Hollywood Poker Open Championship Rolls On with Day 2 at 11 a.m.
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Welcome to Day 2 of the Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 $2,500 Championship Event.
After the two starting days were completed on Thursday and Friday, a field of 636 entries has been tallied. With registration and reentry allowed until the start of Day 2 at 11 a.m. local time here at M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas, a handful more should be added to the mix. The prize pool is already over $1.4 million, and another first-place prize of nearly $350,000 should be up for grabs.
Over 200 players survived for Day 2, with Day 1a's Frank Patti in the lead. He bagged up 252,900 in chips and will be trailed closest by Dan Smith from Day 1b with 243,300. And while there are plenty of big names and notable faces that will be joining them when the cards are in the air, the story so far has been the booming start for Ray Cuny.
Cuny bagged a hefty 199,900 in chips on Friday's Day 1b. He's a 91-year-old from Aurora, Illinois who won his entry via a qualifier at his local Hollywood Casino Joliet. He's been playing cards since he was a kid, but this event has a bit of extra special meaning for the longtime poker enthusiastic as Cuny was recently diagnosed with bladder cancer. Not one to let his spirits get down, Cuny made the trip to Las Vegas and is showing that a lot is possible with a positive mindset and a decent run of cards.
With a Day 2 table draw that includes Dan Singular, Joseph Cheong, and Andrey Pateychuk, Cuny will have his work cut out for him, but he showed on Day 1b that he has what it takes to tangle with the best of them.
Other big stacks to start Day 2 include Javier Gomez (224,700), Cory Bogert (222,000), Alex Lynskey (210,600), Calvin Anderson (210,200), Randal Flowers (209,900), Michael Aron (207,500), and Pavel Veksler (197,000). Some of those more towards the middle of the pack are Dan O'Brien (100,800), Aaron Mermelstein (88,000), David "Doc" Sands (87,500), and Ankush Mandavia (77,400).
The cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time, with the plan to play another 11 levels or until the final table has been reached. Once registration closes and tournament organizers tally the field size and prize pool numbers, we'll relay that information to you.