Main Event
Day 1a Started
2019 Hollywood St. Louis
Main Event
Day: 1a
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Some Early Faces in the Crowd for Day 1a
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Event #1: $350 NLH Ends in Three-Way Chop
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 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 #1: $350 No-Limit Hold’em, which attracted 1,129 entries and created a $338,700 prize pool paid out to the top 114 places.
Among those to cash were Mike Rieck (13th - $3,489), defending champ Craig Welko (16th - $2,506), Kyle Parrish (30th - $1,727), Clarence Murray (49th - $1,382), Boris Ronko (68th - $1,075), Ron Amos (90th - $870), and Kenneth Davis (111th - $760).
The tournament ended in a three-way deal that saw Dino Galic and Nathaniel Stumpf each lock up $42,202, while Taylor Hooper took a buck less with $42,201 in prize money.
Event #1 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | Dino Galic | $42,202* |
| 2 | Nathaniel Stumpf | $42,202* |
| 3 | Taylor Hooper | $42,201* |
| 4 | Austin Schaal | $18,967 |
| 5 | Zachary Carey | $14,395 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Levinson | $11,008 |
| 7 | David Lee | $8,298 |
| 8 | Curtis Waggoner | $6,943 |
| 9 | Ross Neumann | $5,724 |
| 10 | Kum Nam Dollison | $4,505 |
*Denotes three-way deal.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Here's What's in Store for Season XV of the HPT
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Season XV of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) is a big one with stops at the Hollywood Casinos in St. Louis and the Cincinnati area (Lawrenceburg, Indiana), The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Pittsburgh, and Ameristar East Chicago. What's more, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team plans to be at each of them to capture all the action.
“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.”
Here’s a look at the remaining Season XV schedule. For more information, visit hptpoker.com and follow them on Twitter @HPTPoker.
Remaining HPT Season XV Schedule
| Series Dates | Venue | Location | Main Event Buy-In |
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| July 25 - August 5 | Hollywood St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | $1,650 |
| August 1-12 | Ameristar Vicksburg | Vicksburg, Mississippi | $1,100 |
| August 22-September 2 | Ameristar East Chicago | Gary, Indiana | $1,650 |
| September 9-15 | Mini Series at Hollywood Casino Toledo | Toledo, Ohio | $350 |
| September 11-23 | Golden Gates Casino & Poker Parlour | Black Hawk, CO | $1,650 |
| September 26 - October 7 | The Meadows Casino | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,100 |
| October 17-28 | Daytona Beach Racing & Card Club | Daytona Beach, Florida | $1,100 |
| January 25-February 1, 2020 | HPT on the High Sears | Western Caribbean | $1,100 |
More Familiar Face Join The Crowd
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 0
More Notables in the Field
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