Robert Mitchell Leads As 6 of 47 Survive Day 1a of HPT St. Louis
Day 1a of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Hollywood Casino St. Louis attracted 47 runners, but after 15 levels of play, just 6 remained with2019 $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack bracelet winnerRobert Mitchell and his stack of 418,000 leading the way.
Mitchell accumulated chips all throughout the day and eventually ended the night as the chip leader. Next in line is Jeff Sauer with his stack of (365,000), followed by Alexander Hoff (200,000), Jeffery Schroeder (167,000), Christopher Moon (157,000), Jason Mangold (81,000), and Todd Sladek (49,000).
Some Notable players to fall on Day 1a were WSOP Bracelet winner Chris Tryba, HPT St. Louis runner-up Keith Heine, MSPT Majestic Star champ Mike Shin, Charlie Dawson, and Ryan Dodson. The good news is all of those players can try again in the second flight if they so choose as Day 1b will kick off at 2 p.m. local time on Friday, August, 2nd 2019.
The surviving players will combine at 11 a.m. on Sunday to play down to the final table. Once again the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then.
and Shin bet 15,000, Mangold called. 
and Shin fired out 25,000, Mangold called. 
on the river and Shin moved all in and Mangold called for less. 
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and Doherty was eliminated after the 
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giving Mechem's opponent the heart flush draw with one card to go. 
and he got the double up.
