There was already 3,000 in the pot on a 
board when the big blind led out for 1,600 into Alicia Beatty in the cutoff. Beatty raised to 4,000, and the big blind quickly called.
The 
river was checked through, and the big blind tabled 
. Beatty rolled over 
for a turned straight, and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 |
Mark Koeln got his last 9,100 in on a 
flop from under the gun, and Patrick Lawson had him at risk next to act.
Mark Koeln:
Patrick Lawson: 
Koeln pinned his hopes to a pair and a flush draw, but he failed to improve on the 
turn and 
river to bust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | |
|
Busted |
Four players saw a 
flop together, and action checked to Carl Masters in middle position. Masters bet 2,000 into a pot of 3,000, and only Daniel Lowery, who tops Arkansas's All-Time Tournament Earnings leaderboard on Hendon Mob, called from the small blind.
Lowery checked the 
on the turn, and Masters bet 1,600. Lowery called again.
Both players checked the river, and Masters tabled 
for tens and nines. Lowery mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | 29,000 |
|
24,700 | -5,300 |
Six players limped in to see a 
flop together, and action checked to the 
turn. Peter Nigh bet 700 from the small blind, and Donald Shaver called in the hijack. The dealer burned and turned the 
before the button had a chance to act, and the floor ruled that the would go back in the deck and a new river would be produced after the button acted. The button eventually folded.
The now fell on the river, and Nigh bet 1,500. Shaver called, and Nigh tabled 
, for a two-pair that would've ben counterfeited on the original river.
"I would've preferred that two," Shaver said with a rueful smile, "I would've won."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
|
10,700 | -19,300 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 0
14-time WSOPC ring winner Maurice Hawkins checked an 
flop from the small blind, and Mike Thompson fired 1,100 into a pot of 2,000 from the button. Hawkins check-raised to 3,400, and Thompson three-bet to 9,100.
Hawkins, who also holds an HPT St. Louis title from 2018 to his credit, eventually settled on a four-bet to 20,400. Thompson tanked for a few moments, then released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 40,000 |
|
25,000 | -6,000 |
Four players limped into the pot before Cory Bogert raised to 2,000 from the big blind. Matthew Rodgers called from under the gun, as did the small blind.
Action checked through the 
flop, and the small blind checked again on the turn. Bogert bet 3,500, and only Rodgers called.
Bogert fired 6,000 on the river, and Rodgers called. Bogert showed 
, while Rodgers tabled 
for an open-ended straight draw that rivered top pair and the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,500 | |
|
25,600 | 25,600 |
Preflop, Henry Zou had 5,500 in chips in front of him from the small blind, and was contemplating a raise to 10,500 from Vincent Moscati in early position, with 2,700 in dead money already in the middle. Zou called.
Zou checked a flop to Moscati, who bet 4,500. Zou check-raised to 11,000, and Moscati called.
The fell on the turn, and Zou jammed for 25,000. Moscati, who was barely covered by Zou, tanked for a minute before releasing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000 | 27,000 |
|
24,500 | 24,500 |
A player raised to 800 from early position, and was called by Peter Nigh in the cutoff and Keith Heine in the big blind.
Heine checked the 
flop to the early-position player, who bet 1,500. Only Nigh called.
The fell on the turn, and the early-position player checked. Nigh bet 3,700 and his opponent called.
The early-position player checked again on the river, and Nigh bet 6,800. The early-position player picked up calling chips, then snatched them back into his hand for a moment before tossing them towards Nigh. Nigh tabled for aces-up, and the early-position player mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,000 | 12,000 |
Players are off on their first fifteen-minute break of the day.
