Welcome to Day 1c of the 2019 HPT Season XV Championship at Hollywood Casino St. Louis!
The $700,000 guaranteed Season XV HPT $2,500 Championship Event here at Hollywood Casino St. Louis continues today with Day 1c of the Main Event at Noon local time, the third and final starting flight for players to try and bag up chips for Day 2.
Day 1b saw 143 players hit the felt, bringing the total number of entrants over the first two flights to exactly 200 players. 39 more players managed to bag and tag to join the 18 players from Day 1a in preparation for Day 2, and leading the way with the only stack north of 300,000 is Brent Barfield, who'll return on Day 2 with a whopping 398,300. Other notables who managed to join Barfield in conquering the day include Dan Lowery (292,700), Nick Davidson (213,400), Kyle Cartwright (86,200), Bill Byrnes (32,900), and James Mackey (26,000).
Today's Day 1c 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!
flop from the hijack, and Roger Campbell, who won the $500 Seniors NLH event a few days ago here at Hollywood Casino St. Louis, bet 1,200 into a pot of 2,000 on the button. The hijack called.
fell on the turn, and the hijack checked again. Campbell announced a bet of 1,800 and the hijack quickly folded.
flop, and he bet 3,500. Only the under-the-gun player called.
turn, and both players checked the 
river. Fine tabled 
, and his opponent showed 
before mucking.
turn and 
for a pair of eights, and Saleh mucked.
flop to Massey, who bet 700. The hijack folded, but Golla check-raised to 2,100. Massey called.
turn, and Massey called again.
, Massey rolled over 
and took down the pot.
board from the big blind, and Pratap Golla bet 3,600 from the hijack. Hawkins responded with a check-raise to 8,400, and Golla called.
board from the big blind, and two-time HPT champ Aaron Massey bet 12,000 from the hijack. The big blind went deep into tank for a few minutes before flicking a single chip into the pot to call.
board over to Jean Gaspard in the hijack, who bet 11,000 into a pot of 20,000. Clark took his remaining 28,600 in chips and placed them on a miniature tractor-trailer truck that he was using as a card protector and rolled it into the pot, saying, "All in," as he did.
