Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2019 Heartland Poker Tour St. Louis
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2019 Heartland Poker Tour St. Louis
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$646,020
Entries
444
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 444
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Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
After preflop action was folded around to him, the middle-position player raised it to 7,000, and got calls from both Joe Landazzi in the cutoff and the player in the big blind, which created a three-way pot.
The flop came 
, which got a check from the big blind, a continuation bet of 11,000 from the middle-position, a call from Landazzi and then a fold from the big blind.
The middle-position player checked the 
turn, and then check-called the 25,000 bet from Landazzi.
Both players then checked the 
river, and the middle-position player mucked his hand when Landazzi tabled 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
218,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Danny Hoeft opened for 8,000 and then called when Alex Hoff three-bet jammed for 46,500 total.
Hoeft: 
Hoff: 
Hoff had the best of it and held as the board ran out a clean 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
53,500
|
53,500 |
|
75,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
As level 14 drew down, John Richards pushed all-in for 38,500. Brett Apter called from the cutoff. The big blind player looked down and quickly pushed all his chips in. Apter asked for a count and made the call for an additional 23,000. All three players turned their hands over.
Richards held 
, Apter 
and the big blind player held the only made hand going to the flop with 
.
The flop of 
was a miss for both Richards and Apter, with the 
on the turn adding no help.
Richards was looking at a three out best hail mary and got there with the 
on the river for a huge triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
|
120,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Prior to the start of the following hand, Cory Bogert had already announced that, for reasons still unknown, he would be taking off his hoodie at the end of the level.
Action folded to Danny Hoeft, and he raised to 8,000 from the hijack, getting called by Cory Bogert on the button and the player in the big blind.
The three players checked to the turn on a board reading , and the big blind bet 18,000, which got a fold from Hoeft and a call from Bogert.
The big blind player then bet 30,000 on the 
river.
Cory then re-checked his cards, looked at the board, looked at the big blind player and then announced, "All in."
The big blind player then looked hard at Bogert before finally mucking his cards and sending the big pot over to Bogert.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
69,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Ryan Gregor, the 2016 HPT Player of the Year, has been on a heater here in the last level of the night.
In a recent hand, Gregor raised the button to 8,000 and called when Mike Rieck three-bet all in for approximately 100,000 from the small blind.
Gregor: 
Rieck: 
The 
flop gave Rieck top set but Gregor did have a flush draw. He hit it too when the dealer burned and turned the 
. The failed to pair the board on the river and Rieck hit the rail while Gregor added to his mountain of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Action folded around to Kyle Parrish, who called in his small blind, and Aaron Johnson checked his option in the big blind.
Parrish bet 4,000 on the 
flop, getting a call from Johnson.
After both players checked the 
turn, Parrish made another bet, this time for 7,000.
Johnson took a last look at his hole cards before tossing them into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
147,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
120,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament staff just announced the remaining players will play six more hands before bagging and tagging on Day 1a. Stay tuned for a list of survivors with chip counts as well as a recap of the day's action.
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
563,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
357,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
|
322,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
|
303,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
299,000 | |
|
|
255,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
179,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
177,000 | |
|
|
161,000 | |
|
|
160,000
72,800
|
72,800 |
|
141,000 | |
|
|
139,000 | |
|
138,000 | |
|
|
138,000 | |
|
132,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
124,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
123,000 | |
|
|
119,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
119,000 | |
|
|
119,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
113,000 | |
|
107,000 | |
|
|
98,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
95,000 | |
|
92,000 | |
