Phil Youngclaus opened the action to 9,000 and Adam Bacon reraised on the button to 21,000.
David Kim was in the small blind and shoved all in for 62,500. The action folded back to Youngclaus, who folded.
Bacon took his time to decide his next move. He had 78,000 behind, so a misstep on this hand could be pretty much the end of his tournament. He decided to fold and Kim won the pot.
"Do I get a bonus for that," Anthony Keefe said after he busted HPO Ambassador Chris Moneymaker.
The two got all in on the turn. Keefe had the better of it with a pair of queens and a king kicker, while Moneymaker also had a queen, but his pair came with a flush draw.
The board read 
and the river was the 
, which gave Keefe the pot.
Shiva Nomula just doubled through Bruce Peery when he hit a pair on the river.
Peery was head with 
and Nomula had 
. A six hit the river and Nomula doubled.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Lou Pedroli entered the HPO St. Louis Regional Main Event after winning a $300 side event for $12,000. He's rolling early in Day 2 and has almost doubled his stack so far today.
On this hand, Pedroli busted Will Difani. Pedroli called a Difani three bet preflop. Then the two players got all in on the flop. Difani had aces and Pedroli was on a draw. Pedroli made a flush and eliminated Difani.
Joshua Turner eliminated Ray Brint, when the two were all in preflop. Turner had 
and Brint had 
.
"He three-bet ripped on me a few times and I had to lay it down," said Turner.
On this hand, Turner was able to play back and Brint and eventually get all in and eliminate him. Turner is the first player over 300,000.
Here are some updated chip counts. Donald McArthur just added some chips to his stack, when he three-bet shoved on Lloyd Ney's opening raise for 86,500. Ney folded and McArthur showed 
.
Brett Hulsey just called 30,000 on the river of a double paired board with the bottom full house.
The action started when Tepen opened on the button for 7,000 and Zal Irani called from the small blind, Hulsey from the big.
The flop was 
and all players checked. The turn was the 
and the action checked to Tepen, who bet 10,000. Irani folded and Hulsey called.
The river was another four, the 
and Hulsey checked again. Tepen bet 30,000 and Hulsey took about 15 seconds to think. He called and flipped over 
for a full house, fours full of aces. Tepen showed 
and Hulsey won the pot.
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