The small blind checked a 
flop over Mark Koeln, who bet 4,300 from under the gun. The small blind check-raised to 12,000, and Koeln called.
The 
fell on the turn, and the small blind checked again. Koeln put a column of chips in the pot, enough to cover the small blind's last 50,000, and the small blind quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
190,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
170,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
115,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
100,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
92,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
||
|
|
87,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
78,000
54,200
|
54,200 |
|
77,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
|
75,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
75,000
55,600
|
55,600 |
|
74,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
72,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
67,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
53,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
52,000
3,400
|
3,400 |
|
44,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
37,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
36,800
45,200
|
45,200 |
|
34,200
7,800
|
7,800 |
|
29,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
23,000
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
11,400
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Players are off on a one-hour dinner break. When they return, registration for Day 1b of the HPT St. Louis $1,650 Main Event will come to a close, with one starting flight left to go. That flight kicks off on Saturday, February 22nd at Noon local time.
Justin Coliny raised to 3,000 from middle position, and was called by Kyle Cartwright in the small blind and Mike Thompson in the big blind.
Cartwright checked the 
flop to Thompson, who bet 4,500. Coliny raised to 10,000, and both Cartwright and Thompson folded.
"I gotta show 'em, right?" Coliny said before turning over 
and raking in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
77,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
Shawn Roberts checked a 
board to an opponent on the button, who bet 4,500 into a pot of 13,500. Roberts check-raised to 45,000, enough to put his opponent to the test for his last 32,000 total.
The button tanked for a few minutes, and a clock was called. After a few moments of the countdown, the button called off his stack.
Opponent: 
Shawn Roberts: 
Roberts' top pair held on the 
river, and he eliminated his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
32,500
|
32,500 |
A player raised to 2,000 from middle position, and Justin Coliny three-bet to 6,000 from the cutoff. Michael Esquivel four-bet to 17,500 from the small blind, and after the middle-position player folded, Coliny five-bet jammed, and Esquivel called off his last 50,000 total.
Michael Esquivel: 
Justin Coliny: 
A classic flip went Coliny's way after a 
board failed to improve Esquivel's Big Slick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
On a flop, the big blind led out for 2,500, and Mike Rieck folded in the hijack. BJ McBrayer stuck around with a call in the cutoff.
The big blind fired 3,000 on the turn, and McBrayer called again.
The river saw the big blind bet 6,000, and McBrayer quickly called. The big blind tabled 
, but McBrayer showed the winner with his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Henry Zou raised to 2,000 from middle position, and found a lone caller in the cutoff.
Both players checked the 
flop, and Zou bet 3,000 on the 
turn. The cutoff called.
Zou checked the 
river, then quickly called a bet of 6,500 from the cutoff, tabling as he did. Zou's opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
