Who Will Walk Away with the $148,587 Top Prize in the HPT St. Louis?
The 2019 Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) St. Louis began with 444 entrants but is now down to the final table of nine. Leading the way is 2018 Indiana State Poker Champion Tim Burden who bagged up a massive 3.8 million.
However, most of the players are relatively deep in relation to the blinds and given the stacked lineup that includes MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang and MSPT Meskwaki Champ Keith Heine, it really is anyone's game.
Here's a look at how things stack up at the final table, which will be live streamed (without hole cards per Missouri law) and recorded for a future television broadcast.
HPT St. Louis Final Table
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Wood | 555,000 |
| 2 | Joe Landazzi | 800,000 |
| 3 | Bill Byrnes | 1,815,000 |
| 4 | Stephen Green | 715,000 |
| 5 | Andy Echele | 2,080,000 |
| 6 | Keith Heine | 1,220,000 |
| 7 | Kou Vang | 785,000 |
| 8 | Dave Simon | 1,550,000 |
| 9 | Tim Burden | 3,800,000 |
PokerNews will be here to capture all the action on the way to crowning a winner, so stay tuned to see who closes the deal here at the HPT Hollywood Casino St. Louis.
was no help to Wood, but the 
gave him outs to a straight.
was not one of those outs, and Wood was the first elimination at the final table.
flop, Landazzi shoved all in and was immediately called by Vang.
turn was a good card for Landazzi, giving him more outs.
wasn't one of them, and he was our second elimination of the day.
, which gave Simon a good portion of the deck to work with in order to eliminate Burden.
on the turn, which gave Simon the straight, was one of those cards.
on the river, and Burden's place at the final table officially ended.
ending Echele's run in sixth place.
