by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jun 27, '16

The Hollywood Poker Open season 4 championship event returned this week to the M Luxury Resort Hotel Casino and drew a field of 655 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,477,025. After four days of play, it all came down to Dejuante Alexander and Aaron Mermelstein, who decided to chop during heads-up. Because he […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: May 24, '16

Season 4 of Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) regional tournament series will host its championship event June 23-26 in Las Vegas at The M Resort Spa Casino. This year’s Hollywood Poker Open Championship, a $2,500 no-limit hold’em tournament, hosts a great structure and promises a huge prize pool. Last year, the $2,500 event […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Nov 03, '15

Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg will host the first stop of Season 4 for Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) Regional Tournament Series. The 11-day series will run from Thursday, Nov. 12 through Sunday, Nov. 22 with tournaments daily for poker players of all skill levels. Early on, the buy-ins range from $70 to $300 while […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jun 29, '15

The $2,500 buy-in 2015 Hollywood Poker Open Championship at the M Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas was a huge success, drawing a field of 684 entrants and shattering the $500,000 guarantee, generating a total prize pool of $1,542,420. After three days of action, it was poker pro Keven Stammen from Celina, Ohio who […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jun 24, '15

The Hollywood Poker Open Championship kicks off this Friday at the M Resort Spa Casino. The $2,500 buy-in event, which features a $500,000 guarantee, will close out the third season of the HPO tour. In 2014, the event drew a field of 692 entrants, creating a total prize pool of $1,560,450. Eventual winner Simon Deadman […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

Yuri Dzivielevski completed one of the most incredible streaks in mixed game tournament history with a victory in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games. The 34-year-old secured the $1.3 million first-place prize to cap off a stretch in which, in rapid succession, he won a $15,000 event and finished second twice on […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

On Dec. 12, Card Player columnist and high-stakes tournament pro Sam Greenwood posted to Twitter/X, asking who were the next breakout players on the circuit. “When people list the best poker players in the world, the players who are picked are players [that are already] running hot. I want people to call their shot. Who […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 18, '26

Just three days before winning the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games title, Yuri Dzivielevski went on a late-series heater at the 2026 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games festival. The 34-year-old strung together back-to-back-to-back top-two finishes in the final three events, including one outright win, to be steal the series championship. Dzivielevski had not recorded a […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Mar 18, '26

Justin Saliba graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in chemical engineering, but the former college soccer player had already fallen in love with poker and decided to pursue his dream in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old has been on an incredible run over the last few years, going from a relatively anonymous online […]

by Alex Fitzgerald | Published: Mar 18, '26

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