Welcome to Day 1a of the HPT Hollywood St. Louis Main Event!
Season XV of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) continues today at Hollywood Casino in St. Louis, Missouri. The $1,650 buy-in Main Event, which will be live reported in its entirety right here on PokerNews, kicks off with Day 1a at 2 p.m. local time.
“HPT is excited to have PokerNews providing additional event coverage in 2019,” said Korey Stewart, HPT Marketing Manager. “Season XV is shaping up to be another record-breaking year for the tour. We’ve already added several new venues to the schedule and we’re hoping to announce a few more new additions soon. There will be plenty of opportunities for poker enthusiasts across the country to take a shot at winning life-changing money at nationally televised final tables. We’re looking forward to having an industry leader like PokerNews there to report on it every step of the way.”
Players will start with 30,000 in chips and play 40-minute levels. Day 1b will take place at noon on Friday, August 2nd, and Day 1c Saturday, August 3rd. The surviving players from the three starting flights will return for Day 2 action at 11 a.m. on Sunday, August 4th. The final table will then be live-streamed at noon on Monday, August 5th.