HPT Season XV Championship

$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 2
Event Info

HPT Season XV Championship

Final Results
Winner
Paul Bianchi
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$181,874
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
353
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
353
Players Left
10

Hammers First to Fall

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Tom Hammers raised to 3,400 from middle position, then called a three-bet to 8,500 from Ron Ong in the hijack.

Hammers check-called a bet of 6,000 on the {4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{9-Diamonds} flop, then check-called 15,000 on the {4-Spades} turn. Hammers checked again on the {6-Clubs} river, and Ong shoved. Hammers called off his last 17,000 with {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}, but was busted after Ong flipped over {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Ron Ong
190,000
68,900
68,900
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Tom Hammers
Busted

Tags: Tom HammersRon Ong

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Welcome to Day 2 of the HPT Season XV $2,500 Championship Event

Nick Pupillo
Nick Pupillo

Day 2 of the HPT Season XV $2,500 Championship Event is set to kick off at 11 a.m. local time, as 110 players return from a field of 353 players, all looking to navigate their way to Day 3 and the nationally televised final table, which will also be live-streamed at the HPT's Twitch channel.

The final 36 players will all take home a share of the $790,720 prize pool, with a min-cash worth $5,930. Making it to the final table of nine guarantees a payday of $19,056, while the eventual champion will take home $181,874 in prize money.

Brent Barfield comes into the day as the overwhelming chip leader, sitting over 100,000 chips above his closest competetor in Dan Lowery. Defending champ Josh Reichard sits with a comfortable top 5 stack of 215,500, and both Nick Davidson and Eric Salazar, the last two players standing between Nick Pupillo and the coveted HPT Player of the Year crown, also lurk in the top ten in chips.

Top Ten Chip Counts

PositionNameChip Count
1Brent Barfield398,300
2Dan Lowery292,700
3Joshua Henrichs230,300
4Mike Vanier218,100
5Josh Reichard217,600
6Nick Davidson215,500
7Christopher Audrain213,400
8John Michalak195,200
9Eric Salazar191,500
10Chris Moon180,800

Season XIV HPT Player of the Year Aaron Johnson advanced to Day 2, but he'll have a little work to do as he sits in the lower half of the chip counts, bringing back 45,700 for Day 2 action. We'll also be keeping an eye on former HPT champs Chris Moon (180,800), Dan Wagner (109,300), Gary Herstein (72,000), Craig Casino (69,500) and Mike Shin (59,300).

PokerNews will be live on the felt all day long as the field reaches the money and plays down to the nationally televised final table of nine. Stay tuned here for live updates and photos from the HPT Season XV $2,500 Championship Event at Hollywood Casino St. Louis.

Tags: Aaron JohnsonBrent BarfieldChris MoonCraig CasinoDan LoweryDan WagnerEric SalazarGary HersteinJosh ReichardMike ShinNick DavidsonNick Pupillo

Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatFirst NameLast NameChip Count
261DanLowery292,700
262TomMorse73,900
263TodSchmitz74,700
264AaronJohnson45,700
265RobertWatson153,300
266ZackEstes61,800
267AndreasIoakimides93,600
268JamesMackey26,000
269JosephFine41,100
     
271H.B.Sablotny27,800
272BillByrnes32,900
273JoshReichard215,500
274MarySturges31,000
275KyleKloeckner54,900
276JohnRichards28,600
277FreddyWilliams145,700
278RyanHohner37,700
279ScotterClark121,200
     
281BruceHugon57,000
282ChrisAudrain206,100
283AlexVisbisky110,000
284NickDavidson213,400
285JoshuaHenrichs230,300
286KyleCartwright86,200
287JonathanLawson145,000
288AaronMassey92,400
     
291PaulBianchi41,600
292MelissaBryne105,500
293AustinSchaal93,600
294DonShaver104,400
295TomHammers49,700
296WyattDenis45,300
297RonOng121,100
298JeredGallagher29,100
     
301BrentBarfield398,300
302SpenserCramer130,900
303BradSmith66,600
304JameyKramer86,300
305JoshSchindler47,800
306JohnThornton60,900
307JamesBurns145,100
308ChrisMoon180,800
309JohnHughes124,600
     
311HenryZou62,500
312DevinTucker19,300
313JohanssyJoseph116,400
314JohnMichalak195,200
315KevinHopkins218,100
316JeffreyRoberson72,800
317MarkBurgess84,400
318CoryWarner149,400
319PatrickQuinn23,500
     
411BlakeWhittington21,800
412MartinWarren54,600
413NickBrokaw111,400
414DanSepiol145,600
415PaulBelken92,300
416DavidWasson122,800
417PaulElfelt77,200
418NateStumpf105,700
419KellyRhoades114,900
     
421StephenMayfield21,800
422PatrickLawson62,500
423StephenSong140,700
424GregJennings62,400
425BJMcBrayer171,100
426DerekSchroeder102,000
427AnthonyDalpra63,700
428BradSailor61,200
429MikeSloan56,900
     
431MattHiggins152,600
432BrettReichard179,900
433JasonDarland62,000
434MauriceHawkins144,200
435BlairHinkle15,100
436QuintisSimpson56,000
437LukeO'Brien100,000
438AndrewErnstein52,600
     
451NickPupillo94,400
452NeilPatel76,800
453HamidIzadi47,500
454BobbyNoel77,800
455EricSalazar191,500
456StanislavAngelov90,600
457GaryHerstein72,000
458CraigCasino69,500
     
461HyunLee116,900
462GregSharp34,900
463KyleKinder103,100
464CoryBogert91,900
465JerodSmith131,700
466TimothyVance79,000
467AustinTjaden29,500
468NikolasMartinez151,600
     
471CraigWelko102,100
472DenisGalic58,000
473JasonMangold86,700
474MikeShin59,300
475JustinColiny132,800
476PeterNigh60,200
477JeffCopeland78,300
478PeterBrooks101,200
     
481DanWagner109,300
482LarryKing19,400
483MikeVanier217,600
484NateGibbs53,600
485WillBerry20,800
486JamesAnderson80,300
487BrettApter105,000
488MichaelRossitto59,200

$2,500 Championship Event

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