,000 |
2 | Bryan Piccioli | United States | 1,155,000 |
3 | Aaron Mermelstein | United States | 2,710,000 |
4 | Brady Bullard | United States | 2,425,000 |
5 | Jim Kasputis | United States | 570,000 |
6 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 1,285,000 |
7 | DeJuante Alexander | United States | 1,355,000 |
8 | Michael Aron | United States | 1,325,000 |
9 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 3,145,000 |
10 | Julian Parmann | United States | 770,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Calvin Anderson |
3,145,000
1,870,000
|
1,870,000 |
|
||
Aaron Mermelstein |
2,710,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
|
||
Brady Bullard |
2,425,000
675,000
|
675,000 |
Michael Tureniec |
1,460,000
-740,000
|
-740,000 |
|
||
Dejuante Alexander |
1,355,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
|
||
Michael Aron |
1,325,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
Thomas Muehloecker |
1,285,000
-265,000
|
-265,000 |
Bryan Piccioli |
1,155,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
Julian Parmann |
770,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Jim Kasputis |
570,000
-290,000
|
-290,000 |
Anthony Vaughn laddered up with his short stack as long as he could, but finally picked up a pair in the cutoff and shoved.
Thomas Muehloecker found the in the big blind and made the obvious call, well in front of Vaughn's .
The board ran out leaving Vaughn drawing dead on the turn and out 11th. With his elimination they have moved to a single table of ten.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Muehloecker |
1,550,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
Anthony Vaughn | Busted |
Jesse Cohen moved all in from the button for his last 420,000 chips and Michael Aron called right away from the big blind.
Cohen showed and he was in deep trouble, as Aron turned over .
The board brought no help and Cohen was sent packing in 12th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Aron |
1,750,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Jesse Cohen | Busted |
The action folded to Jesse Cohen in the small blind and he moved all in to put Anthony Vaughn at risk in the big blind. Vaughn looked down at his cards and called right away for his last 165,000 chips.
Vaughn:
Cohen:
The board ran out and Vaughn kept his hopes alive despite remaining as one of the short stacks in this event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jesse Cohen |
420,000
-610,000
|
-610,000 |
Anthony Vaughn |
350,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |