Dan Sindelar just raised to 5,000 and Joseph Cheong three-bet from the small blind to 13,200. Sindelar made the call and the flop brought out on which Cheong bet 10,000.
Sindelar moved all in for 40,200 total and Cheong called.
Cheong:
Sindelar:
The turn brought the and the river the , keeping Sindelar's queen-high in the lead.
If you want to play with Ray Cuny, it looks like you'll be playing for stacks.
The 91-year-old from Illinois defended his big blind against a 6,000-chip open from late position, then simply slid out 35,000 in grey chips after a flop.
His opponent passed, but got the message loud and clear that it's going to be power poker from Cuny from here on out.
Keven Stammen is the defending champion of the Hollywood Poker Open Championship, and he entered the tournament this morning with a 25,000-chip stack. Flash forward just 2.5 hours, and Stammen sits on a strong stack worth 160,000. Stammen's off to do the same thing he did in 2015, when he also entered the tournament on Day 2 before winning the whole thing.
We caught up with Stammen to get some more details on his explosive start.
Stammen explained how he chipped up a bit before doubling up with ace-queen to the tens of Toby Lewis, and a little while later he ended up all in with ace-king to kings.
"He had him dead on the turn," one of the other players at the table laughed, and Stammen produced a big smile.
"Flopped an ace, turned an ace," Stammen said, as he's now sitting on 160,000 chips.
Stammen has $4.6 million in live tournament earnings, and last year he won $347,045 for winning this very event.
It's the Calvin Anderson show here at the Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event, starring Anderson himself, and a massive stack of chips.
He had a little difficulty recalling the details of one hand where there was apparently four bets in before the flop, and Anderson had decided to play the suited like it was the nuts.
He was up against two kings, but it turns out he was right, cracking cowboys and collecting yet another soul to ad 100,000 more to the ever-growing pile.
EPT champion Michael Tureniec just raised from the button to 5,500 and WSOP bracelet winner Brent Hanks called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Hanks check-called a bet of 5,000 before the turn showed the .
Hanks checked again, and Tureniec quickly bet another 12,000. Hanks thought for a bit before folding, and Tureniec raked in this pot.
Tureniec's up to 162,000 while Hanks' still in the green on Day 2 as well.
Sven Reichardt just found himself in a perfect scenario, making a straight flush on the river and getting paid off by Brandon Meyers who made the second nut flush.
The action started with Reichardt putting in a raise to 5,000 and Thomas Muehloecker called before Meyers and the big blind called as well.
The flop brought out and all four players checked their option.
On the turn the and now Meyers bet 13,000, the big blind folded, Reichardt called and Muehloecker folded.
The river brought the and now Meyers lead out for 27,500, after which Reichardt put him all in for an additional 30,000 chips.
Meyers made the call and showed , but that was no good against for a straight flush.