$2,500 Championship Event | Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event

2016-06-26 17:31 UTC-7

Jim Kasputis Eliminated in 10th Place ($22,746)

Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

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.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Michael Tureniec	2,150,000 690,000	690,000

Jim Kasputis	Eliminado

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2016-06-26 17:42 UTC-7

Michael Aron Eliminated in 9th Place ($29,541)

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Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

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.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Aaron Mermelstein	3,475,000 765,000	765,000

Michael Aron	Eliminado

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2016-06-26 18:26 UTC-7

Calvin Anderson Eliminated in 8th Place ($36,926)

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Nível 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

On the very next hand after doubling up DeJuante Alexander, Calvin Anderson moved all in for 590,000. Michael Tureniec moved all in over the top, and the other players folded.

Anderson:
Tureniec:

The board ran out and Anderson was knocked out after starting the final table with a sizeable chip lead.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Michael Tureniec	2,500,000 350,000	350,000

Calvin Anderson	Eliminado

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2016-06-26 18:37 UTC-7

Bryan Piccioli Eliminated in 7th Place ($44,311)

Nível 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

A relatively short stacked Bryan Piccioli open-shoved the button with the and Brady Bullard woke up with the in the big blind, making the call.

The board ran out , and despite flopping a flush draw, Piccioli bricked out seventh.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Brady Bullard	2,400,000 -25,000	-25,000
Bryan Piccioli	Eliminado

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2016-06-26 18:41 UTC-7

Julian Parmann Eliminated in 6th Place ($52,730)

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Nível 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Julian Parmann moved all in for 755,000 under the gun and Aaron Mermelstein called from the cutoff after which the other players folded.

Parmann:
Mermelstein:

The board ran out and Parmann was sent home in sixth place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Aaron Mermelstein	4,080,000 605,000	605,000

Julian Parmann	Eliminado

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2016-06-26 20:28 UTC-7

Michael Tureniec Eliminated in 5th Place ($67,943)

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Nível 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Michael Tureniec moved all in for 1,150,000 from the cutoff and Aaron Mermelstein moved all in over the top from his direct left.

"How much you have?" Brady Bullard joked from the small blind, before folding with a wry smile on his face.

Tureniec:
Mermelstein:

"I folded tens," Bullard said, as the flop brought out .

The hit on the turn, and Bullard yelled, "That's such a sick card!"

The completed the board on the river and Tureniec was eliminated from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Aaron Mermelstein	8,100,000 1,880,000	1,880,000

Michael Tureniec	Eliminado

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2016-06-26 20:36 UTC-7

Thomas Muehloecker Eliminated in 4th Place ($93,496)

Nível 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Aaron Mermelstein made it 185,000 and Thomas Muehloecker shipped in his 1.1 million-chip stack.

Dejuante Alexander pushed all in over the top and Mermelstein folded.

Muehloecker was in big trouble with the versus Alexander's . The flop gave Muehloecker an underpair, but the turn and river did not improve him further.

Muehloecker busted fourth, leaving Mermelstein and Alexander as the bigger stacks three handed with Brady Bullard trailing.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dejuante Alexander	5,900,000 750,000	750,000

Thomas Muehloecker	Eliminado

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2016-06-26 20:52 UTC-7

Brady Bullard Eliminated in 3rd Place ($134,557)

Nível 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Aaron Mermelstein made it 200,000 and Brady Bullard came over the top all in.

Dejuante Alexander folded the big blind and Mermelstein called. Bullard has the and Mermelstein had stepped in it with the .

However, the gave Mermelstein a gutshot straight draw, and the turn completed it. Bullard still had outs to survive, but the river wasn't one of them and he was sent home third.

Mermelstein will take a slight lead into heads-up play with Alexander, but the two are taking a break to talk right now.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Aaron Mermelstein	8,700,000 600,000	600,000

Dejuante Alexander	7,600,000

Brady Bullard	Eliminado

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2016-06-27 00:10 UTC-7

Dejuante Alexander Wins the Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship

Nível 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

After four days of poker, Dejuante Alexander came out on top of a 655-entry field to capture the Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event title and a $297,644 top prize.

The Houston, Texas resident had $299,904 in career tournament earnings coming into the event, and almost matched that with the win on Sunday.

The event's final day started with 21 players, and quickly moved to a final table of 10 with Calvin Anderson in the lead.

Qualifier Jim Kasputis, who won his seat for the tournament at the Hollywood property in Aurora, Illinios, was the shortest stack and first to go, before Michael Aron ran a small pair into Aaron Mermelstein's bigger one to bust ninth.

Alexander then took the lead making trips with a redraw, and fooling Anderson into shoving top two with a massive check-raise on the turn. Anderson was left short and took eighth soon after.

Bryan Piccioli ran a weak king into Brady Bullard's eights to say goodbye next, and Julian Parmann lost a race with eights to take sixth, handing Mermelstein his stack.

After winning a big hand against Michael Tureniec, Mermelstein took the lead into a 75-minute dinner break.

Tureniec returned from the dinner break and ran Broadway cards into Mermelstein's kings to go broke fifth. Thomas Muehloecker returned short, and although he doubled once, he ran Broadway cards into Alexander's queens to exit fourth.

Brady Bullard was the short stack three handed, and Mermelstein cracked his aces to dispatch him third.

Heads-up play started with Mermelstein in front and the lead changed hands several times before Alexander pulled way out in front. The two players then struck a deal, giving the title, the trophy, the tax implications of signing for first place money, and a $297,644 top prize to Alexander.

Mermelstein, a two-time World Poker Tour title holder, accepted $240,000 for second.

That ended the Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event with Dejuante Alexander becoming the tour's fourth champion after another fabulous tournament at the opulent M Luxury Resort Hotel Casino. From the PokerNews reporting team, to everyone at the M, and those following along at home, we wish you good night, and good luck.

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