The UTG+1 player raised to 6,000, Tod Schmidz made the call from the next seat over and they went heads up to the flop.
After the dealer spread a flop of 
, the UTG+1 player bet 10,000.
Schmidz immediately shoved all in, which got a quick fold from the other player.
He then showed the 
, just before scooping the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
With around 20,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, Wyatt Denis got his last 11,900 all in and was at risk against Minnesota's Ian Matakis.
Matakis: 
Denis: 
Denis went with his open-ended straight draw, and while he didn't get it on the 
turn, he did when the spiked on the river. Matakis saw his two pair go down in flames and he sent over some chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
|
45,000 | |
Ed McAfoose opened action with a 5,500 button bet and got a quick call by the small blind. The big blind player fired out a three-bet of 15,000. McAfoose paused, then shoved all-in for 39,800. Big blind player called McAfoose's all in after the small blind folded.
McAfoose was ahead holding 
against the 
.
A scary board of 
gave McAfoose a sweat but the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
81,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Jim Fondy raised to 8,000 from middle position, and action folded around to the player in the small blind, who had just won two straight hands with preflop shoves and no callers.
After shoving for a third straight hand, he finally got called, by Fondy who had a shorter stack.
The players then tabled their hands, and Fondy was ahead and needed his hand to hold.
Fondy: 
Small Blind:
The flop came 
, which gave the small blind outs to the nut flush and straight.
The small blind asked for a heart or ten, which didn't come on the turn or the 
river.
This gave Fondy, who had been one of the earlier big stacks, some much-needed chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
87,200
32,700
|
32,700 |
Players are on their final 15-minute break of the night. During this time the tournament staff will race off the T100 chips. When they return, the remaining players will play three more 40-minute levels before bagging and tagging on Day 1a.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
This weekend’s $1,650 Main Event is the culmination of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) series here at Hollywood St. Louis. There were several prelims going back to last weekend.
One of them was Event #6: $200 NLH Bounty $50 Bounty, a tournament that drew 191 runners and created a prize pool of $15,860. Among those to get paid but fall short of the final table were Terry Studlreher (11th - $462), Mary Sturges (14th - $399), David Simon (18th - $315), and Oliver Rivers (23rd - $273).
In the end, Event #1 champ Craig Welko, who won $37,402 for that victory, captured his second title for an additional $5,150.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Welko | Ballwin, MO | $5,150 |
| 2 | Ryan Hercules | High Ridge, MO | $3,173 |
| 3 | Todd Bartlett | Dallas City, IL | $2,122 |
| 4 | Dong Sheng Zhang | St.Charles, MO | $1,523 |
| 5 | Terry Wiott | Pacific, MO | $1,156 |
| 6 | Brian Titus | Mt. Zion, IL | $945 |
| 7 | Tanner Pray | Lake St.Louis, MO | $798 |
| 8 | Michael Warren | Flora, IL | $683 |
| 9 | Kevin Bourg | Carriere, MS | $567 |
| 10 | Gerald Hill | Pickington, OH | $462 |
In the first hand Craig Casino limped from under the gun and it folded around to the big blind, who checked his option.
After the players checked to the river on a board reading 
and the big blind checked again, Casino put out a bet of 5,000, which was called by the big blind.
The players tabled their hands, which resulted in a chopped pot.
Casino: 
Big Blind: 
In the very next hand action folded to the hijack, and he raised to 5,500, getting calls from Ed McPike on the button and Casino from his big blind.
All three players checked to the river on a board reading 
.
Casino then bet out 11,000, which got a fold from the hijack.
McPike then asked to see Casino's stack and opted to just call.
Casino then mucked his cards after McPike tabled 
for the king-high flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
42,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
2018 HPT Player of the Year Aaron Johnson got all his chips in pre flop with against the small blind player's .
Johnson's hand was ahead until a flop of 
. The on the turn gave Johnson a little more hope adding more outs to win the hand on the river.
A on the river saved Johnson giving him the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 |
We missed the elimination of Craig Casino but Jason Mangold, the man who eliminated him, told us a few details after the fact.
According to him, Casino held 
on a king high flop and got his chips in the middle. Mangold, who had 
, called him and promptly spiked an ace on the turn.
Mangold claimed the pot and sent Casino out of flight 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
Busted |
