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Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
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HPT Season XV Championship
$2,500 Championship Event
Day: 1b
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Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
For the past week, the Heartland Poker Tour has been hosting a slew of side events here at the Hollywood Casino St. Louis.
It was bounty time during Event #3: $300 No-Limit Hold’em with $100 Bounties, and 133 players hit the felt in search of gathering up some of the bounties to go along with a generous prize pool of $20,615.
18 players ended up in the money, and Steven Bezler (10th - $495), Marvin Donaldson (13th - $392), and Shawn Sunday (16th - $330) all managed to walk away with a piece of the prize pool.
Brian Nguyen and Joseph Fine ended up as the last two players standing, and they worked out a deal that gave Nguyen the title and $4,682 in prize money.
Final Table Results
| Position | Name | Hometown | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Nguyen | O'fallon, Missouri | $4,682 |
| 2 | Joseph Fine | Lake St. Louis, Missouri | $4,346 |
| 3 | Joshua Wisdom | Wentzville, Missouri | $2,103 |
| 4 | Nathan Gibbs | Knoxville, Illinois | $1,546 |
| 5 | Tajesh Patel | St. Charles, Missouri | $1,154 |
| 6 | Askia Ingram | Springfield, Missouri | $948 |
| 7 | Jerod Smith | St. Jacob, Illinois | $835 |
| 8 | Carl Masters | Clarksville, Tennesee | $732 |
| 9 | Brian Titus | Mt. Zion, Illinois | $618 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
A player in early position opened to 700 and was called by three opponents: Shawn Roberts on the button, Mike O'Neill in the small blind, and the player in the big blind.
Action checked all the way through on the 
flop, and the pre-flop aggressor in middle position checked a second time on the 
turn. Roberts bet 1,600, and only O'Neill called.
After seeing the 
river, O'Neill checked, and Roberts fired again for 4,700. O'Neill snapped, and they flipped over their hands simultaneously, O'Neill showing 
for a flopped top pair and Roberts 
for runner-runner trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
33,000
33,000
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33,000 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Three players invested 1,900 on the 
flop to see the 
fall on the turn. Keith Heine bet 3,200 from under the gun, and William Gerding called from the cutoff, while the button folded.
Both players quickly checked the 
river, and Heine said, "You win," then mucked after Gerding tabled 
for top pair.
"I needed you to hit your jack," Heine told Gerding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000 | |
|
16,100
13,900
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13,900 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Action folded around to Alex Pelattini, who opened to 500 in the cutoff. The small blind raised to 1,200, and only Pelattini called.
The flop came down 
, and the small blind continued for 1,500. After Pelattini raised to 3,500, the small blind didn't think long before three-betting to the tune of 9,000. Pelatinni tossed in a couple of chips as he quietly declared, "All in," and the small blind surrendered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
With a 
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 
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 
for kings-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
15,000
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15,000 |
|
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16,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Three ways to a flop of with approximately 5,000 in the middle, the button threw out 2,200 when checked to. Jonathan Lawson called in the small blind, and a middle-position player folded.
The 
turn went check-check.
After the 
fell on the river, completing a backdoor flush draw, Lawson put out a bet of 4,400, and the button gave it up fairly quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
With approximately 10,000 in the pot on the flop of 
, Hamid Izadi fired 4,500 from the cutoff. Charles Leroi, next to act on the button, raised to 13,000, and Izadi thought for a moment before calling.
Both players quickly checked the turn, but the same could not be said for the river.
Izadi jammed for 25,000, putting Leroi to the test for his remaining 17,000. Leroi found himself in the tank for a couple of minutes, ultimately deciding on a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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17,000 | |
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Mike O'Neill checked the 
flop from early position, and his lone opponent in middle position bet 1,700 into a pot of nearly 4,000. O'Neill called.
Both players checked the on the turn, and the 
fell on the river. O'Neill bet 7,000 and his opponent quickly folded. O'Neill flashed the 
to the table before pulling in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
59,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Jason Mangold limped in from the cutoff, then called a raise to 700 from BJ McBrayer on the button.
Mangold checked the flop over to McBrayer, who bet 600. Mangold called.
The fell on the turn, and Mangold bet 1,000. McBrayer paused for a moment, then let his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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28,500
1,500
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1,500 |
