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

02-22-2020 15:31 UTC-5

Ruehmann Gets a Little Value From "rUeTaMa"

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Roger Ruehmann limped in from the button, and David "rUeTaMa" Moses raised to 1,200 from the small blind. Ruehmann called.

Both players checked the flop, and Moses checked again on the turn. Ruehmann bet 1,000 and Moses called.

Both players checked the river, and Moses tabled . Ruehmann turned over for kings and nines and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Moses	42,500	-8,500
Roger Ruehmann	35,000

Tags: David Moses

02-22-2020 15:26 UTC-5

Chip Counts From Half the Room

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	60,300	10,300
Courtney Pipitone	55,400	19,300
Austin Schaal	47,500	11,000
Ricky Stinson	46,500	10,500
Nick Pupillo	45,000	12,800
Bradley Beetz	32,200	32,200
Brent Barfield	31,200	1,200
Hamid Izadi	31,000	1,000
Vincent Moscati	30,500	30,500
Jerod Smith	30,200
Donnie Phan	30,000
Keith Heine	25,200	-4,800
Patrick Ray	24,000	-1,000
Nick DeSmedt	19,200	-1,800
Everett Lawrence	2,700	-27,300

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

02-22-2020 15:00 UTC-5

Break Time

BrandonTemple

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Players are off on their first fifteen-minute break of the day.

02-22-2020 14:58 UTC-5

Shout Out to Some of the Dealers Making HPT St. Louis Happen!

BrandonTemple

Photos courtesy of HPT

02-22-2020 14:55 UTC-5

Simon's Big Slick Does the Trick

BrandonTemple

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Down to his last thirteen or so big blinds, a player in the cutoff jammed for 3,800, and Daniel Simon was waiting in the small blind with a monster:

Opponent:
Daniel Simon:

Simon's Big Slick held up on a board to eliminated his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Simon	22,000

Tags: Daniel Simon

02-22-2020 14:45 UTC-5

DeSmedt Finds Aces For a KO

BrandonTemple

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

A player raised to 800 from the cutoff, and Nick DeSmedt three-bet to 3,000 from the small blind. Carlos Guerrero four-bet shoved for 8,000, and after the cutoff folded, DeSmedt quickly called.

Carlos Guerrero:
Nick DeSmedt:

DeSemdt got a small sweat when the flop gave Guerrero a Broadway draw, but the turn and river kept DeSemdt's rockets in front.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick DeSmedt	21,000	21,000
Carlos Guerrero	Busted

Tags: Nick DeSmedt Carlos Guerrero

02-22-2020 14:37 UTC-5

More For Kurfman

BrandonTemple

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Hyndi Khomutetsky raised to 700 from the hijack, and was called by John "Farmboy" Kurfman in the cutoff, as well as the button and former HPT St. Louis champ Mike O'Neill in the big blind.

Action checked to Kurfman on a flop, and he bet 1,600. Only Khomutetsky called.

Khomutetsky checked the turn, and Kurfman bet 3,000. Khomutetsky reached for calling chips, then thought better of it and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Kurfman	54,000	4,000
Mike O'Neill	49,300	19,300
Hyndi Khomutetsky	37,000	12,000

Tags: Hyndi Khomutetsky Mike O'Neill

02-22-2020 14:28 UTC-5

Top-Top For Patel

BrandonTemple

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Neil Patel bet 2,200 on a flop from under the gun, and was called by a player in the hijack.

Both players checked the turn, and the fell on the river. Patel bet 3,600, and the hijack thought for a few moments before flicking a single 100 chip in the pot to call. Patel tabled , and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neil Patel	38,000	38,000

Tags: Neil Patel

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 0