Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2020 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood St. Louis
$1,650 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2020 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood St. Louis
Buy-in
$1,650
Entries
392
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
41
Players Left
5
Williams Four-Bet Rips
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
A player raised to 600 from the hijack, and Jonathan Williams called in the cutoff. Michael Pilla three-bet to 2,000 from the big blind, and the hijack folded.
"All in," Williams said, putting his last 16,200 in chips in the middle. Pilla went into the tank for a minute, then elected to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
|
18,900 | 2,700 |
HPT Player of the Year Pupillo Building Back Up
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Nick Pupillo, who won the Heartland Poker Tour's Season XV Player of the Year race to earn a $10,000 package towards buy-ins and accommodations for Season XVI, got off to a slow start here in today's Day 1a flight, but caught a little heat in the last two hands to start climbing back towards starting stack.
Hand #1:
Joseph Brose raised to 800 from the hijack, and Pupillo quickly three-bet to 2,500 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Brose, who took a second before letting his hand go.
Hand #2:
Pupillo opened to 800 from the hijack, and everyone folded.
We'll be keeping an eye on Pupillo throughout the day, as he looks to finish one spot higher than the last time he cashed an HPT Hollywood Casino St. Louis Main Event, August's $1,650 Main Event where he finished runner-up to current MSPT Player of the Year Mike Shin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,400 | 1,900 |
McKuin Bets Big
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Season XV HPT $2,500 Championship Event runner-up Christopher Audrain raised to 700 from under the gun, and was called by Michael McKuin in middle position, Cory Bogert in the hijack, Jeffrey Schroeder on the button, and Shawn Powers in the big blind.
Action checked to Bogert on a 
flop, and he bet 2,200. Schroeder called, and action folded back to McKuin, who check-raised to 6,200. Bogert folded and Schroeder called.
McKuin bet 7,000 on the 
turn, and Schroeder tanked for a minute, then called.
The 
fell on the river, and McKuin bet 13,000, leaving himself just 6,000 behind. Schroeder, who had a similar stack, tanked for a few moments before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | 22,000 |
|
42,200 | 12,200 |
|
29,000 | 29,000 |
|
15,200 | -17,800 |
Bogert Fires, Wins
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Cory Bogert raised to 800 from the cutoff, and found a lone called in Shawn Powers from the big blind.
Powers checked the 
flop over to Bogert, who bet 600. Powers called.
The 
turn was checked again by Powers, and Bogert sized up a bet of 1,500. Powers quickly released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,500 | 4,300 |
|
21,500 | -6,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 0
"Same Hand!"
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
Nick Pupillo bet 1,200 into a pot of 3,000 on a 
flop, and Joseph Brose raised to 3,000 next to act. The button folded, and Pupillo called.
Pupillo check-called a bet of 6,000 from Brose on the turn, and the 
fell on the river. Pupillo paused for a few moments before stacking up his remaining 11,600 in chips and sliding them into the middle. Brose tanked for a few minutes before calling, and Pupillo tabled 
.
"Same hand!" Brose said with a smile, rolling over his 
for the chop, then adding, "Glad you didn't have the king!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,800 | -3,200 |
|
|
21,500 | 2,100 |
King-Queen of Clubs Again For Schroeder
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
Christopher Audrain checked a 
flop from the big blind, and Jeffrey Schroeder bet 1,100 into a pot of 2,500 from the cutoff. Audrain called.
Audrain check-called another 1,100 chip bet from Schroeder on the 
turn, and the 
fell on the river. Audrain checked and Schroeder upped his bet to 3,000. Audrain called, only to muck after Schroeder tabled for kings and queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,500 | -3,500 |
|
|
25,000 | 9,800 |
Stahr Finds a Set
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
Shawn Powers limped in from the hijack, as did Christopher Audrain in the cutoff, before Catherine Stahr raised to 1,000 on the button. Cory Bogert called in the big blind, as did Audrain, while Powers folded.
Action checked to Stahr on a flop, and she bet 1,700, Only Bogert called.
Bogert checked the turn, and Stahr bet 7,000. Bogert folded, and Stahr showed 
for a turned top set.
"Scared me," Stahr to Bogert said in reference to the possible straight draw that came on the turn, "But I wasn't going anywhere."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
26,000 | -20,500 |
Double For Pupillo
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
Nick Pupillo raised to 900 from under the gun, and was called by Gerald Claunch in middle position, as well as the hijack.
Pupillo bet 1,000 on the 
flop, and only the hijack called.
Pupillo bet 3,000 on the turn, leaving himself 5,500 behind, and the hijack called again.
The 
fell on the river, and Pupillo bet his last 5,500. The hijack called, and Pupillo tabled for a pair of queens. The hijack showed before mucking and said, "He either had nothin' or I was wrong."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000 | 12,600 |