$2,500 Championship Event Day 1b | HPT Season XV Championship

11-23-2019 18:55 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Coliny	220,000 40,000	40,000
Blair Hinkle	98,000 33,000	33,000

Amy Hallowell	58,000 29,000	29,000
Craig Welko	54,000 5,000	5,000
James Mackey	51,000 22,000	22,000

Melissa Bryne	50,000 25,900	25,900
Bryan Skreens	48,000 1,000	1,000
Greg Jennings	43,000 18,700	18,700
Paul Elfelt	41,500 20,400	20,400
Jason Mangold	39,000 7,000	7,000
Gary Herstein	35,000 35,000	35,000
Nick Pupillo	34,000 8,000	8,000

Bradley Beetz	26,600 24,400	24,400
Hamid Izadi	16,000 5,200	5,200

Will Berry	14,000 21,000	21,000
Todd Sladek	5,800 24,200	24,200

Schindler at Risk Versus Pupillo

Caroline Bassett

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Nick Pupillo opened from early position to 1,200 and saw a call from Josh Schindler in middle position, as well as the cutoff.

Pupillo checked the flop over to Schindler, who threw out 3,000, leaving just 5,500 behind. The cutoff folded, and Pupillo quickly called.

When the turn hit the felt, Pupillo tossed in enough chips to cover Schindler, who instantly called.

Schindler:
Pupillo:

Drawing to a chop regardless, the river changed nothing, and the players split the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	42,000 6,000	6,000

Josh Schindler	11,500 11,500	11,500

Tags: Josh Schindler Nick Pupillo

11-23-2019 18:42 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
John Richards	125,000 95,000	95,000
Timothy Vance	69,100 9,100	9,100

Scotter Clark	57,000 57,000	57,000
Shawn Roberts	55,000 11,000	11,000
BJ McBrayer	55,000 3,000	3,000
Blake Whittington	39,200 3,200	3,200

John Kurfman	30,000 30,000	30,000
Nick Davidson	29,500 29,500	29,500
Jerod Smith	29,500 6,300	6,300
Daniel Sepiol	25,500 25,500	25,500
Aaron Johnson	18,400 5,100	5,100
Kyle Cartwright	17,600 5,900	5,900

Bobby Noel	14,400 10,200	10,200
Aaron Massey	7,200 12,400	12,400
Stephen Nussrallah	Busted
Roger Campbell	Busted
Gary Herstein	Busted

Davidson Falls to Wagner

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Brandon Temple

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Season XV HPT The Meadows champ Dan Wagner raised to 1,200 from middle position, and Season XV HPT Ameristar East Chicago champ Nick Davidson three-bet shoved for 8,300 from the button. The big blind cold-called, and Wagner four-bet jammed for 31,900. The big blind snap-called.

Nick Davidson:
Dan Wagner:
Big Blind:

Davidson picked up a little hope on the flop, but that was extinguished after Wagner drilled the turn, giving Wagner a set of queens and leaving the big blind looking for a two-outer of his own to score the double knockout. The bricked off, and Wagner scooped in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Wagner	75,000 54,500	54,500
Nick Davidson	Busted

Tags: Dan Wagner Nick Davidson

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

11-23-2019 18:30 UTC-5

Zou on the Rise

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Brandon Temple

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Peter Nigh raised to 900 from early position, and Henry Zou, who's been on a tear in the last level, made the call in middle position.

Both players checked the flop, and Nigh checked again on the turn. Zou bet 1,600 and Nigh called.

Nigh checked again on the river, and Zou bet 3,000. Nigh, who had just 10,000 behind, tanked for a minute before calling, only to muck after Zou flipped over for trip eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henry Zou	88,000 71,600	71,600
Peter Nigh	7,000 27,400	27,400

Tags: Henry Zou Peter Nigh

11-23-2019 18:22 UTC-5

Top Pair Good for Thornton

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Caroline Bassett

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Kyle Cartwright opened the action to 1,000 from early position and was called by John Thornton on the button, as well as the player in the big blind.

All three players checked the flop. Cartwright checked the turn as well, after which Thornton tossed in 1,600. The big blind folded, and Cartwright called.

After the river saw no action, Thornton rolled over as Cartwright peeked at his hand once more and mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Thornton	73,000
Kyle Cartwright	23,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: John Thornton Kyle Cartwright

11-23-2019 18:16 UTC-5

Hinkle Wins Classic Flip For a Double

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Brandon Temple

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Blair Hinkle had his last 31,100 in preflop from the big blind and was at risk against a player on the button.

Blair Hinkle:
Opponent:

Hinkle's queens would hold on a board to earn the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Hinkle	65,000 45,500	45,500

Tags: Blair Hinkle

11-23-2019 18:09 UTC-5

Hammers Gets His Kings Cracked

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Brandon Temple

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

A player limped in from early position, and a middle position player raised to 1,200. Timothy Vance called from the cutoff, and Tom Hammers said, "Thirty-two of the hundreds," three-betting to 3,200. Only the middle position player and Vance called.

Action checked to Hammers on a flop, and he said, "I'm all in," pushing his last 15,100 in the pot. The middle position player folded, and Vance quickly called.

Tom Hammers:
Timothy Vance:

Hammers held the lead with his kings, but was looking to fade a lot of outs, as Vance held the nut flush draw and a pair of tens. The turn added a wheel draw to Vance's outs, and the river completed Vance's straight, sending Hammers to the cage to re-enter.