The remaining field is off on a one-hour dinner break. Registration for today's Day 1a flight of the Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino St. Louis $1,650 Main Event remains open through the dinner break. Players still have two more flights if they wish to fire this weekend, as Day 1b kicks off tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time, while Day 1c starts on Saturday, February 22nd at Noon.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
129,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
27,500
|
27,500 |
|
110,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
107,500
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
103,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
88,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
69,400
17,400
|
17,400 |
|
61,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
|
|
59,800
-3,700
|
-3,700 |
|
48,200
-5,800
|
-5,800 |
|
44,100
44,100
|
44,100 |
|
|
40,400
-1,400
|
-1,400 |
|
|
27,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
21,500
-20,500
|
-20,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
Ryan Tepen raised to 3,000 from the button, and Mark Koeln defended in the big blind.
Koeln checked the 
flop to Tepen, who bet 3,000. Koeln check-raised to 7,000 and Tepen folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
117,500
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
|
|
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|
|
68,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
All eyes may be on the $1,650 Main Event here at the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Hollywood St. Louis, but one of the feel-good stories to come out of the stop actually took place on Wednesday night in Event #10: $300 6-Max NLH, a tournament that attracted 143 runners.
Among those to cash the tournament were Keith Heine (5th - $2,042), Terry Stuhldreher (7th - $1,477), and Tyler Hazlett (9th - $1,094), just to name a few.
Meanwhile, poker pro Nick Pupillo, the reigning HPT Player of the Year, proved to be a force to reckon with at the final table, where he actually made it to heads-up play against Jeff Copeland.
For Pupillo, he'd have to settle for second place as the day belonged to Copeland, who took down the title for $9,847.
Copeland was complimentary about his heads-up opponent and explained why the win was so special.
HPT St. Louis Event #10 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Copeland | $9,847 |
| 2 | Nick Pupillo | $6,126 |
| 3 | Andreas Ioakimides | $3,719 |
| 4 | Brent Cunningham | $2,735 |
| 5 | Keith Heine | $2,042 |
| 6 | Kyle Kinder | $1,677 |
| 7 | Terry Stuhldreher | $1,477 |
| 8 | Courtney Pipitone | $1,295 |
| 9 | Tyler Hazlett | $1,094 |
| 10 | Kenneth Allen | $875 |
Thomas Rennier raised to 3,300 from under the gun, and Jody Dobrinich called on the button.
Rennier bet 3,300 on the 
flop, and Dobrinich called.
The 
turn was checked by Rennier, and Dobrinich jammed for 18,600. Rennier folded, then was moved from his current table to take the spot of Eric Seiler, who just busted at the other table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
35,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Christopher Audrain raised to 3,500 from under the gun, and was called by Ryan Tepen in the cutoff and Mark Koeln in the small blind.
Action checked to Tepen on a 
flop, and he bet 6,000. Only Koeln called.
Both players checked the 
turn, and the 
fell on the river. Koeln bet 16,000, leaving himself 37,000 behind. Tepen jammed after a minute in the tank, and Koeln snap-called, only to muck after Tepen showed 
for a rivered full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
107,500
|
107,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Michael McKuin raised to 3,000 from under the gun, and was called by Jody Dobrinich on the button and Jeffrey Schroeder in the small blind.
Action checked through the flop, and the fell on the turn. Schroeder bet 4,000, and only Dobrinich called.
Schroeder bet another 5,000 on the 
river, and Dobrinich quickly called. Schroeder tabled 
for queens and nines, but Dobrinich held the winner with his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
56,500
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
|
|
44,000
-4,200
|
-4,200 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
John Thornton raised to 4,500 from the button, and Ryan Tepen made the call from the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop, and the 
fell on the turn. Tepen bet 10,000 and Thornton quickly called.
The 
fell on the river, and Tepen bet 25,000. Thornton folded. Tepen now holds nearly a quarter of the chips in play in this Day 1a flight with twelve players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
130,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
