2014 Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event

HPO Championship Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$351,097
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,255
Entries
692
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

James Lushin on the Wrong Side of Variance

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

James Lushin's dreams of glory were dashed in the matter of two hands. He would first take a dominating {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} up against a shorter stack's {A-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and lose a big chunk of his stack when the board would run out {9-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}. Moments later he would put the last of his chips in against Elliott Zaydman and was racing with {K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} against Zaydman's {6-Clubs}{6-Spades}.

The flop was {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts} giving Zaydman a set but also giving Lushin an open-ended straight draw. It wasn't to be, however, as the turn was the {A-Hearts} and the river was the {7-Spades} to send Lushin off to collect his winnings. Zaydman in the meantime continued to build his big stack, now sitting at 1.3 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Elliott Zaydman us
Elliott Zaydman
1,300,000
110,000
110,000
James Lushin us
James Lushin
Busted

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