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

Melichar Betting Big Early

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Amy Hallowell checked a {9-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades} board from middle position, and Ronald Melichar bet 3,300 into a pot of 6,000 next to act. Hallowell made the call.

The {9-Hearts} completed the board on the river, and Hallowell checked again. Melichar fired 6,300 and Hallowell folded.

Player Chips Progress
Ronald Melichar us
Ronald Melichar
34,000
Amy Hallowell us
Amy Hallowell
23,000

Tags: Amy HallowellRonald Melichar

"Nice Laydown, Gentlemen"

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Timothy Vance opened to 300 from middle position and saw four callers: the cutoff, the button, Cory Bogert in the small blind, and the big blind.

The monotone flop read {a-Spades}{j-Spades}{9-Spades}, and Vance fired 700 when checked to. Only Bogert and the big blind called.

Bogert and the big blind checked the {a-Diamonds} turn, after which Vance grimaced and confirmed, "You guys checked?" before checking back.

When the blinds checked the {7-Clubs} river over to Vance, he tossed in 1,500, and his opponents mucked fairly quickly. "Nice laydown, gentlemen," Vance said, exchanging his face-down cards for the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Vance us
Timothy Vance
51,000
EPT 1X Winner
Cory Bogert us
Cory Bogert
31,000

Tags: Timothy VanceCory Bogert

Skreens Fills Up

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Four players built up a pot of around 3,000 and saw the {q-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{k-Hearts} flop fall on the felt. Action checked to a player in middle position, who bet 2,000. Only Bryan Skreens in the hijack called.

The middle position player bet 2,000 again once the {10-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and Skreens raised to 4,000. The middle position player called.

The {q-Hearts} river was checked by the middle position player, and Skreens bet 7,000. The middle position player called, only to muck after Skreens tabled {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Skreens us
Bryan Skreens
46,800
16,800
16,800

Tags: Bryan Skreens

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Mangold Leads the Turn

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Jason Mangold in Day 1a Action
Jason Mangold in Day 1a Action

Jason Mangold limped in from the cutoff, then called a raise to 700 from BJ McBrayer on the button.

Mangold checked the {6-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop over to McBrayer, who bet 600. Mangold called.

The {5-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and Mangold bet 1,000. McBrayer paused for a moment, then let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mangold us
Jason Mangold
31,000
1,000
1,000
BJ McBrayer us
BJ McBrayer
28,500
-1,500
-1,500

Tags: BJ McBrayerJason Mangold

O'Neill Nears Double Starting Stack

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Mike O'Neill checked the {6-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} 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 {a-Clubs} on the turn, and the {10-Spades} fell on the river. O'Neill bet 7,000 and his opponent quickly folded. O'Neill flashed the {q-Hearts}{q-Spades} to the table before pulling in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mike O'Neill us
Mike O'Neill
59,000
16,000
16,000

Tags: Mike O'Neill

Izadi's Jam Gets Through

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

With approximately 10,000 in the pot on the flop of {5-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, 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 {4-Spades} turn, but the same could not be said for the {3-Hearts} 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
Hamid Izadi us
Hamid Izadi
60,000
30,000
30,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Charles Leroi us
Charles Leroi
17,000

Tags: Charles LeRoiHamid Izadi

Lawson Lays Down the Law, Son

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Three ways to a flop of {j-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} 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 {j-Diamonds} turn went check-check.

After the {7-Diamonds} 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
Jonathan Lawson us
Jonathan Lawson
33,000
-5,000
-5,000

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