Andrew Rudnick Finished On Top After Day 1b of HPO Charles Town Regional Main Event

Day 1b was put in the books for the 2016 Hollywood Poker Open Charles Town Regional Main Event, and there will be a new champion since last year’s winner, Loukas Michael, failed to make it through to Day 2.

Andrew Rudnick (188,700) finished as the Day 1b chip leader by a tiny bit over Mike Sites (184,600).

Rudnick stormed to the lead after doubling through Jim Keating with over when the two got all in on the flop. The board brought no help for Keating and Rudnick soared.

Keating (111,900) had an interesting day himself. It seemed for a while that all he could do was double people up. However, he managed to work his stack back up, never dipping too low and being very active.

Lee Childs (14,600) finished the day as the short stack. He will start Day 2 with only seven big blinds, but any chips mean there’s a …

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