2020 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood St. Louis

$1,650 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2020 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood St. Louis

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$131,184
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Entries
392
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
9
Players Left
1

Laura Hoppe Eliminated in 3rd Place ($53,899)

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Laura Hoppe
Laura Hoppe

Brent Cunningham limped in on the button, and Laura Hoppe jammed for 520,000 in the small blind. Cunningham snapped Hoppe off after Kevin Garosshen folded in the big blind.

Laura Hoppe: {a-Clubs}{8-Spades}
Brent Cunningham: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

Cunningham held the goods, but Hoppe still had hope with her ace. The {j-Clubs}{7-Spades}{3-Spades} flop kept Cunningham out in front, and the {7-Hearts} turn left Hoppe looking for a three-outer to survive. The {k-Diamonds} river instead filled Hoppe up, and Hoppe, who started the day as the short stack, held her head high as she shook hands with her opponents and left the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Laura Hoppe us
Laura Hoppe
Busted

Tags: Brent CunninghamKevin GarosshenLaura Hoppe

Garosshen's Goin' Bananas

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Kevin Garosshen
Kevin Garosshen

Hand #1:

Kevin Garosshen raised to 350,000 from the small blind, and Brent Cunningham called in the big blind.

Garosshen bet 325,000 on a {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} flop, and Cunningham folded.

Hand #2:

The very next hand, Garosshen raised to 200,000 from the button, and Laura Hoppe, called in the big blind.

On the {5-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{9-Hearts} flop, Hoppe checked and Garosshen bet 250,000. Hoppe called.

The {a-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and Hoppe led for 325,000. Garosshen called.

The {6-Hearts} hit the river, and Hoppe bet 700,000. Garosshen called after a short stint in the tank, and Hoppe tabled {j-Hearts}{5-Spades} for just a pair of fives. Garosshen tabled {9-Spades}{2-Spades} for a pair of nines, and Garosshen now has over half the chips in play.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Garosshen us
Kevin Garosshen
7,400,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Brent Cunningham us
Brent Cunningham
2,600,000
100,000
100,000
Laura Hoppe us
Laura Hoppe
1,700,000
-1,900,000
-1,900,000

Tags: Brent CunninghamKevin GarosshenLaura Hoppe

Cunningham Doubles Through Hoppe

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Brent Cunningham jammed for 1.1 million on the button, and Laura Hoppe called in the small blind.

Brent Cunningham: {q-Clubs}{7-Spades}
Laura Hoppe: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

"Tens again? Nice hand," Cunningham said.

The {2-Spades}{j-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} flop spiked one of Cunningham's three outs, and the {5-Clubs} turn left Hoppe looking for a ten. The {j-Spades} river kept Cunningham's tournament life alive with a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Garosshen us
Kevin Garosshen
5,700,000
300,000
300,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Laura Hoppe us
Laura Hoppe
3,600,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000
Brent Cunningham us
Brent Cunningham
2,500,000
1,000,000
1,000,000

Tags: Laura HoppeBrent Cunningham

Brett Apter Eliminated in 4th Place ($37,359)

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Brett Apter
Brett Apter

Brett Apter was able to more than triple his last 55,000 in chips up one hand after the monster hand with Laura Hoppe, then got his new 265,000 chip stack in preflop the very next hand against Brent Cunningham.

Brett Apter: {10-Spades}{3-Spades}
Brent Cunningham: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

Apter pulled ahead on the {8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop, and held on the {6-Spades} turn and {2-Clubs} river to double back to 680,000.

After folding his big blind, Apter three-bet shoved for 480,000 from the small blind over a raise from Kevin Garosshen on the button. Garosshen called.

Brett Apter: {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}
Kevin Garosshen: {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}

Apter's attempt to spin up the crumbs came to an end when the {3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} board gave Garosshen a full house and left the WSOP Bracelet winner Apter out in fourth.

Player Chips Progress
Laura Hoppe us
Laura Hoppe
4,900,000
-100,000
-100,000
Brent Cunningham us
Brent Cunningham
2,400,000
600,000
600,000
Brett Apter us
Brett Apter
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Brent CunninghamBrett ApterKevin GarosshenLaura Hoppe

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Apter Crippled By Hoppe

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Brett Apter raised to 240,000 from the small blind, and Laura Hoppe called in the big blind.

Apter fired 120,000 on the {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop, and Hoppe called.

The {4-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and Apter bet 380,000. Hoppe called again.

The {4-Spades} hit the river, and Apter bet 1.225 million, leaving himself 55,000 behind. Hoppe called after a few minutes in the tank, and Apter tabled {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}. Hoppe had that beat with {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, however, and Apter was left with under one big blind.

Player Chips Progress
Laura Hoppe us
Laura Hoppe
5,000,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
Brett Apter us
Brett Apter
55,000
-2,145,000
-2,145,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Brett ApterLaura Hoppe

Garosshen Pads His Lead

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Kevin Garosshen raised to 160,000 from the cutoff, and Brent Cunningham called on the button. Brett Apter came along from the small blind, and Laura Hoppe folded in the big blind.

The {8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} flop was checked through to the {3-Diamonds} turn, and Garosshen bet 240,000. Both Cunningham and Apter quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Garosshen us
Kevin Garosshen
4,400,000
500,000
500,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Brett Apter us
Brett Apter
2,200,000
-1,100,000
-1,100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brent Cunningham us
Brent Cunningham
1,800,000
200,000
200,000

Tags: Brent CunninghamBrett ApterKevin GarosshenLaura Hoppe