Tough Draw For These Players
The Hollywood Poker Open Championship has a lot of qualifiers in today's field, but as the night goes on more and more pros are showing up. One of the toughest tables in the field right now includes the following players.
Bjorn Li sits in the two-seat and the player from Hong Kong first made name for himself at the 2012 Aussie Millions. Li finished second in the Main Event for $236,779 and has been a regular face on the live circuit ever since. Li was also a part of the Brain vs. Ai heads-up poker challenge with Dong Kim, Doug Polk and Jason Les, in which these four pros battled against poker bot Claudico. In the end Li beat Claudico for the largest amount of the four contestants.
To Li's direct left we've spotted two-time WPT champion Tony Dunst. Dunst is the host of TV segment The Raw Deal on the World Poker Tour, and he finished second in the Aussie Millions Main Event for A$1,000,000.
Brendon Rubie's seated to Dunst's left and he came very close to winning a WSOP bracelet in 2012 when he finished second in the $2,500 4-max tournament to Timothy Adams. Rubie has also won four side events at the Aussie Millions.
Last but not least, Sergio Aido - seventh on the Spanish all-time money list - sits in seat seven at this table. Aido made his mark by winning a WPT National event in Barcelona and a UKIPT in London. Aido's career tournament earnings total $1.1 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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36,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |
|
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35,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
24,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
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17,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |