The Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) regional qualifying tournament at the M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas has concluded and the top two finishers from the Main Event – Las Vegans, Visnja Luetic and Romeo Samblero—will be returning to the M Resort later this year to compete in the $500,000 guaranteed HPO Championship on June 28-30.
Luetic and Samblero chopped the pot and earned $12,170 each, along with a $2,500 seat at the championship. Results from the three M Resort regional qualifying events follow:
The next HPO regional qualifying tournament will be held March 21 – April 4 at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races (West Virginia) followed by the regional qualifying tournament at Hollywood St.
Louis on April 4 – 14. Poker players can enter the HPO Championship with a $2,500 buy-in or by qualifying through a regional event or local promotion such as a satellite or drawing.
M RESORT LAS VEGAS
HPO REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
EVENT #3 1/27/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$40K GUARANTEED
BUY-IN $335
PLAYERS 194
PRIZE POOL $53,200
1. Visnja Luetic . . . . . . $12,170
2. Romeo Samblero . . . $12,170
3. Joseph Townsend . . . . $4,520
4. Sam Stein . . . . . . . . . . $3,990
5. Dennis Seagle . . . . . . . $2,925
6. Michael Corson . . . . . $2,400
7. Lyscott Durant . . . . . . $2,125
EVENT #2 1/26/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$20K GUARANTEED
BUY-IN $225
PLAYERS 187
PRIZE POOL $35,725
1. James Cudney . . . . . $10,355
2. Charles Ambroghi . . . $6,160
3. Matt Boddorf . . . . . . . $3,040
4. James Schneider . . . . $2,500
EVENT #1 1/25/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$10K GUARANTEED
BUY-IN $125
PLAYERS 189
PRIZE POOL $17,775
1. Charles Ambroghi . . . $5,355
2. Dillard Petit . . . . . . . . $3,465
3. Kenneth Burnsed . . . . $1,765
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