Greg Wood Looking to Extend HPT Season XV POY Lead
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Player of the Year race is always competitive, and right now Greg Wood is out in the early lead thanks to back-to-back final tables and winning the HPT Lawrenceburg for $119,101.
Whoever wins the POY title will claim more than bragging rights. Our POY earns a $10,000 package to use next season as well as complimentary hotel accommodations at those six stops. In case of a tie, all winning players will split the POY prize package evenly.
Here's a look at the current top 10 headed into the HPT Columbus stop:
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Wood | 152.5 |
| 2 | Nick Davidson | 140 |
| 3 | Nick Pupillo | 140 |
| 4 | Bill Byrnes | 134.8 |
| 5 | Shawn Roberts | 118 |
| 6 | Mike Sabbia | 117 |
| 7 | Dan Wagner | 100 |
| 8 | Keith Heine | 97.5 |
| 9 | Marty Gorenc | 90 |
| 10 | George Janssen | 90 |
and Robert Randall moved all in for his remaining 12,000. His opponent in Seat 2 thought for a while before deciding to make the call. 
for trips. His opponent did not like what he saw and reluctantly turned over his hand to show 
. The river was the 
to confirm the double up for Randall. 
. His opponent in Seat 9 thought over the hand for a while before folding. The shove gave Raymer a nice boost to his stack.
and it was checked around. 
, Robert French in the small blind checked, and the big blind bet 1,100. The middle position player folded and French called. 
and again French checked and the big blind bet 5,200. Frank tanked with four cards to the straight on the board but eventually made the call and turned over 
. The big blind mucked.
, Shawn Roberts bet 5,000 from the big blind and the player in the cutoff made the call. 
and Roberts aces held up to eliminate a player from the field.
and Stein showed the 
but the river came the 
to bring the flush home for Stein and keep his stack alive.