$1,650 Main Event
Day 3 Started
$1,650 Main Event
Day 3 Started
From a starting field of 392 entrants, just nine return for the final day of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Hollywood Casino St. Louis $1,650 Main Event. The final table, which will be filmed for a future television broadcast, will also be streamed on the HPT's Twitch channel on a short delay (no hole cards will be shown due to Missouri gaming laws), featuring Jerod Smith and the HPT's Korey Stewart on commentary. The PokerNews blog coverage will sync with the stream.
The returning players already have a $12,776 cash locked up, but all eyes are on the top prize of $131,184, along with the trophy and a $3,500 Championship Package good for the Season XVI HPT Championship at the end of the year.
Austin McCormick returns to his second HPT St. Louis final table with the chip lead today, with a stack of 2,775,000 to work with, good for nearly 140 big blinds at the start of play. WSOP Bracelet winners Kyle Cartwright (2,120,000) and Brett Apter (1,735,000) sit in the other two medal positions at the moment, while Kevin Garosshen (1,590,000) and Brent Cunningham (1,125,000) round out the chip millionaires club.
Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
Final | 1 | Lucas Tae | 700,000 | 35 |
Final | 2 | Neil Patel | 480,000 | 24 |
Final | 3 | Austin McCormick | 2,775,000 | 139 |
Final | 4 | Kevin Garosshen | 1,590,000 | 80 |
Final | 5 | Kyle Cartwright | 2,120,000 | 106 |
Final | 6 | Brent Cunningham | 1,125,000 | 56 |
Final | 7 | Brian Reeder | 935,000 | 47 |
Final | 8 | Brett Apter | 1,735,000 | 87 |
Final | 9 | Laura Hoppe | 300,000 | 15 |
Stay tuned to the PokerNews blog throughout the day, as we crown the latest HPT champ here at Hollywood Casino St. Louis!
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Cards are in the air for the final day of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Hollywood St. Louis $1,650 Main Event! Play resumes with 33:00 remaining in Level 22 (10,000/20,000/20,000), and levels will be one-hour in length until heads-up play is reached, at which point levels will reduce to thirty-minutes.
The PokerNews blog will sync with the HPT Twitch stream, which is on a short delay.
Photos Courtesy of HPT's Korey Stewart
Kyle Cartwright raised to 40,000 from middle position, and was called by Brent Cunningham on the button and Brett Apter in the big blind.
Action checked through the flop, and Apter checked the turn. Cartwright bet 50,000, and only Apter called.
Both players checked the river, and Apter tabled for a pair of jacks. Cartwright mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kyle Cartwright
|
2,000,000 | -120,000 |
Brett Apter
|
1,900,000 | 165,000 |
Brent Cunningham | 1,000,000 | -125,000 |
Kevin Garosshen raised to 40,000 from middle position, and Brian Reeder called on the button.
Garosshen bet 40,000 on a flop, and Reeder called.
Garosshen bet 110,000 when the fell on the turn, and Reeder called again.
The fell on the river, and Garosshen bet 250,000. Reeder thought for a minute, then folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Garosshen
|
1,850,000 | 260,000 |
Brian Reeder | 695,000 | -240,000 |
Hand #1:
Brett Apter raised to 40,000 on the button, and Lucas Tae three-bet to 130,000 in the big blind. Apter folded.
Hand #2:
Brian Reeder raised to 45,000 from the hijack, and Laura Hoppe three-bet shoved for 230,000 from the button. Reeder folded after a short stint in the tank.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brett Apter
|
1,800,000 | -100,000 |
[Removed:175]
|
800,000 | 100,000 |
Brian Reeder | 650,000 | -45,000 |
Laura Hoppe | 325,000 | 25,000 |
Austin McCormick raised to 40,000 from the button, and Kyle Cartwright called in the big blind.
Action checked through the flop, and Cartwright checked the turn. McCormick bet 45,000 and Cartwright called.
The fell on the river, and Cartwright led out for 230,000. McCormick called, Cartwright tabled for trip tens, and McCormick showed for the same hand and a chop pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Austin McCormick
|
2,900,000 | 125,000 |
Kyle Cartwright
|
2,000,000 |
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