Mark Andrada was eliminated in 11th place. He was heads up with Cory Bogert in a limped pot.
The flop was and Andrada shoved his remaining 141,000. Bogert called with top pair, holding . Andrada had an open-ended straight draw with .
Andrada didn't make his straight and Bogert sent him to the rail. Andrada finished in 11th place for $5,269. The remaining ten players will redraw to one table and continue play shortly.
Lou Pedroli was eliminated in tenth place after three-bet shoving over a Jeremy Scharf opening raise.
Scharf called with and Pedroli had . Scharf's pocket pair held and Pedroli was eliminated. This cash comes on the heels of a $300 side event Pedroli won Friday for $12,000 before he jumped into the Day 1b flight.
Stephen Green shoved his last 78,000 and Don Baumer called.
Green had and Baumer had . Green flopped two pair and stayed ahead to double through the chipleader.
Shortly after that, Green got all in again against Baumer with . Baumer had , but a queen hit the turn and Green doubled again.
Green is staying alive and trying to outlast Joshua Turner who is playing one of the side events.
Green is in contention for the HPO St. Louis Series Leaderboard and has a shot to win an HPO Championship Event seat in Las Vegas at the M Resort.
If Green wins the Main Event he will win the seat and the second place guy on the leaderboard will get the seat. So there is a way for both him and Turner to get seats to the event.
Jeremy Scharf opened from the hijack and Bruce Mead called from the big blind.
The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and it was checks again. The river was the and Mead led out for 40,000. Scharf called and Mead showed .