$1,650 Main Event Day 1c | 2020 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood St. Louis

02-22-2020 23:09 UTC-5

Battle of the Blinds Sends Moscati to the Top

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Vincent Moscati's stack just found a huge uptick, and he shared how a blind-versus-blind battle helped him secure all of his newfound chips.

Moscati limped in from the small blind, and the big blind raised to 12,500. Moscati limp-raised to 52,500, and the big blind jammed for 160,000. Moscati called with , and held against the big blind's to send a massive pot his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Moscati	400,000	160,000

Tags: Vincent Moscati

02-22-2020 23:07 UTC-5

Chip Counts From the Other Half

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Garosshen	375,000	65,000
John Marshall	260,000	10,000
Hyndi Khomutetsky	175,000	25,000
Greg Jennings	142,000	-73,000
Garrett Riley	138,000	64,000
Mike O'Neill	98,000	50,000
Will Berry	70,000	5,000
Jeremy Holliday	65,000	30,000
Mary Sturges	45,000	14,500
Carlos Guerrero	42,000	42,000
James Pupillo	30,000	-9,600
Mike Paladino	20,000	-30,000
Crystal Utley	Busted

02-22-2020 23:01 UTC-5

Barfield's Turn to Double

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Brent Barfield jammed his last 13,500 from under the gun, and was at risk against a player in the hijack.

Brent Barfield:
Opponent:

Barfield hit top pair on the board to earn a small double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brent Barfield	33,000	-18,000

02-22-2020 22:59 UTC-5

Chip Counts From Half the Room

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Bussey	315,000	85,000
Vincent Moscati	240,000	112,000
Nick Pupillo	237,000	82,000
Neil Patel	200,000	30,000
Tim Vance	160,000	96,500
Henry Zou	145,000	32,000
Sameer Al Dbhany	105,000
Jonathan Williams	95,000	46,000
Bobby Byram	90,000	28,000
Patrick Ray	86,000	46,000
Jerod Smith	85,000	-12,500
John Utley	55,000	15,000
Carl Masters	50,000	-60,000
John Thornton	40,000	-80,000
Crystal Utley	11,500	-18,500

02-22-2020 22:52 UTC-5

Beetz and His Backscratcher Depart

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player raised to 6,000 from early position, and Bradley Beetz took what appeared to be an extendable backscratcher from atop his cards, then used it to push his remaining 23,000 chips in the pot. Action folded back to the early-position player, who said, "I think I'm behind," but called.

Bradley Beetz:
Opponent:

Beetz used his backscratcher to reveal his cards, then folded it up and took his leave when a , to laughs from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Beetz	Busted

Tags: Bradley Beetz

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

02-22-2020 22:31 UTC-5

Last Break of the Night

BrandonTemple

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players are off on their final fifteen-minute break of the evening. When they return, they'll play until either 27 players remain, or until 9:46 remain in Level 14 (1,500/3,000/3,000), whichever comes first.

02-22-2020 22:24 UTC-5

Marshall Continues to Climb

BrandonTemple

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

John Marshall raised to 10,000 preflop from early position, and Chris Cornell three-bet to 30,000 on the button. Marshall four-bet shoved for 60,000 effective and Cornell quickly called.

John Marshall:
Chris Cornell:

Cornell found a queen on the flop, but Marshall was still live with a Broadway draw or a king for the knockout. The turn was a brick, but Marshall would not be denied on the river, and he added another knockout to his belt.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Marshall	250,000	50,000
Chris Cornell	Busted

Tags: Chris Cornell John Marshall

02-22-2020 22:14 UTC-5

Weber Busts One

BrandonTemple

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With 20,000 in the pot, the small blind jammed for 25,800 on a flop, and Neil Patel called from under-the-gun. Troy Weber called next to act, and Carl Masters folded in the cutoff.