Craig Welko Captures Wins Three Side Events at HPT St. Louis Stop
A series of side events played out leading up to the Main Event and amazingly Craig Welko managed to win three of them.
His heater began in Event #1: $350 No-Limit Hold’em, a tournament that drew a Missouri state record 1,283 entries. There was a six-way deal worked and Welko was not only deemed the champion, but took the most prize money with $37,402. It marked the biggest score of his aspiring career.
Then in Event #6: $200 NLH Bounty ($50 bounties), he bested a 191-entry field to win his second title. While he wasn’t able to get anything going in the Main Event, Welko closed out the stop strong by topping a 189-entry to win Event #12: $300 NLH Bounty ($100 bounties) for $5,200 after a three-way deal.
Prior to the HPT St. Louis, Welko had $164,612 in live tournament earnings including a prior career-best of $33,000 for finishing third in a $550 NLH event at last year’s Wynn summer Classic.
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.
and his ace high gave him the double up.
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.
