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

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

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	85,000
Vincent Moscati	240,000 112,000	112,000
Nick Pupillo	237,000 82,000	82,000

Neil Patel	200,000 30,000	30,000
Tim Vance	160,000 96,500	96,500
Henry Zou	145,000 32,000	32,000
Sameer Al Dbhany	105,000
Jonathan Williams	95,000 46,000	46,000
Bobby Byram	90,000 28,000	28,000
Patrick Ray	86,000 46,000	46,000

Jerod Smith	85,000 -12,500	-12,500
John Utley	55,000 15,000	15,000
Carl Masters	50,000 -60,000	-60,000
John Thornton	40,000 -80,000	-80,000
Crystal Utley	11,500 -18,500	-18,500

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	-18,000

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	65,000

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

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	160,000

Tags: Vincent Moscati

02-22-2020 23:17 UTC-5

Late Night Day 1c Photos

BrandonTemple

02-22-2020 23:26 UTC-5

Pupillo Doubles, Then Busts

BrandonTemple

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

Hand #1:

James Pupillo jammed for 10,000 from the button, and Neil Patel called in the big blind.

James Pupillo:
Neil Patel:

Pupillo made top pair on a board to double up.

Hand #2:

The very next hand, Pupillo jammed for 24,000 from the cutoff, and Matt Clerk called on the button.

James Pupillo:
Matt Clerk:

Pupillo couldn't hit his kicker on an board and hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Clerk	200,000 200,000	200,000
Neil Patel	190,000 -10,000	-10,000
James Pupillo	Busted

Tags: James Pupillo Neil Patel

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

02-22-2020 23:30 UTC-5

More Day 1c Bustouts

BrandonTemple

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Catherine Stahr	Busted
Brent Barfield	Busted
Zaki Sheikh	Busted
Donnie Phan	Busted
Nick DeSmedt	Busted
Melissa Ey Smith	Busted
Austin Schaal	Busted
Hamid Izadi	Busted
Daniel Lowery	Busted

02-22-2020 23:36 UTC-5

Utley Doubles Through Berry

BrandonTemple

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

John Utley, who knocked his wife Crystal out of today's flight a few levels ago ("I was down to four bigs and he had aces," Crystal told us) jammed for 58,000 on the button. Will Berry called in the small blind, and Tim Vance peeled his cards in the big blind, then folded his face-up.