HPT Season XV Championship

$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

HPT Season XV Championship

Final Results
Winner
Paul Bianchi
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$181,874
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
353
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
143
Players Left
39

Pupillo Chipping Up

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Nick Pupillo
Nick Pupillo

A player raised to 1,200 from early position, and Nick Pupillo three-bet to 4,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to the opener, who called.

Both players checked the {q-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{10-Clubs} flop, and the early-position player bet 4,000 on the {3-Spades} turn. Pupillo called.

The {j-Spades} river was checked through as well, and the early-position player tabled {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}. Pupillo showed his {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a pair of tens and the winner.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
48,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Nick Pupillo

Massive Chip Leader Coliny Forces a Fold From Lowery

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Justin Coliny
Justin Coliny

Bradley Beetz raised to 800 from middle position, and was called by Will Berry next to act, Justin Coliny in the cutoff, Dan Lowery on the button, and the big blind.

Action checked to Lowery on a {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop, and he bet 2,300. Only Coliny called.

Both players checked the {7-Diamonds} turn, and the {2-Clubs} fell on the river. Coliny checked, and Lowery bet 4,500. Coliny check-raised to 15,000, and Lowery showed the {q-Clubs} from his hand before folding. Coliny now commands a mammoth stack of 600 big blinds, which would be good for fourth place overall after yesterday's flight just four levels into Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Coliny us
Justin Coliny
180,000
20,000
20,000
Dan Lowery us
Dan Lowery
32,000
2,000
2,000

Tags: Bradley BeetzDan LoweryJustin ColinyWill Berry

Hinkle Takes on Bryne

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Blair Hinkle
Blair Hinkle

Melissa Bryne limped in from early position, as did a player in middle position. Blair Hinkle raised to 1,500 from the cutoff, and only Bryne came along with a call.

Action checked to the river on a {8-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{q-Spades}{6-Clubs}{j-Clubs} board, where Bryne checked and Hinkle fired a pot-sized bet of 4,000. Bryne quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Melissa Bryne us
Melissa Bryne
36,900
7,900
7,900
Blair Hinkle us
Blair Hinkle
21,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Blair HinkleMelissa Bryne

Welko Takes From Skreens

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
Craig Welko
Craig Welko

Bryan Skreens and Craig Welko each invested 2,400 to see a {k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop together, which they checked through to the {j-Diamonds} turn. Skreens checked, and Welko bet 2,300. Skreens called.

Both players checked the {a-Clubs} river, and Welko showed {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for a pair of queens. Skreens mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Skreens us
Bryan Skreens
36,500
-10,300
-10,300
Craig Welko us
Craig Welko
35,000
4,000
4,000

Tags: Bryan SkreensCraig Welko

Beetz Busts Hinkle

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
Bradley Beetz
Bradley Beetz

Bradley Beetz bet 4,600 from under the gun on a {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Spades} board, and Blair Hinkle responded with a shove for 15,600 from the cutoff. The button folded, while Beetz snap-called.

Blair Hinkle: {5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Bradley Beetz: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

"Good game," Hinkle told the table upon seeing his turned two pair were drawing dead to the set of Beetz, and the {2-Clubs} river confirmed the bustout.

Player Chips Progress
Bradley Beetz us
Bradley Beetz
48,000
Blair Hinkle us
Blair Hinkle
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Blair HinkleBradley Beetz

Lawson Takes Down Three-Bet Pot

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
Jon Lawson
Jon Lawson

Following the hijack's open for 700, the cutoff folded, and Lawson three-bet to 1,700. Only the hijack called.

The hijack checked the {j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop, and Lawson continued for 1,800. The hijack called again.

The turn brought the {q-Diamonds}, and action checked through. The player in the hijack checked once more on the {6-Spades} river, quickly folding to Lawson's bet of 3,800.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Lawson us
Jonathan Lawson
41,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Jonathan Lawson

Pupillo Binks the River With Big Slick

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Nick Pupillo
Nick Pupillo

With a {5-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} board on the felt, Current HPT Season XV POY points leader Nick Pupillo bet 4,800 into a pot of 10,000 from the big blind. Jamey Kramer called in middle position, and the cutoff folded.

Pupillo bet 8,000 on the {k-Clubs} river, leaving himself 9,000 behind. Kramer tanked for a few minutes before flicking in a single chip to call, only to muck after Pupillo rolled over {a-Spades}{k-Hearts} for kings-up.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
45,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jamey Kramer us
Jamey Kramer
16,000
-14,000
-14,000

Tags: Jamey KramerNick Pupillo

Welcome to Day 1b of the 2019 HPT Season XV Championship at Hollywood Casino St. Louis!

HPT Card Protectors
HPT Card Protectors

The $700,000 guaranteed Season XV HPT $2,500 Championship Event here at Hollywood Casino St. Louis continues today with Day 1b of the Main Event at Noon local time.

Day 1a saw 57 players hit the felt, and only 18 of them were able to bag up chips for Day 2. Leading the way with the only stack above 200,000 is Joshua Henrichs with 230,300. Other notables able to join Henrichs in surviving the day include Eric Salazar (191,500), Chris Moon (180,800), Brett Apter (105,000), and Mary Sturges (31,000).

Today's Day 1b flight will see players start with 30,000 in tournament chips, and the blinds will kick off at 100/100. Ten one-hour levels will be played today, with a fifteen-minute break after every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after Level 6. Players can late register or use a single re-entry option up through the beginning of Level 9.

Cards will be in the air at Noon local time, so be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews to catch all the action as a host of new contenders hit the felt here in St. Louis!

Tags: Brett ApterChris MoonEric SalazarJoshua HenrichsMary Sturges