The Final Day of the Hollywood Poker Open Championship is Upon Us!
After three long days of play it's down to just 21 hopefuls in the Hollywood Poker Open Championship event with Aaron Mermelstein leading the way. There were 655 entries in this event, and the field is littered with top pros chasing down the trophy and the $332,338 first-place prize.
Defending champion Keven Stammen's among the contenders on Day 3, but he'll be facing an uphill battle with just 225,000 chips in the 10,000/20,000 a2,000 level.
Top pros that are in the hunt include Austrian Thomas Muehloecker (1,402,000), Dane Michael Tureniec (1,136,000), Belgian Pierre Neuville (464,000) and American pros Calvin Anderson (1,112,000) and Dan O'Brien (389,000).
All remaining players are guaranteed $9,748, and a spot at the final table is worth $29,541. The action resumes at 12:00 p.m. local time and play will continue until there's a winner.