$2,500 Championship Event | Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Championship Event

06-28-2015 12:00 UTC-8

Pedro Oliveira Eliminated in 15th Place ($17,738)

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Pedro Oliveira raised under the gun plus one to 40,000 and Paul Vas Nunes called from the button to create heads-up action. The flop came down and Oliveira checked to Vas Nunes who bet 40,000.

Oliveira check-raised all in for 446,000 and Vas Nunes tanked for quite some time before making the call.

Oliveira:
Vas Nunes:

The turn brought the and the river the sending Oliveira to the rail in 15th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Vas Nunes	1,120,000 420,000	420,000
Pedro Oliveira	Busted

Tags: Paul Vas Nunes Pedro Oliveira

06-28-2015 11:49 UTC-8

"Yazaaaaaa!"

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Alex Keating just doubled up and celebrated loudly, something which remembered us of Marcel Lüske's antics during the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Keating raised under the gun to 40,000 and from the cutoff Diogo Cardoso three-bet to 105,000. Keating proceeded to move all in for 498,000 and Cardoso made the call.

Keating:
Cardoso:

The board ran out and Keating celebrated by yelling, "Yazaaaaa!" as the river bricked out. Keating is back up to over a million while Cardoso, who had been one of the chip leaders for most of the tournament, is now on the shorter side.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	1,050,000 560,000	560,000

Diogo Cardoso	320,000 -527,000	-527,000

Tags: Alex Keating Diogo Cardoso

06-28-2015 11:43 UTC-8

Kuether's Climb Continues

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Pedro Oliveira entered the pot with a raise to 40,000 from the under-the-gun plus one position and Paul Vas Nunes three-bet from the button to 95,000. Joe Kuether moved all in from the big blind for 489,000 and both his opponents folded.

Kuether started the day as one of the short stacks, but right he's making his way up the counts as we are still with 15 players remaining in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Vas Nunes	700,000 30,000	30,000
Joe Kuether	655,000 148,000	148,000
Pedro Oliveira	290,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Joe Kuether Paul Vas Nunes Pedro Oliveira

06-28-2015 11:37 UTC-8

Huge Clash Between Fisher and Keating

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

From the button it was Alex Keating who raised to 45,000 and Andrew Fisher called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Fisher lead out for 45,000 and Keating raised it up to 120,000.

Fisher gave it some thought before making it 300,000 and Keating thought for a while before calling.

The turn brought the and both players checked.

On the river the hit and Fisher lead out for another 320,000, Keating called. Fisher tabled for a flopped full house and Keating mucked, leaving himself with very little chips compared to what he started the day with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Fisher	1,500,000 712,000	712,000
Alex Keating	490,000 -730,000	-730,000

Tags: Alex Keating Andrew Fisher

06-28-2015 11:35 UTC-8

Another Double Up for Kuether

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Paul Vas Nunes raised from the cutoff to 40,000 and Michael Laake three-bet from the button to 110,000. Joe Kuether moved all in for 213,000 from the small blind and Vas Nunes quickly folded. Laake made the call and the showdown went as following.

Laake:
Kuether:

The board ran out and Kuether hit both overcards to Laake's pair to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Laake	940,000 -315,000	-315,000
Joe Kuether	507,000 237,000	237,000

Tags: Joe Kuether Michael Laake Paul Vas Nunes

06-28-2015 11:32 UTC-8

Tom Dobrilovic Eliminated in 16th Place ($13,573)

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

From the cutoff Tom Dobrilovic moved all in for 150,000 and again it was Paul Vas Nunes who opted to go to showdown by calling a shove. This time Vas Nunes was seated in the small blind and the big blind folded.

Vas Nunes:
Dobrilovic:

The board ran out and Dobrilovic was the first player to get knocked out on Day 3 of this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Vas Nunes	670,000 220,000	220,000
Tom Dobrilovic	Busted

Tags: Paul Vas Nunes Tom Dobrilovic

06-28-2015 11:29 UTC-8

Oliveira's Time to Double

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

From the hijack Pedro Oliveira moved all in for 127,000 and Paul Vas Nunes called from the big blind.

Oliveira:
Vas Nunes:

The board ran out and Oliveira doubled back up after losing a lot of chips to Joe Kuether earlier this level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Vas Nunes	450,000 -90,000	-90,000
Pedro Oliveira	288,000 168,000	168,000

Tags: Joe Kuether Paul Vas Nunes Pedro Oliveira

06-28-2015 11:19 UTC-8

Frey Rivers Trips to Stay Alive

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Kyle Frey moved all in for 217,000 chips from middle position and Alex Keating called from the big blind.

Keating:
Frey:

Keating was ahead, and increased his lead when the flop brought out . Frey was looking to catch up, but the turn brought the . The river however was the and Frey hit trips to stay alive and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	1,220,000 -250,000	-250,000

Kyle Frey	468,000 203,000	203,000

Tags: Kyle Frey Alex Keating

06-28-2015 11:14 UTC-8

Serock Chips Up Early

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Joe Serock just raised under the gun plus one and Diogo Cardoso called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Cardoso check-called a bet of 38,000.