03-20-2016 13:55 UTC-6
Bill Gerding Bursts the Bubble
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
The board ran out
The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,827.
Player
Chips
Progress
Bruce Mead
265,000
28,000
28,000
Busted
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Bill Gerding Bruce Mead
03-20-2016 13:45 UTC-6
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
Ryan Tepen
345,000
254,000
254,000
Stephen Green
342,000
125,000
125,000
Bruce Mead
237,000
Bruce Peery
192,000
150,000
150,000
Leonard Scruggs
112,500
20,500
20,500
Peter Brooks
79,000
18,000
18,000
30,000
123,000
123,000
03-20-2016 13:32 UTC-6
There are 28 players remaining and hand-for-hand play has begun.
Player
Chips
Progress
Joshua Turner
452,000
51,000
51,000
Lou Pedroli
337,000
Mark Andrada
319,000
Zal Irani
247,000
112,000
112,000
Cory Bogert
235,000
24,000
24,000
Lloyd Ney
227,000
Robert Keeling
202,000
118,000
118,000
Brett Hulsey
195,000
Don Baumer
184,000
79,500
79,500
Michael Kamenjarin
168,000
Jeremy Scharf
164,000
110,500
110,500
Shiva Nomula
146,000
Leonard Scruggs
133,000
12,000
12,000
Phil Youngclaus
129,500
9,500
9,500
Paul Fehlig
125,000
23,500
23,500
Eric Nagel
94,000
1,000
1,000
Donald McArthur
84,000
Si Vo
76,500
22,500
22,500
David Kim
74,000
90,000
90,000
Busted
03-20-2016 13:16 UTC-6
Lou Pedroli is on a massive upswing and has added about 200,000 to his Day 2 starting stack.
Player
Chips
Progress
Lou Pedroli
337,000
122,000
122,000
Mark Andrada
319,000
92,500
92,500
Lloyd Ney
227,000
140,000
140,000
Michael Kamenjarin
168,000
41,000
41,000
William Haner
153,000
142,000
142,000
Shiva Nomula
146,000
25,000
25,000
Donald McArthur
84,000
15,000
15,000
03-20-2016 13:04 UTC-6
Players are on a 15-minute break. There are 29 players remaining and 27 will make the money.
03-20-2016 13:01 UTC-6
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
The turn was the
Tags:
David Kim Cory Bogert
against the 
of Mead.
, which looked promising for Gerding until the board went runner-runner flush and put him out in 28th place.
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.
