World Poker Tour -- Hollywood Poker Open Day 1Ali Eslami is at the Top of a Another Leader Board this Spring in Indiana |
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Day 1 at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 92 players and by the end of the night just 57 remained. The overnight chip leader is red-hot Ali Eslami with 147,000. Just last week Eslami won the World Series of Poker Circuit Western Regional Championship and he is positioned to make another deep run at the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
2010 Card Player Player of the Year Thomas Marchese is also near the top with 92,275. Joining him in the top 10 are Allen Kessler (85,400) and Hoyt Corkins (62,225). Other notable survivors include Erik Seidel, Chris Bell, Shannon Shorr, Jonathan Little, Michal Bevenuti, William Reynolds, Shawn Cunix, Keven Stammen, Jason Koon, and Mike Sexton.
Day 2 should grow the size of the field tomorrow since registration will remain open until 1 p.m. local time. We will see if there is a large enough turnout tomorrow to match the total field of 143 players who participated in this event last year. Although that is unlikely the field should eclipse the century mark on Sunday. Check back in tomorrow evening for another summary of the day here on Card Player. Here is a look at the tournament statistics from day 1:
Day 1 Top Chip Counts:
Ali Eslami — 147,000
Richard Pflum — 141,000
Thomas Marchese — 92,275
Steve Russell — 92,050
Matthew Sterling — 90,000
Allen Kessler — 85,400
Steve Barshak — 82,825
Hoyt Corkins — 82,225
James Sieg — 81,325
David Anthony — 81,075
Day 1 Notable Eliminations: Randal Flowers, Mohsin Charania, Steve Brecher, Steve Gross, David Sands, Dwyte Pilgrim, Christian Harder, Joseph Cheong and current Card Player Player of the Year leader Vivek Rajkumar.
Hand of the Day:
Joseph Cheong Eliminated
Joseph Cheong raised to 1,000 under the gun and Anhtony Utnage reraised to 2,900 from middle position. Cheong made the call and the flop fell A
10 8
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Cheong checked and Utnage bet 4,000. Cheong check-raised to 12,000 and Utnage made the call. The turn fell K and Cheong moved all in. Utnage made the call and they flpped over their cards:
Utnage: A K
Cheong: A
Q
The river missed both players and Cheong was eliminated during the last level of play by a cooler.
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