$1,115 Regional Main Event
Day 1b Completed
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 St. Louis Regional Main Event
$1,115 Regional Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 St. Louis Regional Main Event
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$257,000
Entries
257
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Josh Turner Claims Overall Lead After Day 1b of HPO St. Louis Regional Main Event
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Josh Turner finished atop the 33 remaining players from the Day 1b flight of the Hollywood Poker Open St. Louis Regional Main Event. Not only that, but his stack of 277,000 in chips surpassed that of Day 1a chip leader Bill Haner (243,500) to give Turner the overall lead heading into Day 2.
Turner has had his fair share of success in St. Louis, his hometown. Of his 12 live tournament victories, five of them have come in the Gateway to the West, including three in HPO events. Most recently, Turner took down a $300 side event during this HPO stop, topping a field of 62 players to win $5,312.
His biggest win also came from The Lou. In February 2015, he won the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,675 Main Event for $136,945.
All in all, Turner has just under $700,000 in lifetime earnings from live events.
Lori Lindley had a solid day and finished with 192,500. Her poker résumé is almost the complete opposite of Turner's. She has just $8,367 dollars in live tournament earnings, only five cashes, and one win. A deep run here could certainly mean a new career best. Nine days ago, she finished third in an HPO side event for $3,372.
Don Baumer (179,500), Paul Fehlig (159,000), and Mark Andrada (157,000) round out the top five finishers from Day 1b.
Kyle Cartwright is one of the most successful players remaining in the field, with $1.24 million in live tournament winnings, a WSOP bracelet and six — yes, six — WSOP Circuit gold rings. He finished second place in this same event last year, but will need to put in some some work tomorrow as he will start with only 33,000 in chips. He will have the shortest stack to enter the day, but will still have 10 big blinds to work with. It's not much, but it's something.
With a field of 257 entries, this year's HPO St. Louis $1,115 Regional Main Event saw an impressive uptick in size with 84 more entries than last year for a growth of 49%. The prize pool generated was $257,000, with first place tipping the scales at $61,676. The top 27 finishers will reach the money and earn a min-cash of $2,827.
Day 2 will start on Sunday at 12:15 p.m. local time. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews to see who will take home the title here in St. Louis.
Final Chip Counts for Day 1b (full)
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
277,000 | 95,000 |
|
192,500 | -1,500 |
|
179,500 | 23,500 |
|
159,000 | 53,000 |
|
157,000 | 14,000 |
|
154,500 | |
|
154,500 | |
|
152,000 | 8,000 |
|
149,500 | |
|
142,500 | |
|
132,500 | |
|
132,000 | 40,000 |
|
125,000 | |
|
116,500 | 30,500 |
|
116,000 | -9,000 |
|
111,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
104,500 | -13,500 |
|
95,500 | |
|
|
91,000 | 24,000 |
|
|
85,500 | -500 |
|
|
82,000 | 9,600 |
|
|
81,100 | 58,700 |
|
76,500 | -23,500 |
|
|
76,000 | 38,000 |
|
|
75,500 | -17,500 |
Day 1b is Done
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Day 1b play is complete and the players are bagging and tagging. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action and full chips counts.
Two Gone In Quick Succession
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Andy Ourth and Benjamin Smith won't be in the Day 2 field, within only a couple hands left to go, both players were eliminated in back-to-back hands.
On the first hand, Ourth got all in with pocket aces against Bruce Peery. Peery had 
and flopped a straight, turned a flush draw and rivered broadway, giving Ourth a meaningless set of aces as he hit the rail.
On the next hand, Don Baumer had an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw against Smith and got there, eliminating Smith with four hands remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
156,000 | 25,000 |
|
47,300 | 2,300 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Six More Hands
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
There are six hands left in play tonight and 35 players remain.
Green Catches A Bluff
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Stephen Green raised preflop to 6,000 and the player in the big blind defended.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and the big blind checked to Green. Green bet 5,000 and the big blind called.
The river paired the board again with the 
and the big blind bet out 11,000. Green thought about it for about a minute before finally decided to call with ace high. He was good and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 23,400 |
Ward Doubles Twice
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Kevin Ward just doubled two times in the final level of the night to go from under ten big blinds to almost 30.
On the first hand he was all in on the button for 16,000 with 
against the pocket fives of Joey McCaig. Ward flopped two pair and turned a full house to double.
The next hand, Ward got all in on a flush draw against Benjamin Smith and hit the flush on the river against the top pair of Smith.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,400 |
Recent Eliminations
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Will Difani eliminated Larry Edwards when the two got all in preflop.
Edwards had 
and was in tough shape against the 
of Difani. He was in even worse shape when the flop came 
. The board completed 
and that spelled the end of Edwards' tournament run.
Also in this level, Dave Yingling was eliminated. He lost a lot of chips after a three way all in, but remained calm and held his stack for a long time. The blinds just seem to have caught up with him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,000 | 29,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400