Main Event Day 1a | 2019 Hollywood St. Louis

08-01-2019 18:46 UTC-6

Mangold Sends Freedman to the Rail

Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Wendy Freedman opened for 1,800 from early position and was called by Jason Mangold sitting directly on her left and Todd Sladek from the cutoff.

Freedman fired out 3,100 after a flop and Mangold called.

The turn came the and Freedman checked her option to Mangold who moved all in. Freedman called off.

Wendy Freedman:
Jason Mangold:

Mangold held top-pair with the flush draw and eliminated Freedman after the river completed his flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mangold	75,000 16,600	16,600
Todd Sladek	42,000 7,000	7,000
Wendy Freedman	Busted

Tags: Jason Mangold Todd Sladek Wendy Freedman

08-01-2019 18:40 UTC-6

Koeln Stays Aggressive

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Donald Meckem limped in from middle position and Mark Koeln raised to 2,000 from the cutoff. Meckem called.

Meckem fired out 2,000 after the flop came and Koeln took down the pot after raising to 5,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Koeln	45,000 9,400	9,400
Donald Meckem	25,000 800	800

Tags: Donald Meckem Mark Koeln

08-01-2019 18:33 UTC-6

Mitchell's Three-Bet Takes Pot

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

David Doherty opened for 2,000 from the cutoff and Mark Koeln called on the button.

Action was on Robert Mitchell who took down the pot after three-betting to 8,000 from the small blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mitchell	145,000 20,000	20,000
Mark Koeln	35,600 5,600	5,600
David Doherty	27,800 21,800	21,800

Tags: Robert Mitchell David Doherty Mark Koeln

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

08-01-2019 18:12 UTC-6

Heine Makes Good River Call, Wins Pot

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Keith Heine opened for 1,500 from early position and was called by Jason Mangold from the small blind along with Todd Sladek from the big blind.

The flop was checked to Heine who fired out 2,000 and was called by Mangold.

Both players checked the turn to the river.

Mangold check-raised to 12,500 after Heine put out a 2,000 bet. Heine called.

Mangold tabled but that was no good as Heine tabled for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Heine	68,900 16,500	16,500
Jason Mangold	58,400 15,600	15,600
Todd Sladek	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Jason Mangold Keith Heine Todd Sladek

08-01-2019 18:04 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mitchell	125,000 30,000	30,000
Chris Tryba	63,000 3,000	3,000

Michael Moran	60,000 30,000	30,000
Jeffery Schroeder	60,000 30,000	30,000
Woo Moore	52,000 22,000	22,000
John Thorton	33,000 16,600	16,600
Chris Moon	25,000
Dale Woodson	14,500
Robert Utterback	14,000 16,000	16,000
Michael Riggio	13,700 16,300	16,300
Jeffery Sauer	8,100 21,900	21,900

Defending HPT St. Louis Champ Bill Byrnes Wins Event #3: 7-Game Mix

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

This weekend’s HPT St. Louis Main Event is the culmination of a whole festival of tournaments, which actually kicked off over a week ago.

One of those tournaments was Event #3: $200 7-Game Mix, which attracted 112 entries and created a $17,920 prize pool paid out to the top137 places.

Among those to cash but fall short of the final table was Michael Snow (9th - $493), Bradley Beetz (10th - $448), Kevin Conger (11th - $403), Craig Welko (12th - $403), and Stefanie Christiana (13th - $403).

Bill Brynes, who back in March topped a 444-entry field to win the HPT St. Louis Main Event for $148K, wound up as the last player standing to capture another title at Hollywood St. Louis, this one good for $5,197.

Event #3 Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Bill Byrnes	Wentzville, Missouri	$5,197
2	Josh Turner	Missouri City, Texas	$3,226
3	Clifford Schinkoeth	Maryville, Illinois	$2,150
4	Josh Kilthau	Belleville, Illinois	$1,586
5	Leit Nelson	Cape Girardeau, Missouri	$1,192
6	Gilbert Shadowens	Pevely, Missouri	$986
7	Thomas Wall	Ballwin, Missouri	$806
8	Chadwicke Haynes	Collinsville, Illinois	$627

Tags: Bill Byrnes

08-01-2019 17:45 UTC-6

Some Updated Chip Counts After Break

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Dodson	127,800 88,400	88,400
Ronald Cain	115,000 85,000	85,000
Dino Galic	85,000 25,000	25,000
Jason Mangold	74,000 56,000	56,000
Robert Benford	68,000 38,000	38,000
Keith Heine	52,400 27,600	27,600
Wendy Freedman	43,000
George Farima	42,000 12,000	12,000
Jeffery Hughes	33,000 2,000	2,000
Charles Dawson	28,000
Donald Meckem	24,200 5,800	5,800
Alexander Hoff	17,000 6,000	6,000
Mark Kolen	13,400
David Doherty	6,000 34,000	34,000