| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000 | -127,000 |
|
235,000 | 60,000 |
|
89,000 | 15,000 |
|
76,000 | -18,000 |
|
59,000 | -66,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Bill Gerding is officially the bubble in the HPO St. Louis Main Event. He got his last 28,000 in and Bruce Mead called from the big blind.
When the players were allowed to show their hands, Gerding was in the lead with 
against the 
of Mead.
The board ran out 
, which looked promising for Gerding until the board went runner-runner flush and put him out in 28th place.
The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,827.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000 | 28,000 |
|
|
Busted |
A few players are being chipped at, leaving them short stacked, but no one has been eliminated yet and hand-for-hand play continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000 | 254,000 |
|
342,000 | 125,000 |
|
|
237,000 | |
|
192,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
112,500 | -20,500 |
|
79,000 | -18,000 |
|
|
30,000 | -123,000 |
There are 28 players remaining and hand-for-hand play has begun.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
452,000 | 51,000 |
|
337,000 | |
|
319,000 | |
|
247,000 | 112,000 |
|
235,000 | 24,000 |
|
227,000 | |
|
202,000 | 118,000 |
|
195,000 | |
|
184,000 | 79,500 |
|
168,000 | |
|
164,000 | 110,500 |
|
146,000 | |
|
|
133,000 | 12,000 |
|
129,500 | 9,500 |
|
|
125,000 | -23,500 |
|
|
94,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
84,000 | |
|
|
76,500 | -22,500 |
|
|
74,000 | -90,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Lou Pedroli is on a massive upswing and has added about 200,000 to his Day 2 starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
337,000 | 122,000 |
|
|
319,000 | 92,500 |
|
|
227,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
168,000 | 41,000 |
|
153,000 | -142,000 |
|
|
146,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
84,000 | -15,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Players are on a 15-minute break. There are 29 players remaining and 27 will make the money.
David Kim is applying a lot of pressure early in Day 2. He four-bet shoved on Adam Bacon and got a fold earlier and on this hand he was heads up with Cory Bogert.
Kim opened and then called a Bogert three bet preflop. The flop was 
and both players checked.
The turn was the 
and Kim checked. Bogert bet 30,000, about half the pot and Kim shoved all in for 48,500 more. Bogert took about a minute before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
211,000 | -14,000 |
|
|
164,000 | 42,000 |
