2020 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood St. Louis

$1,650 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2020 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood St. Louis

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$131,184
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Entries
392
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
9
Players Left
1

Cunningham's Turn to Chip Up

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Brian Reeder raised to 60,000 from under the gun, and was called by Kyle Cartwright in the small blind and Brent Cunningham in the big blind.

Cartwright and Cunningham checked the {k-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts} flop to Reeder, who bet 130,000. Cartwright called, and Cunningham elected to come along as well.

The {8-Hearts} turn was checked through to the {3-Clubs} river. Cartwright checked, and Cunningham bet 350,000. Reeder folded, and Cartwright called after a minute in the tank. Cunningham tabled {9-Spades}{8-Diamonds} for turned trip eights, and Cartwright mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Brent Cunningham us
Brent Cunningham
1,900,000 700,000
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
WSOP 1X Winner
825,000 -575,000
Brian Reeder us
Brian Reeder
670,000 -85,000

Tags: Brent CunninghamBrian ReederKyle Cartwright

Hoppe Doubles Through McCormick to Take the Chip Lead

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Laura Hoppe
Laura Hoppe

Laura Hoppe raised to 60,000 from the hijack, and Austin McCormick three-bet to 160,000 on the button. Hoppe called after a minute in the tank.

The {q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop was checked by Hoppe, and McCormick bet 170,000. Hoppe called.

Hoppe checked again on the {5-Spades} turn, and McCormick fired another barrel, this time for 340,000. Hoppe called again.

The {4-Diamonds} hit the river, and Hoppe checked a third time. McCormick jammed, putting Hoppe to the test for her last 995,000. Hoppe tanked for a few minutes.

"Go big or go home, eh?" Hoppe said to McCormick. She called, and McCormick tabled {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs} for a triple-barrel bluff. Hoppe slammed down {a-Spades}{q-Hearts} for top pair, top kicker, and Hoppe, the start of the day short stack, now holds the chip lead with eight players left.

"That was a bad ass call, eh boys?" Hoppe added after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Laura Hoppe us
Laura Hoppe
3,400,000 1,650,000
Austin McCormick us
Austin McCormick
Day 2 Chip Leader
1,300,000 -1,600,000

Tags: Austin McCormickLaura Hoppe

Hoppe Approaching Two Million

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Laura Hoppe raised to 65,000 from early position, Austin McCormick called in the hijack, and Brian Reeder came along in the big blind.

The {6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} flop was checked by Reeder, and Hoppe fired 130,000. Both McCormick and Reeder folded, and Hoppe collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Austin McCormick us
Austin McCormick
Day 2 Chip Leader
2,900,000 -100,000
Laura Hoppe us
Laura Hoppe
1,750,000 110,000
Brian Reeder us
Brian Reeder
755,000 -95,000

Tags: Austin McCormickBrian ReederLaura Hoppe

Cartwright Check-Raises McCormick

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Austin McCormick raised to 60,000 from the button, and Kyle Cartwright defended his big blind.

The {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop was checked by Cartwright, and McCormick bet 55,000. Cartwright check-raised to 180,000, and McCormick folded.

Player Chips Progress
Austin McCormick us
Austin McCormick
Day 2 Chip Leader
3,000,000 -100,000
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
WSOP 1X Winner
1,400,000 100,000

Tags: Austin McCormickKyle Cartwright

Cunningham Gets Lucky to Double Through Reeder

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Brent Cunningham
Brent Cunningham

Hand #1:

Brent Cunningham raised to 60,000 from the cutoff, and Brian Reeder three-bet to 175,000 from the button. Cunningham folded.

Hand #2:

The very next hand, Kyle Cartwright raised to 60,000 from middle position, and Cunningham three-bet shoved for 480,000 from the hijack. Reeder four-bet shoved for 1.3 million from the cutoff, and action folded back to Cartwright, who quickly folded.

Brent Cunningham: {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Brian Reeder: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Reeder's Big Slick held on the {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop, but the {q-Spades} turn left him shaking his head, as Cunningham peeled a three-outer to leave Reeder looking for an ace to earn the knockout. The {4-Clubs} on the river changed nothing, and Cunningham doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Brent Cunningham us
Brent Cunningham
1,100,000 545,000
Brian Reeder us
Brian Reeder
850,000 -350,000

Tags: Brent CunninghamBrian ReederKyle Cartwright

Opening Hands of Level 24

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Hand #1:

Austin McCormick raised to 60,000 from the cutoff, and Brent Cunningham three-bet shoved for 450,000 in the big blind. McCormick folded.

Hand #2:

Kyle Cartwright raised to 60,000 from the button, and Brian Reeder called in the big blind.

Reeder checked a {7-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{q-Spades} flop to Cartwright, who bet 40,000. Reeder called.

The {9-Clubs} turn was checked through to the {8-Hearts} river. Both players checked again, and Reeder showed {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. Cartwright mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Austin McCormick us
Austin McCormick
Day 2 Chip Leader
3,100,000 -100,000
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
WSOP 1X Winner
1,300,000 -160,000
Brian Reeder us
Brian Reeder
1,200,000 105,000
Brent Cunningham us
Brent Cunningham
555,000 75,000

Tags: Austin McCormickBrent CunninghamBrian ReederKyle Cartwright

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Break Time

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The final eight players are off on a fifteen-minute break. The PokerNews blog is syncing reporting with the HPT Twitch stream, which you can find here.

Player Chips Progress
Austin McCormick us
Austin McCormick
Day 2 Chip Leader
3,200,000 -100,000
Brett Apter us
Brett Apter
WSOP 1X Winner
1,900,000 100,000
Laura Hoppe us
Laura Hoppe
1,640,000 140,000
Kevin Garosshen us
Kevin Garosshen
Day 1C Chip Leader
1,585,000 -115,000
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
WSOP 1X Winner
1,460,000 160,000
Brian Reeder us
Brian Reeder
1,095,000 -205,000
Brent Cunningham us
Brent Cunningham
480,000 -295,000
Neil Patel us
Neil Patel
340,000 -25,000

Reeder Takes From the Chip Leader

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Brian Reeder raised to 60,000 from the hijack, and Austin McCormick called in the big blind.

The {k-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop was checked by McCormick, and Reeder bet 80,000. McCormick called.

McCormick checked again on the {5-Spades} turn, and Reeder bet 180,000. McCormick folded after a minute of thought.

Player Chips Progress
Austin McCormick us
Austin McCormick
Day 2 Chip Leader
3,300,000 -100,000
Brian Reeder us
Brian Reeder
1,300,000 300,000

Tags: Austin McCormickBrian Reeder